Physical phenomena observed before strong earthquakes have been reported for centuries. Precursor signals, which include radon anomalies, electrical signals, water level changes and ground lights near the epicenter, can all be used for earthquake prediction. Anomalous negative signals observed by ground-based atmospheric electric field instruments under fair weather conditions constitute a novel earthquake prediction approach. In theory, the abnormal radiation of heat before an earthquake produces fair weather around the epicenter. To determine the near-epicenter weather conditions prior to an earthquake, 81 global earthquake events with magnitudes of 6 or above from 2008 to 2021 were collected. According to Harrison's fair weather criteria, in 81.48% of all statistical cases, the weather was fair 6 h before the earthquake; in 62.96% of all cases, the weather was fair 24 h before the event. Moreover, most of these cases without fair weather several hours before the earthquake were near the sea. Among the 37 inland earthquakes, 86.49% were preceded by 6 h of fair weather, and 70.27% were preceded by fair weather for 24 h. We conclude that the weather near the epicenter might be fair for several hours before a strong earthquake, especially for inland events.
The ion-aerosol balance equations are solved to get the profiles of atmospheric electric parameters over the ground surface in an aerosol-rich environment under the conditions of surface radioactivity. Combining the earlier results for low aerosol concentrations and the present results for high aerosol concentrations, a relation is obtained between the average value of atmospheric electric space charge in the lowest ~2 m, the surface electric field and eddy diffusivity/aerosol concentration. The values of eddy diffusivity estimated from this method using some earlier measurements of space charge and surface electric field are in reasonably good agreement with those calculated from other standard methods using meteorological or electrical variables. 相似文献
Measurements of the small-, intermediate-, and large-ion concentrations and the air–earth current density along with simultaneous measurements of the concentration and size distribution of aerosol particles in the size ranges 4.4–163 nm and 0.5–20 μm diameter are reported for a drifting snow period after the occurrence of a blizzard at a coastal station, Maitri, Antarctica. Ion concentrations of all categories and the air–earth current simultaneously decrease by approximately an order of magnitude as the wind speed increases from 5 to 10 ms− 1. The rate of decrease is the highest for large ions, lowest for small ions and in-between the two for intermediate ions. Total aerosol number concentration decreases in the 4.4–163 nm size range but increases in the 0.5–20 μm size range with wind speed. The size distribution of the nanometer particles shows a dominant maximum at ~ 30 nm diameter throughout the period of observations and the height of the maximum decreases with wind speed. However, larger particles show a maximum at ~ 0.7 μm diameter but the height of the maximum increases with increasing wind speed. The results are explained in terms of scavenging of atmospheric ions and aerosols by the drifting snow particles. 相似文献
Airborne measurements of the number concentration and size distribution of aerosols from 13 to 700 nm diameter have been made at four vertical levels across a coastline at Bhubaneswar (20°25′N, 85°83′E) during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB) programme conducted in March–April 2006. The measurements made during the constant-level flights at 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 km altitude levels extend ~100 km over land and ~150km over ocean. Aerosol number concentrations vary from 2200 to 4500 cm?3 at 0.5 km level but are almost constant at ~ 6000 cm?3 and ~ 800 cm?3 at 2 and 3 km levels, respectively. At 1km level, aerosol number concentration shows a peak of 18,070 cm?3 around the coastline. Most of the aerosol size distribution curves at 0.5 km and 1 km levels are monomodal with a maxima at 110nm diameter which shifts to 70 nm diameter at 2 and 3 km levels. However, at the peak at 1 km level, number concentration has a bimodal distribution with an additional maximum appearing in nucleation mode. It is proposed that this maxima in nucleation mode at 1 km level may be due to the formation and transport of new particles from coastal regions. 相似文献
A laboratory experiment has been performed to study the effect of ventilation on the rate of evaporation of the millimeter
sized charged and uncharged water drops suspended in a vertical wind tunnel. The linear relationship,fu = 0.907 + 0.282X, observed between the mean ventilation coefficient, fu, and a non-dimensional parameterX, (X =NSc,v1/3NRe1/2
whereNSc,uis Schmidt number andNReis Reynold’s number) is in agreement with the results of earlier investigations for uncharged water drops. However, in case
of charged drops carrying 10-10C of charge, this relationship gets modified tofu = 0.4877 + 0.149X. Thus, the rate of evaporation of charged drops is slower than that of uncharged drops of the same size.
Oscillations of the drop and the change in airflow around drops are suggested to contribute to lowering of the ventilation
coefficients for charged drops. Applicability of the results to a small fraction of highly charged raindrops falling through
the sub-cloud layer below thunderstorm is discussed. The relaxation time required for a ventilated drop to reach its equilibrium
temperature increases with the drop size and is higher for the charged than for the uncharged drops. It is concluded that
in a given distance, charged drops will evaporate less than that of uncharged drops. 相似文献
Measurements of the concentration and size distribution of aerosol particles in the size-ranges of 0.5–20 μm and 16–700 nm
diameters were made during six fog episodes over the south Indian Ocean. Observations show that concentrations of particles
of all sizes start decreasing 1–2 hours before the occurrence of fog. This decrease is more prominent for coarse particles
of >1 μm diameter and continues until 10–20 minutes before the onset of fog when particle concentrations in all size ranges
rapidly increase by one/two orders of magnitude in ∼20 minutes. Thereafter, concentrations of particles of all sizes gradually
decrease until the dissipation of fog. After the fog dissipation, concentrations of coarse mode particles rapidly increase
and restore to their pre-fog levels but concentrations of the Aitken mode particles decrease slowly and reach their pre-fog
levels only after 1–2 hours. The net effect of fog is to change the bimodal size distributions of aerosols with a coarse mode
at 1.0 μm and an accumulation mode at 40–60 nm to a power law size distribution. It is proposed that the preferential growth
and sedimentation of the coarse mode hygroscopic particles in the initial phase cause a large decrease in the aerosol surface
area. As a result, the low vapour pressure gases which were initially being used for the growth of coarse mode particles,
now accelerate the growth rates of the accumulation and Aitken mode particles. 相似文献