Reliability based approach for offloading operation related to motion of two side-by-side moored LNG carriers

A reliability based approach for analysis of offloading operations with two identical LNG carriers moored in a side-by-side configuration is suggested. The approach, although adopted for two tankers, is generally applicable to different types of LNG terminals. Different heading controls are conceivable for the discharging vessel in the case that the heading is not fixed: heading toward wind-sea, heading toward swell, heading toward wind and free weather vaning. The analyses show that heading toward the governing sea state is the most beneficial option for two identical LNG carriers moored in a side-by-side configuration. Strategies are discussed for estimation of limiting weather criteria that are consistent with prescribed target failure probabilities.     

一种自适应的坡度阈值地面点云分割方法

针对城市道路斜坡地形场景中地面欠分割或过分割的问题,提出了一种自适应的激光雷达地面分割算法。首先将激光点云按照水平角度分辨率进行有序组织,然后求取同一水平角度下前后扫描圈间激光点云的距离和局部坡度,最后采用自适应水平距离、局部高度和全局高度阈值区分地面点和非地面点。结合40线激光雷达进行多场景实例分析,结果表明本文算法分割的准确率更高,处理每帧数据均用时约1ms,满足无人驾驶汽车的实时性需求。提出了一种自适应的激光雷达地面分割算法,实现了对激光雷达地面点云的准确分割。     

基于晴空阈值法的全天空红外图像云量计算

为提高新疆戈壁地区云的自动化观测水平,基于全天空红外成像仪(WSIRCMS)获取的红外辐射图像,利用辐射传输模式SBDART分析了仪器测量波段对有云无云状况的敏感性并构建了拟合方程,同时利用典型季节的晴空辐射样本拟合了晴空曲线并统计形成了晴空阈值,最后利用统计晴空阈值对全天空红外辐射图像进行云像素识别和总云量计算。将不同季节总云量计算结果同人工观测结果对比验证表明：观测时段算法计算总云量和人工观测总云量差值在±2成以下的概率均在80%以上,说明该方法具有较高的准确度和较强的实用性,在观测业务中具有较好的应用前景。     

1951-2013年浙江热量资源变化研究

基于1951—2013年浙江71个常规气象站逐日气温资料和1971—2013年土温资料,采用M-K检验、气候倾向率等气候统计诊断方法,分析浙江地区气温、地温、农业界限温度等热量资源要素的变化规律及气候变化下浙江热量资源区划的年代际变化特征,以期为充分利用气候资源、优化农业结构和作物引种提供科学依据。研究结果表明：1）1951—2013年浙江四季和年平均气温变化幅度分别为0.24 ℃·10a-1(P0.01)、0.10 ℃·10a-1(P0.05)、0.14 ℃·10a-1(P0.01)、0.14 ℃·10a-1(P0.05)和0.18 ℃·10a-1(P0.05),突变起始年分别为1997、2005、2002、1993和1999年;2）1951—2013年浙江平均极端最高、最低气温的气候倾向率分别为0.10 ℃·10a-1(P0.01)和0.30 ℃·10a-1(P0.10);3）土温与农业密切相关,0—20 cm土温与日平均温度通过0.01显著性相关;4）气候变暖导致浙江农业界限温度(0 ℃、5 ℃、10 ℃、15 ℃、20 ℃)初日提前、终日延后、持续天数和积温增加,农业界限温度初日、终日、持续天数和积温的气候倾向率平均值分别为-3.2～-1.5 d·10a-1、0.3～1.6 d·10a-1、2.8～4.1 d·10a-1、95.7～107.3 ℃·d·10a-1;5）1951—2013年浙江初霜延迟、终霜提前、无霜期增加,初霜、终霜和无霜期气候倾向率平均为-3.62 d·10a-1、1.32 d·10a-1和4.97 d·10a-1;6）气候变暖导致浙江热量资源区划变化显著,2001—2010年淳安建德浦江义乌诸暨嵊州天台三门线以南地区≥10 ℃积温超过5600 ℃·d。     

复杂应力条件下长江口原状饱和软黏土门槛循环应力比试验研究

针对取自于长江口的海洋原状饱和软黏土,利用土工静力-动力液压三轴-扭转多功能剪切仪,在控制不同初始固结参数的三向非均等固结状态和不排水条件下,分别进行了轴向和扭转双向耦合循环剪切以及循环扭剪等多种复杂循环剪切试验。分别研究了初始大主应力方向角、初始偏应力比、初始中主应力系数以及循环剪切应力模式等因素对门槛循环应力比的影响。试验结果表明,在三向非均等固结条件下,初始大主应力方向角、初始偏应力比对门槛循环应力比影响显著,门槛循环应力比随着初始大主应力方向角与初始偏应力比的增大而明显减小;而初始中主应力系数对门槛循环应力比基本没有影响。循环剪切应力模式对门槛循环应力比具有显著影响,在相同的初始固结应力条件下,循环耦合剪切试验确定的门槛循环应力比明显小于循环扭剪试验所确定的门槛循环应力比。     

基于广义S变换的地震资料信噪分离方法

基于S变换具有良好的时频聚焦性和分时分频性,将可灵活选取窗函数的广义S变换引入到地震信号去噪处理中,系统研究了广义S变换在地震资料信噪分离中的应用。首先对地震数据进行广义S变换,然后对含噪频率剖面选取适当阈值压制噪声干扰,提取有效信号,最后重构得到去噪后的记录。经合成记录和实际地震资料处理实验证明,该方法能有效地进行信噪分离,提高地震剖面信噪比和分辨率。     

城市活力与建成环境的非线性关系和阈值效应研究——以广州市中心城区为例

城市地理与城乡规划一直关注城市活力与建成环境的关系。论文以广州中心城区为例,通过采集百度热力图、建筑矢量数据、路网数据、兴趣点数据等多源空间大数据,应用梯度提升决策树模型,探究建设强度、功能性质和交通可达性3个维度的建成环境要素对城市活力影响的非线性关系和阈值效应,并对比工作日白天与夜间的影响差异。研究发现：(1)容积率对城市活力塑造的相对重要性最高,其次是休闲设施密度与公交密度,且白天与夜间的差异不显著。合理的开发建设强度、集聚的休闲与办公设施、公交导向交通发展,更有助于塑造充满活力的城市。(2)各建成环境要素与城市活力之间均存在非线性关系和阈值效应,且部分建成环境要素白天与夜间的差异较明显。研究结论可为精细化的建成环境规划与治理以促进城市活力提供一定的政策启示。     

EEMD-多尺度排列熵的GPS高程时间序列降噪方法

针对GPS高程时间序列受各类噪声干扰的影响,导致难以提取有用信息的问题,提出一种基于整体经验模态分解(EEMD)结合多尺度排列熵(MPE)的阈值降噪方法。该方法以EEMD为核心算法,将原始信号分解成一系列本征模态函数(IMF),并采用MPE作为指标将其分类为噪声IMF、混合IMF和信息IMF;然后利用阈值函数处理混合IMF,实现二次降噪;再重构降噪后的数据与信息IMF,获得降噪结果。仿真信号和实例分析结果表明,该方法与相关系数法、MPE法相比,降噪评价指标RMSE、SNR和d_nSNR均为最优,说明该降噪方法效果最好,本文方法获得的降噪结果能够更好地反映出时间序列本身的非线性变化特性,可为GPS高程时间序列分析提供可靠依据。     

Species richness,diversity and density of understory vegetation along disturbance gradients in the Himalayan conifer forest

We investigated whether species richness, diversity and density of understory herbaceous plants differed along logging(gap) and grazing(primarily by cattle) disturbance gradients, and sought to identify drivers of richness, diversity and density of understory vegetation of logged sites. A factorial experiment was conducted in the mixed conifer forest of Gidakom in Western Bhutan. Levels of the logging treatment included small(0.15 – 0.24 ha), medium(0.25 – 0.35 ha) and large(0.36 – 1.31 ha) gaps. The grazing treatment included grazed(primarily by cattle) and ungrazed(where herbivores were excluded by a fence) plots nested within each gap. Data were collected from 12 gaps(4 replicates at each level of logging) using the point intercept method. Shannon Weaver Diversity and Margalef's indices were used to estimate species diversity and describe species richness, respectively. Soil samples were analyzed for pH and nutrients. The interaction effect of logging and grazing was significant(p≤0.001) only on species diversity. Relative to ungrazed areas, species diversity was significantly higher(0.01≤p≤0.05) in medium grazed gaps. Under grazed conditions, soil P was negatively correlated with gap size and species diversity. While species diversity was positivelycorrelated(0.01≤p≤0.05) with soil N in grazed plots species richness was positively correlated(0.001≤p≤0.01) with soil N in ungrazed plots. Relative density of Yushania microphylla and Carex nubigena were higher under ungrazed conditions. Our study suggests that the combined effect of cattle grazing and logging results in higher species diversity of understory vegetation in medium and grazed gaps in mixed conifer forests of Bhutan,whereas increase or decrease in relative density of major species is determined primarily by the independent effects of grazing and logging. From management perspective, forest managers must refrain from creating large gaps to avoid loss of nutrients(mainly P and N), which may eventually affect tree regeneration. Managers intending to maintain understory vegetation diversity must consider the combined effects of grazing and logging, ensuring low to moderate grazing pressure.     

海岛礁光学和雷达影像基于改进非子采样小波变换的自动配准

Homologous feature point extraction is a key problem in the optical and synthetic aperture radar （SAR） image registration for islands. A new feature point extraction method using a threshold shrink operator and non-subsampled wavelet transform （TSO-NSWT） for optical and SAR image registration was proposed. Moreover, the matching for this proposed feature was different from the traditional feature matching strategies and was performed using a similarity measure computed from neighborhood circles in low-frequency bands. Then, a number of reliably matched couples with even distributions were obtained, which assured the accuracy of the registration. Application of the proposed algorithm to SPOT-5 （multi-spectral） and YG-1 （SAR） images showed that a large number of accurately matched couples could be identified. Additionally, both of the root mean square error （RMSE） patterns of the registration parameters computed based on the TSO-NSWT algorithm and traditional NSWT algorithm were analyzed and compared, which further demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The algorithm can supply the crucial step for island image registration and island recognition.