WASHINGTON, DC – Wani sabon kalubalen NASA na neman hujjojin da zai goyi bayan wata ka’idar da ke nuna cewa pulses electromagnetic (EMP) na iya tunkarar girgizar kasa, mai yuwuwar yin gargadi ga wadanda ke kan hanyar girgizar kasar.
Kalubalen algorithm na mako biyu na "Quest for Quakes" yana neman haɓaka sabbin lambobin software ko algorithms don bincika ta hanyar bayanai da gano bugun jini na lantarki wanda zai iya gaban girgizar ƙasa. Wasu masu bincike sun yi hasashen irin wannan bugun jini da ke fitowa daga kasa kusa da wuraren girgizar kasa na iya nuna alamun fara wasu girgizar kasa.
Craig Dobson, masanin kimiyyar shirin a hedikwatar NASA a Washington ya ce "Haɓaka ingantaccen tsarin da zai iya raba raƙuman wutar lantarki da girgizar ƙasa ke haifarwa daga ɗimbin tushen halitta da na ɗan adam ya kasance babban kalubale." "Muna fatan ganin sabbin dabaru daga wannan gasa da kuma kara koyo game da wannan lamari mai cike da cece-kuce."
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Za a samar da masu gasa da bayanan siginar lantarki da aka tattara cikin tsawon watanni uku daga na'urori masu auna firikwensin da yawa a kusancin girgizar asa da suka gabata. Hakanan za a haɗa bayanan sarrafawa ba tare da girgizar ƙasa ba. Masu rikodin za su sami makonni biyu don haɓaka sabuwar hanya don cire sigina da kuma gano abubuwan da za su iya haifar da girgizar ƙasa. Mutane ko ƙungiyoyin da ke haɓaka hanyoyin cin nasara za su raba kyautar $25,000.
An shafe shekaru ana muhawara kan alakar da ke tsakanin bugun wutar lantarki da girgizar kasa. Masu bincike sun kasance suna duban abubuwan da ke haifar da EMPs masu ƙarancin ƙarancin mitar da ke fitowa daga ƙasa kusa da wuraren girgizar ƙasa a cikin makonnin da suka kai ga wasu matsakaici da manyan al'amura.
Wata ka'ida ta nuna cewa fashewar dutse a cikin ɓawon burodi na duniya yana haifar da bugun jini na lantarki wanda ke tafiya zuwa saman ƙasa kuma yana bayyana kansa a matsayin ɗan ƙaramin canji a filin maganadisu na gida.
Koyaya, akwai adadin maɓuɓɓugan hayaniya' na halitta da na ɗan adam, kamar walƙiya, guguwar rana, jiragen ƙasa masu wucewa, da zirga-zirga, waɗanda zasu iya rufe ko kwaikwayi EMPs kuma ana iya haɗa su da girgizar ƙasa.
An ba da bayanan wannan gasa ta ƙungiyar QuakeFinder, aikin bincike da ci gaban bil adama ta Stellar Solutions, Inc., Palo Alto, California. QuakeFinder yana da firikwensin 125 a California da kuma firikwensin firikwensin 40 a duniya. Waɗannan magnetometer masu ƙarancin mitar mitoci suna tattarawa da watsa bayanai masu ƙima zuwa cibiyar bayanan Stellar Solutions don gudanarwa da kimantawa. Sama da terabytes 65 na bayanai an tattara su daga na'urori masu auna firikwensin tare da laifin San Andreas da sauran kurakurai a California, Chile, Peru, Girka, Indonesia da Taiwan.
Sabis na Yanar Gizo na Amazon (AWS) ya ba da gudummawar tallafin bincike don kusan terabytes uku na manyan bayanai na magnetometer mai tsayi da albarkatun lissafin da masu takara za su yi amfani da su.
"Gasar "Quest for Quakes" babban misali ne na yadda kayan aikin AWS Cloud ya dace don bincike daban-daban da kuma aikin kimiyya," in ji Jamie Kinney, babban manajan AWS na lissafin kimiyya. "Muna sa ido ga sabbin aikace-aikacen da 'yan takara suka haɓaka don magance wannan ƙalubale na duniya kuma yana iya ceton rayuka."
Kalubalen "Quest for Quakes" ana gudanar da shi ta hanyar NASA Tournament Lab da NASA ta kafa da Cibiyar Nazarin Innovation ta Crowd a Jami'ar Harvard a cikin 2010 don ƙirƙirar mafi inganci, inganci da mafita mafi kyau ga takamaiman, ƙalubalen duniya da masu binciken NASA ke fuskanta. Lab ɗin yana amfani da sabis na taron jama'a na Appirio's topcoder.com don ɗaukar nauyin ƙalubalen, wanda ke buɗe ga jama'a da fiye da membobin 815,000 na al'ummar topcoder.
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- Wata ka'ida ta nuna cewa fashewar dutse a cikin ɓawon burodi na duniya yana haifar da bugun jini na lantarki wanda ke tafiya zuwa saman ƙasa kuma yana bayyana kansa a matsayin ɗan ƙaramin canji a filin maganadisu na gida.
- Wani sabon ƙalubalen NASA yana neman shaida don tallafawa ka'idar cewa bugun jini na lantarki (EMP) na iya gaba da girgizar ƙasa, mai yuwuwar yin gargaɗi ga waɗanda ke kan hanyar girgizar.
- Kalubale yana gudana ta hanyar NASA Tournament Lab wanda NASA da Cibiyar Innovation ta Crowd a Jami'ar Harvard a cikin 2010 ke sarrafa ƙalubalen don ƙirƙirar mafi inganci, inganci da mafi kyawun mafita don takamaiman ƙalubalen duniya da masu binciken NASA ke fuskanta.
