Influences of multiple layers of air temperature differences on tidal forces and tectonic stress before, during and after the Jiujiang earthquake

Abstract

Using the air temperature data of the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), we compared multiple layers of air temperature differences before, during and after the Jiujiang earthquake, and explored its relationship with the additive tectonic stress caused by celestial tide-generating force (ATSCTF). The earthquake occurred at the 1 of 4 high phases of ATSCTF, while the temperature rise came from land surface to high sky. It indicated that the tide force could trigger an earthquake when the tectonic stress was in critical status, and the air temperature rise reflected the terra stress change modulated under the tidal force. During the shock period of ATSCTF, the distribution of air temperature changes both near land surfaces and upper multi-layers along the active fault zones showed a tectonic disturbance pattern of calm before earthquake, rise during earthquake, calm after earthquake as well as a heat distribution pattern of the surface air warmed by land, uplifted by heat flux, cooled and dissipated in the sky. The pattern of changes obeyed the rule of thermal rise of rocks broken under stress loading and the principle of atmospheric thermal dynamic diffusion in vertical. We argued that an earthquake may also be a reason for air temperature differences rather than a simple weather process. At the same time, the rise of air temperature was synchronized with the ATSCTF fluctuant, which showed that tidal force had a particular indicative significance for the identification of temperature anomaly on seismic faults. Because of the mechanical characteristics of the study of earthquake thermal anomalies, it could help to identify the earthquake thermal anomalies and the climatic thermal anomalies, and provided a clear time-indication for the choice of the background temperature in the seismic thermal anomaly recognition.