浅谈无目标灯下夜间能见度的观测

介绍无固定目标灯下的夜间能见度观测的经验技巧     

1980—2010年中国区域地面风速对能见度影响的地理分布特征

利用1980—2010年中国气象局576个气象站的能见度和日平均风速资料,分别分析了中国区域低能见度下风速的空间分布、能见度与风速之间的相关关系、风速变化对能见度变化的影响,讨论了城市化效应和近海地理位置对其影响程度。结果表明:在低能见度（小于10 km）状况下,从内蒙古到新疆东部的沙漠及干旱地区对应的是高风速,在广大东部、南部地区,特别是四川盆地地区对应的是低风速（2 m·s-1以下）;类似地理学的胡焕庸线,中国大陆存在一条东北—西南走向的界线,以此界线划分,能见度与风速关系呈现“东正西负”型分布。界线以西地区包括中国沙漠及相邻干旱及半干旱地区,一年四季中能见度和风速均呈负相关关系,尤其春季最为明显,这表明这些地区能见度的恶化主要取决于大风驱动的沙尘气溶胶排放及传输。在界线以东地区,能见度和风速呈正相关,并且其正相关以秋冬季最强;夏季,盛行的西南季风使能见度与风速关系的“东正西负”分界线北移且其正负相关均为最弱,说明夏季影响能见度的因素相对其他季节更为复杂;东部地区能见度的变化对风速变化响应较小;在四川盆地、贵州至广西和巴丹吉林沙漠地区能见度对风速响应更为敏感,在这些地区风速在对能见度影响中起到重要作用;大城市的能见度对风速响应的敏感程度略微高于中小城市及乡村,说明城市化影响存在但效果有限;近海岸地区因受海陆风影响,响应的敏感度较内陆小且季节变化不明显。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地大气气溶胶散射特征研究

利用沙漠腹地塔中气象站积分浊度计的2004年观测资料,结合同期PM10质量浓度、能见度和常规气象资料,分析了塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地气溶胶散射系数的变化特征,以及气溶胶散射系数与PM10质量浓度、能见度的关系。研究表明,2004年塔中气溶胶散射系数、PM10质量浓度、能见度日平均值分别为124.74±187.30 Mm-1,538.9±841.7 μg·m-3,12 748±7 274 m。塔中气溶胶散射系数小时平均值出现频率最高的区间主要在100 Mm-1以下,中午气溶胶散射系数小,早晚气溶胶散射系数大;冬春两季的凌晨空气中含有较多的粒子,气溶胶散射系数较大;气溶胶散射系数小时平均值与PM10质量浓度变化规律基本一致,2004年1—6月的气溶胶质量散射系数平均值为0.37 m2·g-1;散射系数与能见度日平均值非线性相关较好,两者呈负幂函数关系。     

Automatic generation of the axial lines of urban environments to capture what we perceive

Based on the concepts of isovists and medial axes, we developed a set of algorithms that can automatically generate axial lines for representing individual linearly stretched parts of open space of an urban environment. Open space is the space between buildings where people can freely move around. The generation of the axial lines has been a key aspect of space syntax research, conventionally relying on hand-drawn axial lines of an urban environment, often called axial map, for urban morphological analysis. Although various attempts have been made towards an automatic solution, few of them can produce the axial map that consists of the least number of longest visibility lines, and none of them really works for different urban environments. Our algorithms provide a better solution than existing ones. Throughout this article, we have also argued and demonstrated that the axial lines constitute a true skeleton, superior to medial axes, in capturing what we perceive about the urban environment.     

Incorporating vegetation into visual exposure modelling in urban environments

Visual exposure modelling establishes the extent to which a nominated feature may be seen from a specified location. The advent of high-resolution light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-sourced elevation models has enabled visual exposure modelling to be applied in urban regions, for example, to calculate the field of view occupied by a landmark building when observed from a nearby street. Currently, visual exposure models access a single surface elevation model to establish the lines of sight (LoSs) between the observer and the landmark feature. This is a cause for concern in vegetated areas where trees are represented as solid protrusions in the surface model totally blocking the LoSs. Additionally, the observer's elevation, as read from the surface model, would be incorrectly set to the tree top height in those regions. The research presented here overcomes these issues by introducing a new visual exposure model, which accesses a bare earth terrain model, to establish the observer's true elevation even when passing through vegetated regions, a surface model for the city profile and an additional vegetation map. Where there is a difference between terrain and surface elevations, the vegetation map is consulted. In vegetated areas the LoS is permitted to continue its journey, either passing under the canopy with clear views or partially through it depending on foliage density, otherwise the LoS is terminated. This approach enables landmark visual exposure to be modelled more realistically, with consideration given to urban trees. The model's improvements are demonstrated through a number of real-world trials and compared to current visual exposure methods.     

Cartographically Wordy but not Necessarily Worthy

Abstract

A novel method called multidirectional visibility index (MVI) has been developed and verified. The MVI improves standard cartographic analytical shading with a number of enhancements to topographic detail and prominent structures, i.e. the portrayal of flat areas in lighter tones, the accentuation of morphologic edges, and the multiscale visualisation of morphologic terrain features. The procedure requires a digital elevation model (DEM) and involves the following steps: visibility mask computation; the respective multidirectional altering of the azimuth and elevation angle; the generation of continuous grid MVIs that indicate upper/lower views, quasi-slope, and relative relief; and an appropriate visualisation of the relevant MVI as a standalone technique or in combination with standard hill-shaded relief. The modelling parameters are robust and therefore highly adaptive to different landforms.     

高斯曲线优化能见度与气溶胶光学厚度转换模型

大气气溶胶是影响对地观测定量精度的最主要不确定性因素。随着定量遥感的发展,对气溶胶光学厚度数据的精度提出了更高要求。在广泛应用的基于辐射传输模型大气校正研究中,需要输入气溶胶光学厚度等关键参数,但与对地观测影像数据同时相的气溶胶光学厚度获取较难,而水平能见度作为表征气溶胶光学特性的间接参数可通过广泛分布的气象台站获得,可将能见度转换得到的气溶胶光学厚度数据作为同时相数据输入传输模型进行大气校正计算。本文以实测的能见度和气溶胶光学厚度数据为基础,通过拟合气溶胶标高其随时间的变化对Peterson模型进行了修正。对修正后的模型进行精度验证得到RMSE为0.254,结果表明优化的模型对精度有较大提升。     

陕西一次强沙尘暴过程诊断与分析

2006年陕西共发生沙尘天气13次,其中4月11日的沙尘天气最为严重,危害最大,这也是陕西近10 a来最为严重的一次沙尘暴天气过程。这次沙尘天气带来一系列的天气演变过程,它持续时间虽然只有8~9 h,但覆盖面积大,影响范围广,全省70%~80%左右的区域都受到了影响。运用FY-2卫星红外云图及MICAPS2.0模式中的数值预报进行分析,发现红外云图呈现出异常状态,高低空形势配合较好,气压梯度、温度梯度密集,狂风突起等状况,试图揭示与解读沙尘天气在发生过程中某些气象因子的特征及其对沙尘天气的影响机理,为今后预报沙尘暴强度和发生区域提供一定的理论依据。     

对一些沙尘暴强度划分标准中存在问题的讨论

研究发现,目前被我国一些学者采用的沙尘暴强度划分标准和气象观测规范中关于水平能见度观测记录的规定有明显差异,这个问题导致沙尘暴强度划分标准与50 a气象能见度观测资料不匹配,从而引起资料统计上的混乱和强沙尘暴、特强沙尘暴分析上很容易出现的错误。为此,就这个问题进行了分析讨论。     

华南沿海地区太阳直接辐射、能见度及大气气溶胶变化特征分析

分析了中国华南地区福州、广州、海口、南宁等地1961～1990年太阳直接辐射总量、日照时数、总云量、大气能见度和地面水汽压等资料,并利用这些资料反演了该地区大气气溶胶的光学厚度值。结果表明：近30年来,华南地区太阳直接辐射总量和日照时数呈明显下降趋势。与60年代相比,80年代各站太阳直接辐射总量的年平均值均下降20%以上,其中广州下降29.2%;日照时数,广州减少了1.1 h,福州1 h,南宁0.9 h,海口0.5 h。分析发现,造成下降的原因不是由于云量或大气中水汽含量的变化,而是由于地面能见度的明显减小和大气气溶胶的增加。4站中,14时地面能见度均以夏季最好,最高值出现在7月;而地面能见度最差的季节海口、南宁两站在冬季,福州和广州两站在春季3、4月份。相比较而言,海口能见度最好,福州和南宁次之,广州最差。4站大气气溶胶光学厚度值的大小、年及季节变化与地面能见度有密切的关系,但两者不尽一致,因此,在研究气溶胶的辐射和气候效应时必须合理地考虑中高层大气气溶胶的分布。