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Journal: Chinese Journal of Geophysics  2010 No.11  Share to Sinaweibo  Share to QQweibo  Share to Facebook  Share to Twitter    clicks:958   
Title:
Variation characteristics of OLR for the Wenchuan earthquake
Author: GUO Xiao, ZHANG Yuan-Sheng, ZHONG Mei-Jiao, SHEN Wen-Rong, WEI Cong-Xin
Adress: Lanzhou Institute of Seismology, CEA, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract: Based on the outgoing long-wave radiation data of geostationary satellite and their variation characteristics, this paper proposes a method for extracting earthquake thermal infrared anomaly, namely, the relative variance rate of power spectrum estimation. The proposed method is applied to analytical study of OLR for the Wenchuan earthquake and other five Ms≥6.5 earthquakes in Mainland China. The results indicate that the power spectrum amplitude of OLR increased to different degrees before the great earthquakes. Characteristic period and characteristic amplitude are short and small in moist (low altitude) areas respectively, while the period and amplitude are long and big in arid (high altitude) areas respectively. The characteristics of observed thermal infrared anomalies are easy to be recognized. The method is very effective for extracting and analyzing earthquake-related information.
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