SSM/I极地亮温资料中的4个月振荡现象

SSM/I仪器采用圆锥扫描方式,避免了AMSU-A等跨轨迹横扫仪器观测资料中存在的临边效应,其观测资料更加适用于空间特征分析。因此,利用1998年—2008年SSM/I仪器极地观测亮温资料,经谱分析、小波分析以及经验正交函数(EOF)分析,验证了南、北极地区的4个月振荡(后简称FMO)现象,揭示了南、北极地区FMO现象的时空分布特征。结果显示:(1)SSM/I 19V/H,37V/H通道在南、北极的亮温观测中有显著的FMO现象,北极亮温值FMO峰值出现在3月、7月和11月上旬,南极FMO峰值出现在4月、8月和12月中旬;(2)北极的FMO增强年为1999年、2002年和2006年;南极为1998年、2001年、2005年和2008年;(3)从12月到次年5月,当海冰面积基本不变时,亮温值随表面温度变化而变化;6到10月,表面温度基本不变时,亮温值随海冰面积变化而变化。当海冰FMO和表面温度FMO均位于相对较大值时,亮温的FMO达到峰值;当海冰FMO和温度FMO都相对较小时,则亮温的FMO到达谷值,其中海冰的影响较大;(4)北极大部分地区呈现同位相的FMO现象;南极不同区域间有显著差异:威德尔海(Weddell Sea,20°W—60°W,60°S—75°S)与拉扎列夫海域(Lazarev sea,20°W—30°E,60°S—70°S)FMO位相相反;90°W到180°W的绕极海域内60°S到70°S纬度带与70°S到80°S纬度带的FMO位相相反。综上,SSM/I对极地的观测亮温中有显著的FMO现象,其振荡强度存在年际变化。地表亮温的FMO主要受到表面温度变化和海冰凝结融化过程的共同作用。在空间特征上,北极大部分地区呈现同位相的FMO现象;南极不同区域间有显著差异。     

2000—2015年北极夏季反照率变化及其与海冰密集度的关系

作为影响极区热平衡的关键因素,北极反照率会对北极气候与环境变化产生重要影响。采用CLARA-A2-SAL(The CM SAF Cloud,Albedo and Radiation)反照率产品分析2000—2015年北极夏季反照率月尺度和年尺度的时空变化,并探索北极反照率与海冰密集度的关系。结果表明,近15年间北极夏季反照率降幅达到12.20%,8月反照率下降趋势最显著,每10年减少0.040;随着海冰的融化,北极夏季反照率发生由高到低的变化;北极中央密集冰区与周边海域的反照率变化呈现出显著的空间差异性;北极反照率与海冰密集度呈稳定的正相关。研究北极反照率的时空变化及其影响因素可为解释海冰变化成因、预测北极海冰变化趋势提供参考。     

2002年——2011年北极海冰时空变化分析

基于2002年-2011年AMSR-E海冰密集度数据, 分析了北极海冰的时空变化特征及其原因。结果表明海冰外缘线面积每年减小8.28×10⁴ km², 下降趋势最快的季节为夏季, 下降速度是1979年-2006年的两倍多, 而且海冰密集度也在降低。2003年、2004年的冰情相对较重, 2007年海冰面积最小。长期冰在2002年-2010年间减少了近30%, 减少的区域主要在波弗特海、楚科奇海、东西伯利亚海、拉普贴夫海、喀拉海以及由这些边缘海向北极方向延伸的北冰洋的广大区域, 长期冰减少的地方大部分为季节性海冰增加的地方。海冰面积与年平均气温之间有显著的负相关关系, 随着全球气候变暖的加剧, 这种减小趋势将会持续。     

Sea level change in Hong Kong from tide gauge measurements of 1954–1999

 Tide gauge records of Hong Kong covering the past 45 years (1954.0–1999.0) are adopted to analyze the basic features of sea level changes in the region. Data sets of atmospheric pressure, southern oscillation index and sea surface temperature during the same time span are also used to determine the possible link between the sea level changes in Hong Kong and local and global geophysical processes. Results indicate that the sea level of Hong Kong has a rising trend of 1.9 ± 0.4 mm per year, and that there is an upward offset of about 15 cm in the pre-1957.0 tide gauge records. The effect of local atmospheric pressure variations on the amplitude of the annual sea level change is about 30% of the amplitude that is calculated after the effect is corrected. It is also found that the interannual variations in the sea level of Hong Kong are related to El Ni?o and La Ni?a events that happen frequently in the tropical Pacific. Received: 27 October 1999 / Accepted: 15 August 2000     

3-Decadal Changes in Sea Ice Melting and Freezing Pattern in Antarctica Using SSM/I Data

The present study aims to estimate the long term changes in sea ice areal extent (SIAE) around Antarctica using Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) satellite data (1988–2011). Daily, weekly and monthly brightness temperature (T_B) maps of Antarctica have been generated. Temporal variation in monthly averaged T_B values of sea ice have been analyzed and an increasing trend is observed in T_B. Sea ice concentration (SIC) values are estimated and the concentration class 0.85–0.95 is observed as the main contributor in sea ice areal extent during the Antarctic peak winter month i.e. September and October. SIC changes rapidly from October onwards and shows fast melting of sea ice, however, from April start of freezing has been observed. Continuous increase in SIAE is observed from February to September in all the analyzed years (1988–2011) data. In this observation period maximum SIAE is observed in September 1989 and minimum in February 1993. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data is used for the validation of SIAE values. SSM/I and MODIS estimated SIAE values are compared (R²?=?0.98) and a relation between them is established by performing regression analysis. This relation is further used for the estimation of corrected SIAE values. The monthly average sea ice extent maps of last three decades have been analyzed and a shift in onset of freezing of sea ice has been observed. The period of frozen sea has also been observed as decreased.     

北极遥感海冰密集度数据的比较和评估

本文利用2012年夏季中国第五次北极科学考察期间雪龙船在北极东北航道走航观测的海冰密集度数据(OBS-SIC),初步评估了7种基于被动微波遥感的海冰密集度产品(PM-SIC)。7种PM-SIC因传感器和反演方法不同,分辨率差异较大(4—25 km)。在海盆尺度的海冰范围反演上7种PM-SIC基本相同,但对小范围浮冰区的反演差异较大。与MODIS可见光图像对比发现,MASAM数据(4 km)对局部小区域海冰刻画较好,是研究近岸区域或海峡岛屿海冰覆盖范围或面积时的首选产品;7种PM-SIC纬向平均后对比分析显示,不同PM-SIC对网格内是否存在海冰的判断基本一致,但对网格内海冰所占的比例(密集度)判断差异较大。结合OBS-SIC按航线、区域、密集度大小3种不同情况对7种PM-SIC进行分类定量评估,结果表明基于AMSR2传感器的AMSR2/ASI和AMSR2/Bootstrap数据与OBS-SIC偏差较小,平均偏差约±1%,均方根偏差仅11%和12%;而SSMIS/NT数据的偏差最大,平均偏差约–15%,均方根偏差为21%,其严重低估了网格内的海冰密集度值;因此具有更高分辨率的AMSR2/ASI数据(6.25 km)是关注海冰密集度大小时的首选产品。     

FY-3B/MWRI和Aqua/AMSR-E海冰密集度比较及印证

本文对2011-07-01—2011-09-30风云三号B星(FY-3B)搭载的微波成像仪MWRI(Microwave Radiometer Imager)和Aqua卫星搭载的微波扫描辐射计AMSR-E(Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing System)观测数据获取的海冰密集度产品进行比较及印证。首先,逐日比较FY-3B/MWRI和Aqua/AMSR-E区域平均海冰密集度;其次,逐月比较FY-3B/MWRI和Aqua/AMSR-E月平均海冰密集度;最后,使用Aqua卫星搭载的中等分辨率成像光谱辐射计MODIS数据进行印证。MWRI和AMSR-E比较结果为(1)MWRI与AMSR-E逐日区域平均海冰密集度变化趋势一致,MWRI海冰密集度均高于AMSR-E,7—9月MWRI与AMSR-E逐日平均偏差月平均值分别为8.55%、7.67%、2.58%,逐日标准差月平均值分别为12.16%、12.08%、10.43%,二者差异逐月减小。(2)MWRI与AMSR-E月平均海冰密集度差呈现逐月递减趋势,7—9月MWRI与AMSR-E逐月平均偏差分别为7.37%、6.53%、1.51%,逐月标准差分别为4.61%、4.36%、3.64%,MWRI与AMSR-E差异逐月减小的原因是二者在密集度较低的边缘区域差异较大,而夏季随着边缘区域海冰的融化,二者差异逐渐减小。MWRI和AMSRE海冰密集度与MODIS印证结果为:(1)密集度小于95%情况下,MWRI与AMSR-E海冰密集度均比MODIS偏高,AMSR-E更接近MODIS,MWRI高估,误差较大。(2)密集度大于等于95%情况下,MWRI与AMSR-E海冰密集度均比MODIS偏低,AMSR-E偏低更多,MWRI结果更好。     

北极一年海冰表面积雪深度遥感反演与时序分析

北极海冰表面的积雪深度是重要的地球物理变量, 是研究物质与能量平衡、计算海冰厚度的重要参数。为减小不同被动微波传感器观测数据的系统误差, 对国防气象卫星计划(Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, DMSP)F17-SSMIS与F13-SSM/I重叠期亮度温度数据进行交叉定标, 建立4个频段48个月尺度定标模型, 并与传统年尺度定标模型进行比较和优选, 在此基础上估算并分析2003-2014年北极一年海冰表面积雪深度变化。结果表明:19H、19V、22V、37V频段1~5月的月尺度模型决定系数高于传统年尺度拟合模型; 2003-2014年, 北极一年海冰表面积雪深度总体呈现下降趋势, 同时积雪深度存在明显的周期性变化, 每年7月积雪深度最小, 9月最大; 东西伯利亚海、拉普捷夫海和巴伦支海海冰表面积雪深度呈现减少的趋势。     

联合卫星重力、卫星测高和海洋资料研究全球海平面变化

利用GRACE、卫星测高和海洋实测温盐数据,探讨了2003~2012年间全球海平面、比容海平面和海水质量等的变化特征,并讨论了南极冰盖和格陵兰冰盖消融对全球海平面变化的影响。全球海平面整体呈上升趋势,上升速度为2.72±0.07 mm/a,且存在显著的空间分布特征。全球海平面、比容海平面和海水质量等的变化还具有显著的季节性特征,其中全球海平面变化的年周期振幅为4.6±0.3 mm。使用经验正交函数分析(EOF)得到全球海平面和比容海平面的季节性变化在南北半球存在显著的差异,但海水质量季节性变化不存在这种差异。南极冰盖和格陵兰冰盖的消融速率分别为-75.7±12.3 Gt/a和-124.1±2.9 Gt/a,对海平面的长期趋势项贡献分别为0.21±0.03 mm/a和0.34±0.01 mm/a,仅占全球海水质量增加速度1.80±0.10 mm/a的12%和19%,总计占31%,因此,两极冰盖质量消融并不是2003-2012年间海水质量增加的最主要因素。     

基于多源遥感数据的北极新冰提取及范围时序变化分析

本文利用多源遥感数据从不同空间尺度对2004年至2012年间北极地区新冰进行了提取并对其范围变化进行了分析。统计分析结果表明,北极海冰总体覆盖面积与北极近地表气温的变化呈反比;新冰覆盖面积的变化与海冰总面积的变化相比较缓慢;北极各个区域新冰覆盖范围的变化与各区域近地表温度的变化有较大的关联。     

基于光学遥感卫星影像的南极冰流速产品和方法研究综述EI北大核心CSCD

冰流速是反映在全球气候变化条件下南极冰盖变化及其稳定性最直接和最基本的指标之一,也是精确估算南极冰盖对全球海平面上升贡献的关键数据之一。光学遥感影像因其空间覆盖广、时间和空间分辨率高等优势,是南极冰流速大规模提取的重要数据源。本文首先对现有利用光学遥感影像进行南极冰流速提取的方法进行了综述,介绍了相关的软件和工具。然后,总结了20世纪60年代以来基于光学遥感影像生成的南极冰流速产品,并对南极典型区域的冰流速产品在物质平衡估算、冰架长时序变化监测等方面的应用进行了分析。最后,总结了光学遥感影像用于南极冰流速提取的优势及未来的发展趋势。     

A Web GIS for Sea Ice Information and an Ice Service Archive

Sea ice data has significant scientific value for climate, environmental impact and engineering studies leading to the construction of facilities in Arctic waters, as well as to support tourism and fishing planning. Large collections of such data are acquired, compiled, produced and maintained by national and international agencies such as the Canadian Ice Service (CIS). Some of these data collections have been made available online. However, current Internet‐based sea ice data dissemination practices do not foster easy access to and use of the data, especially given the amount of the archived sea ice data and the nature of their spatial changes and high temporal variations. This article reports a research effort in developing a web‐based geographical information system (GIS) that facilitates the access and use of the historical sea ice data. The system provides online access, exploration, visualization, and analysis of the archived data, mostly in the form of ice charts, within a web‐based GIS. The results from a prototype development indicate that web GIS, developed using Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies, provides added values in serving sea ice data and suggests that such a system can better accommodate more advanced sea ice data access and analysis tools.     

利用CryoSat-2测高数据研究南极威德尔海海冰出水高度时空变化

为了提高南极海冰出水高度的估算精度,以威德尔海为例,基于CryoSat-2卫星测高数据,联合冰桥计划(IceBridge)机载测高数据和科考船走航观测数据,获取应用最低点高程法反演海冰出水高度的最佳估计参数,进而估算并分析了 2011-2017年,每年5月-10月威德尔海海冰出水高度的时空变化.结果表明,最佳的出水高度...     

基于NOAA/AVHRR数据的北极反照率反演及其变化研究

极地海冰反照率直接影响极区的热收支,反照率的变化对地气系统热量收支平衡及气候变化等的研究具有重要意义。本文采用由美国国家海洋与大气管理局NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)发射的NOAA卫星携带的先进的甚高分辨率辐射仪AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) Level-1B (L1B) 数据,经宽带反射率转换、各向异性校正、大气订正、云检测等处理,得到4 km宽带晴空地表反照率产品。将AVHRR反照率与北冰洋地表热收支SHEBA (Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean)实验数据进行印证,印证结果显示在冰雪冻结期二者平均偏差为-0.07,标准偏差为0.05。本文处理了2008年—2010年的AVHRR数据,结合第4次北极科学考察现场观测数据研究了北极冰面月平均反照率的变化,从降雪和冰脊两个方面分析了反照率的变化,结果显示反照率在冰雪融化过程中变化约为0.3,变化较大且较为迅速,表面粗糙的多年冰海域和较为平滑的一年冰海域的反照率在雪融化时期变化约为0.2且变化相对缓慢。研究结果表明,由冰雪融化引起的反照率变化较为快速且幅度较大,是引起北极反照率变化的主导因素。     

Spatio-Temporal Coherence Based Technique for Near-Real Time Sea-Ice Identification from Scatterometer Data

The identification of sea-ice has frequently been cited as one of the most important tasks for deriving the sea-ice parameters and to avoid erroneous retrieval of wind vector over sea-ice infested oceans using space-borne scatterometer data. Discrimination between sea-ice and ocean is ambiguous under the high wind and/or thin/scattered ice conditions. The pre-launch technique developed for Oceansat-2, utilizes the dual-polarized QuikSCAT scatterometer data by using the spatio-temporal coherence properties of sea ice in addition to backscatter coefficient and the Active Polarization Ratio. Results were compared with the operational sea-ice products from National Snow and Ice Data Center. The threshold API value of −0.025 was found optimum for sea-ice and ocean discrimination. The overall sea-ice identification accuracy achieved was of the order of 95 per cent, ranging from 92.5% (during December in Southern Hemisphere) to 98% (during March in Northern Hemisphere). The applicability of the algorithm for both the Arctic as well as Antarctic makes it suitable for its operational use with the Oceansat-2 scatterometer data.     

Arcsecond-level pointing calibration for ICESat laser altimetry of ice sheets

 Arcsecond-level accuracy of NASA's ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite) satellite laser altimeter beam pointing angle is required to satisfy the scientific goal of detecting centimeter-level elevation changes, over time, in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Two different approaches, termed “topographic inferred” and “direct detection”, were examined for calibrating the laser pointing angle (that is, detecting and removing pointing determination bias) at the 1.5-arcsec level, using information independent of the onboard pointing instrumentation. Both approaches entail estimating the beam pointing by differencing the three-dimensional position of the altimeter instrument and the laser-beam spot (or “footprint”) location on the ground. Analytical assessments of the two approaches are discussed, along with recommendations for the ICESat pointing determination calibration strategy. Received: 28 April 2000 / Accepted: 6 November 2000     

基于CryoSat-2数据的海冰厚度估算算法比较

以北极为研究区,使用CryoSat-2数据,利用现有海冰厚度卫星测高研究中4种主流算法(Laxon03算法、Kurtz09算法、Yi11算法和Laxon13算法)分别对北冰洋海冰厚度进行估算,并将估算结果与研究区IceBridge机载激光测高冰厚数据进行了比较,探索各算法海冰厚度估算的差异,寻找最优的估算算法,为估算长时序海冰厚度提供基础和参考。结果表明,4种算法估算的海冰厚度空间分布较为一致,但不同算法估算的结果差异较大,可达0.476 m;4种算法估算结果大小依次为Laxon03算法、Yi11算法、Laxon13算法、Kurtz09算法;4种算法估算的平均海冰厚度差异,在北极波弗特海海域最大,其次是北极中心海域、格陵兰和挪威海;Laxon13算法估算结果相对于IceBridge观测结果与其他算法相比,具有最小的平均偏差和均方根误差,是卫星测高估算海冰厚度的最优算法。     

Effects of mass transfers between land-supported ice caps and oceans on the shape of the earth and on the observed mean sea level

In the first part of the paper, it is shown that if the present antarctic ice masses would melt, a large part in the present pearshapeness in the shape of the Earth would dissappear. In the second part of the paper, it is shown that should the present Antarctic ice masses melt, world oceans would not climb up to the present +65 meters elevation contour line as has appeared in the literature. The rise in the observed mean sea level at the shore lines of world oceans would only be 10 to 15 meters.     

基于形态学的海冰外缘线自动提取

海冰外缘线是一个描述北极海冰快速变化的重要指示参数,对近岸冰区航行保障和海冰灾害预警具有实际意义。本文首先基于形态学中的方法分别识别数据中的主体冰域、主体水域和碎冰区。其次利用可变图像闭运算方法将较大碎冰与主体冰区合并,最后再利用连通域方法提取海冰外缘线。该方法可适用于任何冰水二值数据集,包括海冰密集度产品数据、卫星图像、航拍图像以及其他冰水混合数据。本文基于AMSR-E海冰密集度数据,利用此方法提取了北冰洋10个区域的海冰外缘线,与15%海冰密集度等值线比较表明,本文方法能够保留较大面积的碎冰区域,并将其与主体冰域合并处理,因此所提取的海冰外缘线在衡量大尺度海冰范围方面更为合理。     

Strategies for High Precision Processing of GPS Measurements with Application to the Amery Ice Shelf,East Antarctica

A number of statistic Global Positioning System (GPS) measurement campaigns have been made on a floating Antarctic ice shelf, the Amery Ice Shelf, as part of ongoing glaciological studies designed to investigate the ice shelf dynamics, grounding zone definition, and ice shelf strain. Such studies ar fundamental to improving out knowledge of the Antarctic ice-sheet mass balance and dynamical models of ice sheet/ocean interaction. This article describes two techniques used to process the statistic GPS data. One approach uses a segmented version of the classical static methodology, and the other approach adopts a new sequential processing technique. Both approaches yield similar results for the station coordinates and demonstrate the potential of GPS for extracting the tidal signal on the ice shelves and giving information on the dynamical motion of the ice sheet. To verify our results for the vertical component, we compare the ice shelf GPS tidal signal with a tidal model derived from tide gauge measurements at nearby Beaver Lake. Comparison of the GPS results with the tide model give good agreement in amplitude at the few cm level (GPS results always larger) but clearly shows evidence of phase propagation of the ocean tidal wave under the ice shelf. Improving the resolution of the tides over the ice shelves will be of tremendous benefit for future satellite missions, such as Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT), and the integrated use of GPS and satellite data will be fundamental for any on-going Antarctic ice sheet mass balance studies. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.