Geospatial blending to improve spatial mapping of precipitation with high spatial resolution by merging satellite‐based and ground‐based data

Estimating accurate spatial distribution of precipitation is important for understanding the hydrologic cycle and various hydro‐environmental applications. Satellite‐based precipitation data have been widely used to measure the spatial distribution of precipitation over large extents, but an improvement in accuracy is still needed. In this study, three different merging techniques (Conditional Merging, Geographical Differential Analysis and Geographical Ratio Analysis) were used to merge precipitation estimations from Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) Rainfall Intensity data and ground‐based measurements. Merged products were evaluated with varying rain‐gauge network densities and accumulation times. The results confirmed that accuracy of detecting quantitative rainfall was improved as the accumulation time and network density increased. Also, the impact of spatial heterogeneity of precipitation on the merged estimates was investigated. Our merging techniques reproduced accurate spatial distribution of rainfall by adopting the advantages of both gauge and COMS estimates. The efficacy of the merging techniques was particularly pronounced when the spatial heterogeneity of hourly rainfall, quantified by variance of rainfall, was greater than 10 mm²/accumulation time². Among the techniques analysed, Conditional Merging performed the best, especially when the gauge density was low. This study demonstrates the utility of the COMS Rainfall Intensity product, which has a shorter latency time (1 h) and higher spatio‐temporal resolution (hourly, 4 km by 4 km) than other widely used satellite precipitation products in estimating precipitation using merging techniques with ground‐based point measurements. The outcome has important implications for various hydrologic modelling approaches, especially for producing near real‐time products. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

拱形洞室围岩内岩爆的计算机模拟与控制方法

借用GDA软件来模拟开挖周边的应力重分布，在此基础上，重点分析了拱形洞室的拱顶、拱肩、两侧及底角的应力分布与岩爆的关系。并提出如何依据dσ3/（σ1-σ3）大小与正负来分析和估计岩爆位置，因为应力差σ1-σ3可表征岩石的变形与静态破坏，而最小主应力增量dσ3的大不可表征抵抗这种变形与破坏的能力。结果是拱肩与底角会出现岩爆。分析结果得到了加拿大某矿山的岩爆发生位置实际资料所验证。最后，提出了如何利用预裂爆破方法使岩爆从拱肩迁移到洞室底角。