Global Aerospace Monitoring and Disaster ManagementAuthors:
- Valery A. Menshikov,
- Anatoly N. Perminov,
- Yuri M. Urlichich
- …show all 3hide
ISBN: 978-3-7091-0809-3 (Print) 978-3-7091-0810-9 (Online)
Menshikov, Valery A., Perminov, Anatoly N., Urlichich, Yuri M.
2012, XXI, 328 p.
ISBN 978-3-7091-0810-9
Immediately available per PDF-download (no DRM, watermarked)
About this book
- Methods of detecting and forecasting of both natural disasters and technogenic catastrophes are described
- Existing global and regional monitoring systems are described
- The role that space information systems could play in risk management is determined
Contents
1 Natural Calamities and Their Forecasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Natural Calamities of Geological Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.1 Earthquakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.2 Volcanic Eruptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1.3 Tsunami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2 Meteorological Natural Calamities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.1 Cyclones, Tornados, Squalls, Typhoons, and Hurricanes . . . . . . 17
1.2.2 Floods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.2.3 Droughts and Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.3 The Aftermath of a Natural Calamity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.3.1 Killed and Injured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.3.2 Economic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.4 Aerospace Predictions of Geological Natural Calamities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1.4.1 Earthquake Precursors and Their Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1.4.2 Volcanic Eruption Precursors and Their Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
1.4.3 Detecting Geological Calamity Precursors from Space . . . . . . . . 61
1.4.4 Problems in Practical Prediction of Seismic
Activity and Their Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
2 Technogenic Emergencies: Can They Be Reliably Predicted? . . . . . . . . 83
2.1 Technogenic Disasters in the Modern World: Classification,
Facts, Consequences, and Tendencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
2.2 Man-Made Disasters and Emergencies in Russia:
Causes and Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
2.3 Harbingers of Technogenic Emergencies
and Ways to Forecast Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
2.4 Geodynamics, Seismic Location, and Prospects for Forecasting
Technogenic Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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2.5 Forecasting of Man-Made Disasters and the Role
of Space Systems in its Practical Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
3 Global Risks and Threats to Humanity from Outer Space:
Prospects of Warning and Parrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
3.1 The Risk and Threat from Asteroids and Comets: Are They
Really Dangerous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
3.1.1 Historical Background of the Hazards of Near-Earth
Objects: Some Estimates of Collision Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
3.1.2 NEO Detection, Impact Predictions, and
Early-Warning Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
3.2 Contemporary NEO Collision Avoidance Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
3.2.1 Common Approaches to Parrying the Threat of NEOs . . . . . . . 157
3.2.2 Planetary Defense Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
3.2.3 Some Principles Concerning the Adaptation of Space
Rocketry Facilities for Asteroid and Comet Threat
Mitigation Missions (Russian Approach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
3.3 Other Global Risks and Threats in Space and from Outer Space . . . . 190
3.3.1 Risks and Threats from Solar Activity
and Solar Cycle Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
3.3.2 Risks and Threats from Space Junk (Debris) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
3.3.3 Risks and Threats to Humanity Connected
with Abnormal Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
4 The Conception of the International Global Monitoring
Aerospace System (IGMASS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
4.1 Analysis of the Development of the Emergency
Monitoring Space Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
4.2 Purpose of the Creation of IGMASS and Its Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
4.3 The Main Principles of the Creation of IGMASS
and General Requirements for the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
4.4 Structure and Formation of IGMASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
4.5 Organizational and Technical Background of IGMASS
Project Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
4.6 Stages of IGMASS Project Realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
4.7 Some Cost Estimates of IGMASS Project Implementation . . . . . . . . . . 259
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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5 Space Exploration and Formation of the “Information Field of Global
Security”: A New Paradigm of Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
5.1 Space Facilities and the Formation of the Information Society
of the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
5.2 Humanitarian Aspects of IGMASS Project Implementation . . . . . . . . . 273
5.2.1 Distance Learning and Distribution of Space Education . . . . . 273
5.2.2 Telemedicine and Emergency Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
5.3 The IGMASS Project as a Potential Tool for Evolving the
“Planetary Security Information Field” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
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