Comparing the CO and HI Distributions in Nearby Spiral Galaxies at High Resolution

With wide-field CO maps of spiral galaxies at ～6′′resolution provided by the BIMA Survey of Nearby Galaxies (BIMA SONG),it is now feasible to compare the CO and HI distributions in disks onscales of ～1 kpc or less. The results of such a comparisonsuggest that, when azimuthally averaged, the ratio of CO to HIemission, and by implication the molecular-to-atomic gas ratio, isdetermined by the midplane interstellar pressure, with the ISMmetallicity as a secondary factor. A variety of observed phenomena,including the inhibition of molecular cloud and star formation in theouter disks of galaxies, can be understood in terms of thisdependence. We present recent data on the edge-on galaxy NGC 891 thatallow a comparison of the vertical distribution of CO and HI, and willtherefore provide an independent test of these ideas.     

Spatial data mining system for ore-forming prediction

The authors designed the spatial data mining system for ore-forming prediction based on the theory and methods of data mining as well as the technique of spatial database,in combination with the characteristics of geological information data.The system consists of data management,data mining and knowledge discovery,knowledge representation.It can syncretize multi-source geosciences data effectively,such as geology,geochemistry,geophysics,RS.The system digitized geological information data as data layer files which consist of the two numerical values,to store these files in the system database.According to the combination of the characters of geological information,metallogenic prognosis was realized,as an example from some area in Heilongjiang Province.The prospect area of hydrothermal copper deposit was determined.     

Beam patterns of an underwater acoustic vector hydrophone located away from any reflecting boundary

A vector hydrophone is composed of two or three spatially collocated but orthogonally oriented velocity hydrophones plus an optional collocated pressure hydrophone. A vector hydrophone may form azimuth-elevation beams that are invariant with respect to the sources' frequencies, bandwidths and radial location (in near field as opposed to the far field). This paper characterizes the spatial matched filter beam patterns (a.k.a. fixed or conventional or maximum signal-to-noise ratio beam patterns) and the minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beam patterns associated with a single underwater acoustic vector hydrophone distant from any reflecting boundary.     

Water effects on rock strength and stiffness degradation

Reduction in strength and stiffness in rocks attributed to an increase in water content has been extensively researched on a large variety of rock types over the past decades. Due to the considerable variations of texture and lithology, the extent of water-weakening effect is highly varied among different rock types, spanning from nearly negligible in quartzite to 90 % of uniaxial compressive strength reduction in shale. Readers, however, often face difficulties in comparing the data published in different sources due to the discrepancy of experimental procedures of obtaining the water saturation state and how the raw laboratory data is interpreted. In view of this, the present paper first reviews the terminologies commonly used to quantify the amount of water stored in rocks. The second part of the paper reviews the water-weakening effects on rock strengths, particularly focusing on uniaxial compressive strength and modulus, as well as tensile strength, under quasi-static loading and dynamic loading. The correlation relationships established among various parameters, including porosity, density and fabric of rocks, and external factors such as strain rate, surface tension and dielectric constant of the saturating liquid, absorption percentage and suction pressure, are reviewed and presented toward the end of the paper.     

乌鲁木齐区域数值预报业务系统降水预报检验与评估分析

基于乌鲁木齐区域数值预报业务系统,运用Ts和Bias评分方法,对2012年9月1日—2015年8月31日逐日2个起报时次的逐6 h累积降水量的年与季节预报性能进行检验,并从空间上分析了2015年全疆站点逐6 h累积降水量在4个预报时段的评分特征。结果表明:(1)2个起报时次的降水评分相差较小,00 UTC起报略优于12 UTC起报,2015年系统改进了白天大量级降水的空报现象。(2)系统对晴雨预报较为准确,Bias接近1,空报、漏报率很小;随着降水阈值的升高,Ts评分减小,Bias变幅增大,空、漏报率也随之增加。系统对强降水过程以漏报为主。(3)系统的降水预报能力存在季节差异,夏季Ts评分最高,秋季次之,冬季最小;随时间模式对四季降水预报能力均有提高,降低了冬季大量级降水的漏报率和夏季大量级降水的空报率。(4)在新疆地区,08—14 BT(Beijing Time)、14—20 BT、20—次日02 BT空报站点数多于漏报,14—20 BT空报率最高;在02—08 BT整体呈漏报。(5)各站点整体来看,白天Ts评分高于夜间,山区及邻近地区评分高于平原地区;西天山评分略优于东天山,夜间晴雨预报有天山北坡漏报、南坡空报的趋势。     

基于DBM数据制作真正射影像图的方法探索

随着三维城市等新兴技术发展,真正射影像图需求也日益明显。传统正射影像图并未考虑如人工建筑物等空间目标,从而导致这些目标的中心投影变形依然存在,势必导致数字正摄影像(DOM)中出现建筑物倾斜、遮挡等问题。据此,总结了一种利用数字建筑物模型(DBM)数据进行真正射数据的处理方法。真正射影像重建的结果表明:应用本方法进行三维城市模型重建具有自动化程度高、效果逼真、成本低的特点,为快速、大面积的城市真三维模型纹理迅速重建提供了一种有效途径。