简介：TheuniquegeographicallocationandhighaltitudeoftheTibetanPlateaucangreatlyinfluenceregionalweatherandclimate.Inparticular,theAsiansummermonsoon(ASM)anticyclonecirculationsystemovertheTibetanPlateauisrecognizedtobeasignificanttransportpathwayforwatervaporandpollutantstoenterthestratosphere.Toimproveunderstandingofthesephysicalprocesses,amulti-locationjointatmosphericexperimentwasperformedovertheTibetanPlateaufromlateJulytoAugustin2018,fundedbythefiveyear(2018–2022)STEAM(stratosphereandtroposphereexchangeexperimentduringASM)project,duringwhichmultipleplatforms/instruments—includinglong-durationstratosphericballoons,dropsondes,unmannedaerialvehicles,specialsoundingsystems,andground-basedandsatellite-borneinstruments—willbedeployed.Thesecomplementarymethodsofdataacquisitionareexpectedtoprovidecomprehensiveatmosphericparameters(aerosol,ozone,watervapor,CO2,CH4,CO,temperature,pressure,turbulence,radiation,lightningandwind);therichnessofthisapproachisexpectedtoadvanceourcomprehensionofkeymechanismsassociatedwiththermal,dynamical,radiative,andchemicaltransportsovertheTibetanPlateauduringASMactivity.

简介：IntheSoutheastMarginoftheTibetanPlateau,low-velocitysedimentarylayersthatwouldsignificantlyaffecttheaccuracyoftheH-κstackingofreceiverfunctionsarewidelydistributed.Inthisstudy,weuseteleseismicwaveformdataof475eventsfrom97temporarybroadbandseismometersdeployedbyChinArrayPhaseItoobtaincrustalthicknessesandPoisson’sratioswithintheChuxiong-SimaoBasinandadjacentarea,employinganimprovedmethodinwhichthereceiverfunctionsareprocessedthrougharesonance-removalfilter,andtheH-κstackingistime-corrected.Resultsshowthatthecrustalthicknessrangesfrom30to55kminthestudyarea,reachingitsthickestvalueinthenorthwestandthinningtowardsouthwest,southeastandnortheast.TheapparentvariationofcrustalthicknessaroundtheRedRiverFaultsupportstheviewofsoutheasternescapeoftheTibetanPlateau.RelativelythincrustalthicknessinthezonebetweenChuxiongCityandtheRedRiverFaultindicatespossibleupliftofmantleinthisarea.ThepositivecorrelationbetweencrustalthicknessandPoisson’sratioislikelytoberelatedtolowercrustthickening.Comparisonofresultsobtainedfromdifferentmethodsshowsthattheimprovedmethodusedinourstudycaneffectivelyremovethereverberationeffectofsedimentarylayers.

简介：ThelinkbetweenthecrustaldeformationandmantlekinematicsintheTibetanPlateauhasbeenwellknownthankstodenseGPSmeasurementsandtherelativelydetailedanisotropystructureofthelithosphericmantle.However,whetherthecrustdeformscoherentlywiththeuppermantleintheShan-Thaiterrane(alsoknownastheShan-Thaiblock)remainsunclear.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatethedeformationpatternsthroughstrainratetensorsinthesoutheasternTibetanPlateauderivedfromthelatestGPSmeasurementsandfindthatintheShan-Thaiterranetheuppercrustmaybecoupledwiththelowercrustandtheuppermantle.TheGPS-derivedstrainratetensorsareinagreementwiththeslippingpatternsandratesofmajorstrike-slipfaultsintheregion.Themostprominentshearzone,whoseshearstrainratesarelargerthan100×10^–9a^–1,isabout1000-km-longinthewest,trendingnorthwardalongSagaingfaulttotheEasternHimalayanSyntaxisinthenorth,withmaximumrateofcompressivestrainupto–240×10^–9a^–1.AsecondaryshearzonealongtheAnninghe-XiaojiangFaultintheeastshowssegmentedshearzonesnearseveralconjunctions.WhilethestrainratealongRRFisrelativelylowduetothelowsliprateandlowseismicitythere,inLijiangandTengchongseverallocalshearzonesarepresentunderanextensionaldominatedstressregimethatisrelatedtonormalfaultingearthquakesandvolcanism,respectively.Furthermore,bycomparingGPS-derivedstrainratetensorswithearthquakefocalmechanisms,wefindthat75.8%(100outof132)oftheearthquakeT-axesareconsistentwiththeGPS-derivedstrainrates.Moreover,wefindthattheFastVelocityDirection(FVDs)atthreedepthsbeneaththeShan-Thaiterraneareconsistentwithextensionalstrainratewithgraduallyincreasingangulardifferences,whicharelikelyresultingfromthebasalshearforcesinducedbyasthenosphericflowassociatedwiththeobliquesubductionoftheIndiaplatebeneaththeShan-Thaiterrane.Therefore,inthisregiontheuppercrustd