Determination of source duration and moment of earthquakes in the Indian Peninsula using love waveforms

Love waves recorded by a long-period seismograph at New Delhi (NDI) from seven earthquakes of magnitude 4.3 to 5.2 in Koyna and Bhatsa on the western coast and one earthquake in Ongole on the eastern coast of the Indian Peninsula have been used to determine the seismic moment for each of the earthquakes by waveform modeling. Transverse component of the synthetic seismogram shows that the maximum amplitude of waveform decreases with an increase of source duration. Thus for an evaluation of the seismic moment by equating the amplitude level of the observed and synthetic waveforms, we must know the source duration. The synthetic seismogram also indicates that a short source duration gives rise to a small but sharp pulse and this pulse is interpreted as anLg wave. Comparison of the observed and synthetic waveforms has been used for a simultaneous evaluation of the source duration and seismic moment. The source durations are found to vary between 2.2 and 4.4 s; for earthquakes with a magnitude range between 4.3 and 5.2 these durations are slightly higher than normal. We obtain moment (M ₀) of Ongole earthquake (M _L =5.1)as 1.7×10²⁴ dyne-cm; moments of Koyna and Bhatsa earthquakes (4.3M _L 5.2) on the western coast lie between 0.7×10²³ and 3.6×10²³ dyne-cm. Moment (M ₀)-magnitude (M _L ) relation logM ₀=1.5M _L +16.0 for the western United States region agrees as well, in general, with the results for the earthquakes in the Indian Peninsula.     

喀什市降水日变化特征分析

利用1994～2013年5～9月喀什市气象站逐小时降水资料,分析喀什近20a降水日变化特征。研究表明,20时至翌日06时为降水量的高值阶段,最大值出现在01时,07时至19时为降水量的低值时段,最小值出现在16时。降水频次的高值区为00时至07时,降水最不易产生的时间为17时。降水强度最高值在20时,次高值为01时,也是累积降水量较大时刻,降水强度最低值出现在15时也是累积降水量的低值区。喀什的降水主要以短时性降水（1～3h）为主,多发生在傍晚至夜间,1h降水频次最多的是量级≤1mm的降水,但1.1mm≤R1≤3.0mm量级的降水贡献率最高。小雨、中雨及大雨降水过程最易发生时段均为前半夜,下午为各量级降水过程发生最少的时段。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地区域性与局地性沙尘暴特征分析——以塔中为例

塔克拉玛干沙漠近几年来沙尘暴发生频率增加,强度增大,为了研究不同尺度沙尘暴的规律,利用2005-2014年塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地塔中及周边14个气象台站沙尘暴资料,给出塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地塔中区域性与局地性沙尘暴天气过程的定义,从区域性与局地性沙尘暴持续时间,能见度,类型,时间变化等特征进行分析。研究结果表明：(1)10塔中发生沙尘暴170d比沙漠南缘和北缘高,比肖塘少,其中区域性沙尘暴80d,局地性沙尘暴90d,天气过程区域性64次,局地性80次;(2)塔中区域性沙尘暴不论是持续时间还是能见度总体上比局地性沙尘暴持续时间长,能见度低;(3)区域与局地沙尘暴可以按主导风向分为5类,但各类沙尘暴在区域性与局地性沙尘暴中表现出季节分布;(4)区域性与局地性沙尘暴10a波动增长,区域性沙尘暴多发生在春季,局地性沙尘暴多发生在夏季,区域性沙尘暴年际和年内变差系数都小于局地沙尘暴,一日中区域性与沙尘暴白天多于夜晚。     

Bedload yields for sand‐bed streams in the Ngarradj Creek catchment,Northern Territory,Australia

Bedload yields were calculated by 39 methods at the East Tributary gauge, nine methods at Upper Swift Creek gauge and 11 methods at Swift Creek gauge in the Ngarradj Creek catchment in northern Australia. These methods involved combining various significant bedload rating curves determined for a measured bedload data set for a 4‐year period with either the hourly or daily hydrographs or flow duration curves for the same period, 1 September 1998 to 31 August 2002. Bedload ratings were both statistically significant (ρ ≤ 0.05) and explained at least 60% of the variance in bedload flux. Bias corrections were used with all methods based on log₁₀‐transformed ratings. Estimated mean annual bedload yields varied by three orders of magnitude at the East Tributary gauge and by two orders of magnitude at Upper Swift Creek and Swift Creek gauges. Hourly discharges usually produced higher estimated yields than daily discharges. The bedload rating‐flow duration curve technique overestimates yields and bias correction methods always produce even higher yields. Ratings using both immersed bedload weight and adjusted immersed bedload weight always under‐predicted yields because they contain an implicit threshold of motion condition that is at least four times greater than that predicted by Bagnold's threshold equation. Such a result questions the applicability of Bagnold's threshold equation to the Ngarradj Creek catchment. The best estimates of mean annual bedload yield at East Tributary, Upper Swift Creek and Swift Creek gauges are 600 ± 170 (SE), 1065 ± 150 and 1795 ± 270 t/year, respectively. © 2015 Commonwealth of Australia. Hydrological Processes © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

River flux uncertainties predicted by hydrological variability and riverine material behaviour

Data on riverine fluxes are essential for calculating element cycles (carbon, nutrients, pollutants) and erosion rates from regional to global scales. At most water‐quality stations throughout the world, riverine fluxes are calculated from continuous flow data (q) and discrete concentration data (C), the latter being the main cause of sometimes large uncertainties. This article offers a comprehensive approach for predicting the magnitude of these uncertainties for water‐quality stations in medium to large basins (drainage basin area > 1000 km²) based on the commonly used discharge‐weighted method. Uncertainty levels – biases and imprecisions – for sampling intervals of 3 to 60 days are correlated first through a nomograph with a flux variability indicator, the quantity of riverine material discharged in 2% of time (M_2%). In turn, M_2% is estimated from the combination of a hydrological reactivity index, W_2% (the cumulative flow volume discharged during the upper 2% of highest daily flow) and the truncated b_50sup exponent, quantifying the concentration versus discharge relationship for the upper half of flow values (C = a q ^b50sup, for q > q₅₀, where q₅₀ is the median flow): M_2% = W_2% + 27.6b_50sup. W_2% can be calculated from continuous flow measurements, and the b_50sup indicator can be calculated from infrequent sampling, which makes it possible to predict a priori the level of uncertainty at any station, for any type of riverine material either concentrated (b_50sup > 0) or diluted (b_50sup > 0) with flow. A large data base of daily surveys, 125 station variables of suspended particulate matter (SPM), total dissolved solids (TDS) and dissolved and particulate nutrients, was used to determine uncertainties from simulated discrete surveys and to establish relationships between indicators. Results show, for example, that for the same relatively reactive basin (W_2% > 25%), calculated fluxes from monthly sampling would yield uncertainties approaching ±100% for SPM (b_50sup > 1.4) fluxes and ±10% for TDS (b_50sup = ?0.2). The application to the nitrate survey of the river Seine shows significant trends for the 1972–2009 records. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

东亚和西太平洋闪电时空尺度及光辐射能

利用2002—2014年的TRMM/LIS（Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission/lightning imaging sensor,热带测雨卫星/闪电成像仪）闪电观测数据分析了18°~36°N和70°~160°E范围内闪电尺度和光辐射能空间分布特征,并选取6个区域（区域1~6）,探讨09:00—14:00（地方时,下同）和18:00—次日06:00两个时段闪电上述属性的逐月变化和参数分布特征。研究指出:闪电空间尺度和光辐射能在深海最大,次之为近海和陆地,持续时间在中国东部近海最大,次之为深海和陆地。不同闪电属性大值分布区域差异明显,小值则分布在区域1和区域2。多数区域分析时段内闪电空间尺度和光辐射能的逐月变化趋势较一致,陆地上它们与闪电活动逐月变化的反向对应关系较明显。分析时段内闪电时空尺度和光辐射能均呈对数正态分布,陆地闪电各属性值比海洋闪电更向小值方向集中。在LIS观测性能较高的18:00—次日06:00,各区域内闪电持续时间中值为0.18~0.29 s,通道延展距离中值为12~21 km,光辐射能中值为0.11~0.52 J·m-2·sr-1·μm-1。分析时段内闪电空间尺度与光辐射能的相关性明显优于它们与持续时间的相关性。     

国内外日照时数观测数据对比分析—以郑州气象站为例

利用1998年6月1日至2006年12月31日郑州国家基本气象站国产直接辐射表、芬兰Milos500双金属片日照传感器与国产人工暗筒式日照计观测的日照时数资料,采用统计分析方法,对两套仪器观测的日照时数与人工暗筒式日照计观测的日照时数分别进行对比分析,并对差异的可能原因进行探讨。结果表明:人工暗筒式日照时数与Milos500双金属片日照时数日差值的平均值为1.6h,国产直接辐射表与Milos500双金属片日照时数日差值的平均值为2.1h,Milos500双金属片日照传感器观测数据明显小于人工暗筒式和国产直接辐射表的数据,其差值通过95%的T检验,差异显著;人工暗筒式日照计与国产直接辐射表观测的日照时数日差值的平均值为0.2h,两套仪器观测数据差异不显著,相关性最好。     

云南降雨型滑坡县级预警雨量阈值分析

根据云南省华坪县滑坡灾害历史数据和同期气象站实测小时降雨资料,以滇西北的华坪县为例动态地计算了每次滑坡灾害的有效降雨天数和对应前期的有效降雨量;并应用主成分分析法对44场降雨型滑坡进行分析,结果表明间接前期雨量、发生雨量和激发雨量对诱发滑坡都有重要影响,得出诱发滑坡的降水有短时强降雨和长时低强度降雨两种类型。由此建立了含有两类降雨特点的华坪县I〖CD*2〗D（降雨强度〖CD*2〗历时）阈值曲线,并在此过程中提出了确定降雨历时D结束时刻的方法和有待进一步研究的问题。通过对华坪县滑坡预警雨量研究,为其他县级滑坡灾害预警雨量阈值的确定提供一种方法。     

1960-2009年武汉城区与郊区气候季节变化

利用1960-2009年武汉城区与郊区气象站逐日平均气温资料,采用相同气候季节划分方法,系统分析武汉城区与郊区气候季节起始时间、季节长度的变化趋势及其差异。结果表明：1980-2009年,武汉城区入春、入夏时间比郊区分别提前10 d和5 d,入秋、入冬时间城区比郊区推迟;武汉夏季长度城区比郊区长12 d,冬季、春季长度城区比郊区短6 d和5 d。1960-2009年武汉四季平均起始时间城区与郊区差别较小,但四季最早、最晚出现时间年际差别较大;武汉入春、入夏时间城区与郊区均提前,入秋、入冬时间均推后,但城区四季变化较显著,郊区仅入秋变化显著;武汉城区夏季长度呈极显著延长,冬季长度呈较显著缩短,城区春季、秋季及郊区四季长度变化均不显著。2000-2009年武汉城区与郊区季节起始时间和季节长度的变化较大,这是因为近10 a武汉作为中部地区崛起的支点,城区发展迅速。