基于卫星测高交叉点的海洋表面地转流速度

在流体静力平衡状态下,海洋Coriolis力和压力梯度平衡就形成地转流,世界上大多数海流都近似为地转流.本文利用卫星测高交叉点方法计算海洋表面地转流速度,分析了利用测高交叉点计算地转流速度的不确定性,上升和下降弧段的海面倾斜在分辨率50 km上可以达到10-7量级,才可能获得优于10 cm/s的地转流速度.在低纬度或者纬度接近卫星轨道倾角的地区,由交叉点方法计算的地转流速度精度低于中纬度地区.以中国台湾东部黑潮为试验区,利用最新的中国台湾周边海域大地水准面模型参考场计算高精度的大地水准面高,利用TOPEX/Poseidon和Jason-1的GDR数据(2002~2005年)计算海面高,然后计算交叉点的动力高,确定交叉点的地转流速度,结果与中国台湾NCOR(National Center for Ocean Research)的流速基本一致.     

用一维变分法校正卫星资料反演地球大气湿度场的试验研究

本文采用一维变分法,并将MM5模式的相对湿度6小时预报作为背景信息,对1998年6~7月两种卫星反演地球大气相对湿度资料进行偏差校正试验,以提高其精度.这两种反演资料分别是用统计反演法反演GMS-5静止气象卫星多通道遥感信息得到的GMS反演地球大气湿度,和用同步物理反演法反演NOAA-14极轨卫星的TOVS晴空测值所得的TOVS反演湿度.校正试验结果表明,一维变分法能有效减小两种卫星反演湿度相对于匹配的NCEP/DOE再分析相对湿度的平均偏差和均方根偏差：850~300 hPa GMS反演湿度的绝对平均偏差下降了0.59%~2.87%;各层GMS反演湿度的均方根偏差的减少量为3.26%~7.49%,其中925~400 hPa从11%~14%降为6%~9%,300~200 hPa从20%~24%降为13%~18%;500~300 hPa TOVS反演湿度的绝对平均偏差从7%~13%降至1%~5%;各层TOVS反演湿度的均方根偏差减少了12.61%~15.1%,其中1000~500 hPa从21%~24%降至8%~10%,400~300 hPa从25%~29%降至11%~14%.校正分别使925~400 hPa GMS反演湿度和1000~500 hPa TOVS反演湿度的均方根偏差降至10％以下,达到了WMO对卫星资料反演地球大气湿度垂直分布的可用精度要求.     

利用多年卫星测高资料研究南海上层环流季节特征

利用10年高精度卫星测高海面高异常网格资料,联合EGM96稳态海面地形模型,构成南海海域合成海面地形的时间序列,并计算了各个时期的南海表层地转流场. 利用卫星跟踪漂流浮标观测结果与相应时期南海地转流场进行对比验证,结果显示本文结果可以很好地反映南海海域一些中小尺度的环流特征. 根据南海各季节多年平均表层环流场结构,对南海环流周年变化规律和季节特征进行了初步的探讨. 研究结果表明,南海表层环流始终处在不断演变过程之中,在时间和空间上都表现出明显的多尺度特征.     

基于GRACE Follow-On卫星重力梯度法精确反演地球重力场

由于GRACE Follow-On双星系统等效于基线长为星间距离的一维水平重力梯度仪,因此本文基于GRACE Follow-On卫星重力梯度法开展了精确和快速反演下一代地球重力场的可行性论证研究. 研究结果表明：第一,基于GRACE Follow-On卫星重力梯度法（GFO-SGGM）,利用卫星轨道参数（轨道高度250 km、星间距离50 km、轨道倾角89°、轨道离心率0.001）、关键载荷测量精度（星间距离10-6 m、星间速度10-7 m·s-1、星间加速度10-10 m·s-2、轨道位置10-3 m、轨道速度10-6 m·s-1、非保守力10-11 m·s-2）、观测时间30天和采样间隔10 s反演了120阶地球重力场,在120阶处累计大地水准面精度为9.331×10-4 m. 第二,在120阶内,利用将来GRACE Follow-On双星反演地球重力场精度较现有GRACE双星平均提高61倍,因此GRACE Follow-On卫星重力梯度法是进一步提高地球重力场反演精度的优选方法. 第三,下一代GRACE Follow-On计划较当前GRACE计划的优点如下：轨道高度更低（200~300 km）、载荷精度更高（10-7 ~10-9 m·s-1）和星间距离更短（50~100 km）.     

应用静止卫星热红外遥感亮温资料反演地表温度的方法研究

双通道多时相反演方法在提取地表温度场时可把地表温度与地表发射率分离计算,是利用静止卫星热红外遥感资料研究地表温度场变化的一种有效方法。该方法计算简单,易于实现海量资料处理,基本满足红外遥感资料在地震预报中的应用要求。     

基于卫星高度计资料分析南海热含量的年际变化特征

本文从海面高度异常与海洋热含量变化的线性关系出发,利用1992～2004年多颗卫星融合海面高度资料,对南海海域的热含量异常进行了计算.这一计算结果与基于气候态温盐资料计算的热含量季节变化具有很好的一致性.本文得到的结果还显示南海热含量异常具有明显的长周期变化,表现为:1992～1998年基本保持比较稳定的年际变化特征,1998年之后,热含量出现明显的跃变,这一跃变一直维持到2001年,在2002年开始出现热含量的递减趋势.对此时间序列进行谐波分析可以看出,南海热含量异常除了具有显著的年变化周期外,还存在明显的0.5、1.5、2.4、4年和6年的变化周期.进一步分析还发现,南海12月份热含量异常可以作为南海夏季风爆发的一种预报指标.     

瞬变电磁晚期场资料的一维反演

本文研讨了由垂直磁偶源和水平电偶源所激发的瞬变电磁晚期场的垂直磁场时间偏导数及其视电阻率的性态特征。探讨了其一维反演的某些问题，研制出了对该时间域电磁响应函数的一维实用化反演程序，表明具有较好的使用效果。     

星载微波SSM/I对南中国海海面遥感的辐射特征及其风场反演

研究了星载微波DMSPSSM／I对南中国海海面遥感数据的定量辐射特征．与现有的经验性统计反演不同,本文用37GHz垂直和水平极化两个通道的辐射亮度温度,提出了物理意义明确,又易于计算和参数标定的海面风速反演公式．海面风速及演结果与现有的海面浮标风速观测记录作了很好的比较．这一方法应用于南中国海海面风速的反演,得到了南海海面风速在空间和时间尺度上的分布和变化．     

星载微波SSM/I对南中国海海面遥感的辐射特征及其风场反演

研究了星载微波DMSPSSM／I对南中国海海面遥感数据的定量辐射特征．与现有的经验性统计反演不同,本文用37GHz垂直和水平极化两个通道的辐射亮度温度,提出了物理意义明确,又易于计算和参数标定的海面风速反演公式．海面风速及演结果与现有的海面浮标风速观测记录作了很好的比较．这一方法应用于南中国海海面风速的反演,得到了南海海面风速在空间和时间尺度上的分布和变化．     

由遥感资料反演介质应力状态的原理与数学方法

实验证明，当物质（体）受到应力作用时，应力能够引起物质（体）电磁辐射能量发生改变．遥感器接收到的电磁辐射能量是由受载物体自身温度和应力共同引起的总辐射能量（观测值）组成．如何将二者定量地分离开，进而反演介质所处的温度状态和应力状态，在地震预测预报、大型岩土工程稳定性监测中, 是一个具有实际意义的问题．本文详细论述了如何采用多波段遥感观测，通过数学手段将二者分离并反演应力的方法, 并列举算例加以证实．      

卫星遥感数据评估黄土高原陆面干湿程度研究

卫星遥感数据具有估算时空尺度上地表参量的优势,在陆地环境状况评估和监测等方面有很大的应用潜力.本文利用美国地球观测系统卫星搭载中等分辨率成像光谱仪（EOS/MODIS）在黄土高原2002-2010年期间获取的每16天归一化植被指数（NDVI）和每日地表温度（LST）数据,分析了黄土高原地区LST-NDVI空间的基本特征.结果发现：当研究区域足够大且遥感数据时间序列足够长时,LST-NDVI空间中（NDVI,LST）散点并非呈三角形或梯形分布.为了能够利用EOS/MODIS的NDVI和LST数据正确地评估陆面的干湿状况,本文给出了利用数据集合法确定LST-NDVI空间中干边和湿边的数值,即在LST-NDVI空间中,利用NDVI等值区间内LST最大值和最小值的集合代表干边和湿边的数值,并进一步证明了在LST-NDVI空间中干边和湿边数值并非呈线性关系.在分析LST-NDVI空间特征的基础上,通过构建地表温度-植被干旱指数（TVDI）,探讨其在评估黄土高原地区陆面的干湿状况的应用潜力.结果表明：由TVDI距平表征的陆面的干湿程度与局地降水距平有很好的关联性,二者在时空分布上有较好的对应关系.在我国陇东黄土高原塬区,TDVI数值与地面观测的表层土壤湿度有很好的相关性,相关系数在0.67以上,并通过显著性为1%的检验.由此说明：如果合理选取干边和湿边的数值,TDVI可应用于区域陆面干湿程度的客观评估.     

基于多源遥感的极震区破裂带与数据平台可视化研究

地震是一种以力学运动为主体的自然现象。因此,测量并掌握地壳的力学状态与力学运动,是地震学与地震预报研究中最为重要的基础性工作。获取大范围的地表连续覆盖的同震位移形变场图像,并利用这些地表同震形变场来揭示震源破裂面的断层位移和运动速率等的几何学和运动学特征,对深入了解地震重复间隔、潜在震源区等问题,从而认清地震应力应变的积累与释放过程,具有重要意义。另外,震后地表实际破裂带的分布及其性质和特征,对于更好地理解地震破裂过程和破坏强度及评价周围地区未来强震或强余震的危险性等都具有重要参考价值,且可以为地球物理解提供更好的约束条件。     

遥感与实测地表温度的对比分析及在地震研究中的意义

伴随着空间观测技术的发展,卫星热红外遥感在地震领域受到越来越多的关注,同时存在许多基础性工作亟待完善.本文以由卫星遥感影像与实际测量两种不同方法获取的地表温度为基础,选取2006年3月~2008年2月近2年的数据,进行遥感与实测地表温度之间的对比研究.分析结果表明遥感与实测地表温度之间:夜间差值比白天要小,白天的相关性比夜间相关性差;无论是白天还是夜间,长周期信号相关性比短周期要好,对于几十天以上的变化,两者相关程度均极高.意味着分析地表温度的长周期变化时,选用白天或者夜间数据产品没有实质性区别.通过本文分析,初步明确了遥感地表温度与实测地表温度之间的相关性,有助于选取合适的遥感资料开展地震研究.     

A retrieval algorithm for satellite remote sensing of the nighttime global distribution of the sodium layer

A new retrieval method for satellite remote sensing of global sodium during nighttime is proposed. This method uses satellite limb observations of ozone density, neutral temperature, and Na D nightglow volume emission rate to retrieve sodium density. Our calculations show that, in the ideal condition in which there is no measurement noise, the retrieval error in the main region of sodium layer is very small (less than 1%). The retrieval error is mainly determined by the uncertainties in the observations of ozone, temperature and the Na D-line nightglow emission.     

Evapotranspiration estimation considering anthropogenic heat based on remote sensing in urban area

Urbanization influences hydrologic cycle significantly on local, regional even global scale. With urbanization the water resources demand for dense population sharpened, thus it is a great challenge to ensure water supply for some metropolises such as Beijing. Urban area is traditionally considered as the area with lower evapotranspiration (ET) on account of the impervious surface and the lower wind speed. For most remote sensing models, the ET, defined as latent heat in energy budget, is estimated as the difference between net radiation and sensible heat. The sensible heat is generally higher in urban area due to the high surface temperature caused by heat island, therefore the latent heat (i.e. the ET) in urban area is lower than that in other region. We estimated water consumption from 2003 to 2012 in Beijing based on water balance method and found that the annual mean ET in urban area was about 654 mm. However, using Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) model, the annual mean ET in urban area was only 348 mm. We attributed this inconsistence to the impact of anthropogenic heat and quantified this impact on the basis of the night-light maps. Therefore, a new model SEBS-Urban, coupling SEBS model and anthropogenic heat was developed to estimate the ET in urban area. The ET in urban area of Beijing estimated by SEBS-Urban showed a good agreement with the ET from water balance method. The findings from this study highlighted that anthropogenic heat should be included in the surface energy budget for a highly urbanized area.     

Estimation of land surface evapotranspiration over complex terrain based on multi‐spectral remote sensing data

Land surface evapotranspiration (ET) plays an important role in energy and water balances. ET can significantly affect the runoff yield of a basin and the available water resources in mountainous areas. The existing models to estimate ET are typically applicable to plains, and excessive data are required to calculate the surface fluxes accurately. This study established a simple and practical model capable of depicting the surface fluxes, while using relatively less parameters. Considering the complex terrain, solar radiation was corrected by importing a series of topographic factors. The water deficit index, a measure of land surface wetness, was calculated by applying the f_c (vegetation fractional cover)‐T_rad (land surface temperature) framework in the two‐source trapezoid model for evapotranspiration model to mountainous areas after corrections of temperature based on altitude variations. The model was successfully applied to the Kaidu River Basin, a basin with few gauges located in the east Tien Shan Mountains of China. Based on the time scale extensions, ET was analyzed at different time scales from 2000 to 2013. The results demonstrated that the corrected solar radiation and water deficit index were reasonably distributed in space and that this model is applicable to ungauged catchments, such as the Kaidu River Basin.     

Verification of land surface evapotranspiration estimation from remote sensing spatial contextual information

Estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is of great significance in modeling the water and energy interactions between land and atmosphere. Negative correlation of surface temperature (T_s) versus vegetation index (VI) from remote sensing data provides diagnosis on the spatial pattern of surface soil moisture and ET. This study further examined the applicability of T_s–VI triangle method with a newly developed edges determination technique in estimating regional evaporative fraction (EF) and ET at MODIS pixel scale through comparison with large aperture scintillometer (LAS) and high‐level eddy covariance measurements collected at Changwu agro‐ecological experiment station from late June to late October, 2009. An algorithm with merely land and atmosphere products from MODIS onboard Terra satellite was used to estimate the surface net radiation (R_n) and soil heat flux. In most cases, the estimated instantaneous R_n was in good agreement with surface measurement with slight overestimation by 12 W/m². Validation results from LAS measurement showed that the root mean square error is 0.097 for instantaneous EF, 48 W/m² for instantaneous sensible heat flux, and 30 W/m² for daily latent heat flux. This paper successfully presents a miniature of the overall capability of T_s–VI triangle in estimating regional EF and ET from limited number of data. For a thorough interpretation, further comprehensive investigation needs to be done with more integration of remote sensing data and in‐situ surface measurements. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于光学与被动微波遥感的青藏高原地区土壤水分反演

青藏高原地区高精度的土壤水分反演对高原能水循环、全球大气循环研究有着极大的影响.因此,获取青藏高原土壤水分时空布信息是一个迫切需要解决的问题.温度植被干旱指数（TVDI）,是基于光学与热红外遥感通道数据反演土壤水分的重要方法,但在研究区域较大、地表覆盖格局差异显著时,TVDI模型反演精度会受到地表温度（Ts）等因素的影响.被动微波AMSR-E数据精确记录了像元内的土壤水分信息,但空间分辨率低.本文利用同时期的MODIS与被动微波数据,发展了针对青藏高原地区高精度土壤水分反演算法.首先,在TVDI模型中,利用修正型土壤调整植被指数（MSAVI）代替归一化植被指数（NDVI）,以改进NDVI易饱和的缺点;其次,利用ASTER GDEM数据,对地形高程和纬度差异引起的地表温度变化进行了校正;然后,通过神经网络训练建立基于TVDI、被动微波以及辅助气象数据的土壤水分反演模型,并应用该模型反演了青藏高原地区三个观测网（CAMP/Tibet、玛曲和那曲）的土壤水分;最后,利用实测土壤水分数据对反演结果进行验证,结果表明该模型的精度均方根误差（RMSE）数值可达到0.031~0.041 m³·m^-3.本文还应用该算法反演了青藏高原连续的土壤水分的空间分布,并比较了土壤水分的变化趋势与实测降水变化趋势,结果表明二者变化量的正负关系一致.

     

Photosynthetically active radiation retrieval based on HJ-1A/B satellite data

Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is essential for plant photosynthesis and carbon cycle, and is also important for meteorological and environmental monitoring. To advance China’s disaster and environmental monitoring capabilities, the HJ-1A/B satellites have been placed in Earth orbit. One of their environmental monitoring objectives is the study of PAR. We simulated direct solar, scattered and environment radiation between 400 and 700 nm under different atmospheric parameters (solar zenith angle, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric ozone, aerosol optical thickness, surface elevation and surface albedo), and then established a look-up table between these input parameters and PAR. Based on the look-up table, we used HJ-1A/B aerosol and surface albedo outputs to derive the corresponding PAR. Validation of inversed instantaneous and observed PAR values using HJ-1 Heihe experimental data had a root mean square error of 25.2 W m⁻², with a relative error of 5.9%. The root mean square error for accumulated daily PAR and observed values was 0.49 MJ m⁻², with a relative error of 3.5%. Our approach improved significantly the computational efficiency, compared with using directly radiation transfer equations. We also studied the sensitivity of various input parameters to photosynthetically active radiation, and found that solar zenith angle and atmospheric aerosols were sensitive PAR parameters. Surface albedo had some effect on PAR, but water vapor and ozone had minimal impact on PAR.

     

Using satellite altimetry data to augment flow estimation techniques on the Mekong River

Satellite altimetry is routinely used to provide levels for oceans or large inland water bodies from space. By utilizing retracking schemes specially designed for inland waters, meaningful river stages can also be recovered when standard techniques fail. Utilizing retracked waveforms from ERS‐2 and ENVISAT along the Mekong, comparisons against observed stage measurements show that the altimetric measurements have a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0·44–0·65 m for ENVISAT and 0·46–0·76 m for ERS‐2. For many applications, however, stage is insufficient because discharge is the primary requirement. Investigations were therefore undertaken to estimate discharges at a downstream site (Nakhon Phanom (NP)) assuming that in situ data are available at a site 400 km upstream (Vientiane). Two hypothetical, but realistic scenarios were considered. Firstly, that NP was the site of a de‐commissioned gauge and secondly, that the site has never been gauged. Using both scenarios, predictions were made for the daily discharge using methods with and without altimetric stage data. In the first scenario using a linear regression approach the altimetry data improved the Nash‐Sutcliffe r² value from 0·884 to 0·935. The second scenario used known river cross‐sections while lateral inflows were inferred from a hydrological model: this scenario gave an increase in the r² value from 0·823 to 0·893. The use of altimetric stage data is shown to improve estimated discharges and further applications are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.