关键词: 九江地震, 潜热通量, 地表气温, 热异常

Abstract: The temporal and spatial variations of surface latent heat flux(SLHF)and diagnostic air temperature at 2m before and after the M_S 5.7 earthquake that occurred between Ruichang and Jiujiang in Jiangxi province on the 26th November 2005 are summarized in this paper.It is found that before the earthquake significant SLHF anomalies and air temperature anomalies occurred in the epicentral area and its vicinity.The air temperature anomalies are found from the 2nd to 13th November,2005 and concentrated at the epicentral area and its southern area.Then two days later,that is,from the 4th to 15th November 2005,significant SLHF anomalies occurred in the epicentral area and its northern area where a lot of lakes distribute along the active faults.During the anomalous period the SLHF and air temperature at 2m exceeded the sum of 26 years average and 1.5 times of their standard deviation for the same day.Both anomalies had maintained for 12 days with a peculiar distribution associated with the tectonic active zone.It is considered that both of air temperature anomalies and SLHF anomalies are behaviors of thermal flux from underground prior to earthquake.SLHF anomalies occurred over regions with abundant water,whereas air temperature anomalies occurred over land.

Key words: air temperature, surface latent heat flux, earthquake anomaly, Jiujiang earthquake, satellite remote sensing