scholarly journals T-wave propagation from the Pacific to the Atlantic: The 2020 Mw7.4 Kermadec Trench earthquake case

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 126001
Author(s):  
Tiago C. A. Oliveira ◽  
Ying-Tsong Lin ◽  
Noriyuki Kushida ◽  
Sérgio M. Jesus ◽  
Peter Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
T Wave ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 3444-3453
Author(s):  
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin

Abstract Seismic T waves, which result from transformation of hydroacoustic to seismic energy at coastlines, were investigated for two strong earthquakes. A 2014 Caribbean event generated seismic T waves that were detected at over 250 seismometers along the east coast of the U.S., primarily at seismic stations operated by the USArray Transportable Array. A 2006 Hawaiian event generated seismic T waves observed at over 100 seismometers along the west coast. Seismic T-wave propagation was treated as locally 2D where the incoming hydroacoustic wavefronts were nearly parallel to the coastlines. Along the east coast, seismic T-wave propagation velocities were consistent with surface waves and a polarization analysis indicated that they were transverse waves, supporting their interpretation as Love waves. They were observed at inland distances up to 1134 km from the east coast. Along the west coast, the propagation velocity was over 5  km/s and a polarization analysis confirmed that the seismic T waves propagated as seismic P waves. Differences between the modes of propagation along the east and west coasts are attributed to differences in the slope and thickness of the sediment coverage at the continental slopes where hydroacoustic to seismic conversion takes place.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhua Shi ◽  
Ting Xu ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Yannan Gao

The Eliassen–Palm flux and Plumb wave activity flux are calculated using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis daily dataset to determine the propagation of Rossby waves before a North American cold wave in January 2014. The results show that the upward wave activity fluxes mainly come from planetary waves 1 and 2, which provide a stable circulation background for the influence of the subplanetary-scale waves 3 and 4. The Rossby-wave propagation anomalies between the troposphere and the stratosphere are due to the modulating effects of waves 3 and 4 on waves 1 and 2. During 9–14 January 2014, the modulating effects helped strengthen upward and eastward wave activity fluxes over the Atlantic region and enhance the Pacific high in the stratosphere in its early stage. Later in 19–24 January, the downward wave activity fluxes over the east Pacific due to the modulating effects were beneficial to downward development of the stratospheric high over the Pacific and the formation of a blocking high over the west coast of North America in the troposphere accompanied by a strong adjacent cold low on the east side. These circulations benefit the southward invasion of polar cold air reaching the lower latitudes of east North America, leading to the cold wave outbreak.


2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bor-Shouh Huang ◽  
Po-Fei Chen ◽  
Yi-Ling Huang ◽  
Win-Gee Huang ◽  
Chun-Chi Liu

Author(s):  
М. М. Лаврентьев ◽  
К. Ф. Лысаков ◽  
А. Г. Марчук ◽  
К. К. Облаухов

В данной статье рассматривается решение задачи быстрой численной оценки высоты волн цунами от гипотетического очага вдоль тихоокеанского побережья полуострова Камчатка и Курильских островов. Мы фокусируемся на очень быстром (практически в режиме поступления данных) численном моделировании распространения волны цунами на основе ПК в соответствии с классическим приближением теории мелкой воды. Существенный прирост производительности достигается за счет использования преимуществ современных компьютерных архитектур, а именно вентильных матриц, программируемых пользователем (Field Programmable Gate Array – FPGA). Разностная схема Мак-Кормака второго порядка аппроксимации для решения системы дифференциальных уравнений мелкой воды [1] реализована на чипе FPGA в составе платы, специально разработанной авторами для решения этой задачи [2, 3]. Численные тесты показывают, что для расчета 3600 шагов по времени распространения волны цунами в расчетной области размером приблизительно 2000х2000 км (3120х2400 расчетных узлов) требуется всего несколько секунд для моделирования цунами от модельного источника волны цунами на сетке с пространственным шагом около 900 м. Созданный на базе FPGA спецвычислитель был также протестирован по точности сравнением с аналитическими решениями, полученными Ан. Марчуком [4, 5] для некоторых модельных топографий дна. The study offers a fast quantitative estimation of tsunami wave heights coming from a hypothetical source along the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands. We focus on a very fast (virtually real-time) PC simulation of tsunami wave propagation using the classical approximation of the shallow water theory. Significant performance gains are achieved by taking advantage of modern computer architectures, namely Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The McCormack difference scheme of the second order of approximation for solving the system of shallow water differential equations [1] is implemented with an FPGA chip on a custom PCB designed by the authors [2, 3]. Numerical tests indicate that it takes only a few seconds to simulate a tsunami wave from a simulated source on a 900 m spacing grid to analyze 3,600 time increments of propagation of the tsunami wave propagation in about 2000x2000 km area (3,120x2,400 nodes.) The customized FPGA computer was also tested for accuracy by comparing with the analytical solutions obtained by Marchuk [4, 5] for some reference bottom topographies.  


PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1373-1374

The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast was held at Stanford University, California, on November 29 and 30, 1935.


Author(s):  
J. M. Galbraith ◽  
L. E. Murr ◽  
A. L. Stevens

Uniaxial compression tests and hydrostatic tests at pressures up to 27 kbars have been performed to determine operating slip systems in single crystal and polycrystal1ine beryllium. A recent study has been made of wave propagation in single crystal beryllium by shock loading to selectively activate various slip systems, and this has been followed by a study of wave propagation and spallation in textured, polycrystal1ine beryllium. An alteration in the X-ray diffraction pattern has been noted after shock loading, but this alteration has not yet been correlated with any structural change occurring during shock loading of polycrystal1ine beryllium.This study is being conducted in an effort to characterize the effects of shock loading on textured, polycrystal1ine beryllium. Samples were fabricated from a billet of Kawecki-Berylco hot pressed HP-10 beryllium.


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