Induction studies with satellite data

The natural variations of the Earth's magnetic field of periods spanning from milliseconds to decades can be used to infer the conductivity-depth profile of the Earth's interior. Satellites provide a good spatial coverage of magnetic measurements, and forthcoming missions will probably allow for observations lasting several years, which helps to reduce the statistical error of the estimated response functions.Two methods are used to study the electrical conductivity of the Earth's mantle in the period range from hours to months. In the first, known as the potential method, a spherical harmonic analysis of the geomagnetic field is performed, and the Q-response, which is the transfer function between the internal (induced) and the external (inducing) expansion coefficients is determined for a specific frequency. In the second approach, known as the geomagnetic depth sounding method, the C-response, which is the transfer function between the magnetic vertical component and the horizontal derivative of the horizontal components, is determined. If one of these transfer functions is known for several frequencies, models of the electrical conductivity in the Earth's interior can be constructed.This paper reviews and discusses the possibilities for induction studies using high-precision magnetic measurements from low-altitude satellites. The different methods and various transfer functions are presented, with special emphasis on the differences in analysing data from ground stations and from satellites. The results of several induction studies with scalar satellite data (from the POGO satellites) and with vector data (from the Magsat mission) demonstrate the ability to probe the Earth's conductivity from space. However, compared to the results obtained with ground data the satellite results are much noisier, which presumably is due to the shorter time series of the satellite studies.The results of a new analysis of data from the Magsat satellite indicate higher resistivity in oceanic areas than in continental areas. However, since this holds for the whole range of periods between 2 and 20 days, this difference probably is not caused purely by differences in mantle conductivity (for which one would expect less difference for the longer periods). Further studies with data from recently launched and future satellites are needed.     

A survey of studies into errors in large scale space-time averages of rainfall, cloud cover, sea surface processes and the earth's radiation budget as derived from low earth orbit satellite instruments because of their incomplete temporal and spatial coverage

This survey considers those studies conducted into estimating errors in satellite derived large scale space-time means (of the order of 250 km by 250 km by a month) for rainfall, cloud cover, sea surface processes and the Earth's radiation budget, resulting from their incomplete coverage of the space-time volume over which the mean is evaluated. Many of these studies have focused on estimating the errors in space-time means post satellite launch and compare mean data derived from such satellites with that from an independent data set. Pre-launch studies tend to involve computer simulations of a satellite overflying and sampling from an existing data set and hence the two approaches give values for sampling errors for specific cases. However, more generic sampling papers exist that allow the exact evaluation of sampling errors for any instrument or combination of instruments if their sampling characteristics and the auto-correlation of the parameter field are known. These generic and simulation techniques have been used together on the same data sets and are found to give very similar values for the sampling error and are presented. Also considered are studies in which data from several satellites, or satellite and ground based measurements are combined to improve estimates in the above means. This improvement being brought about not only by increased spatial and temporal coverage but also by a reduction in retrieval error.     

2007年3月3日长时间持续Pc5 ULF波的多点联合观测分析

2007年3月3日位于磁层昏侧THEMIS的5颗卫星、同步轨道晨侧和午前的GOES 3颗卫星和地面地磁台站同时观测到了持续近4 h的Pc5 ULF波.我们用交叉小波相关分析计算脉动的传播速度,用MVA分析求解脉动的传播方向,然后结合两者的计算结果获得了Pc5相速度矢量信息.THEMIS卫星观测到Pc5具有压缩特性,且向阳传播,速度约在6~20 km/s左右,相比于磁层中阿尔芬速度(1000 km/s)较低.这些Pc5 ULF波动可能产生于磁尾或磁层内部不稳定性.GOES 3颗卫星观测到不同情况的Pc5 ULF波,极向模占主要成分,且具有波包结构,具有阿尔芬驻波特性,可能产生于K-H(Kelvin-Helmholtz)不稳定性.地面台站观测到ULF波扰动幅度随纬度升高而增强,Pc5脉动在地理纬度60°附近达到最大值, Dumont durville台站观测到的脉动与THEMIS观测到波形有很好的相似性.     

风云二号03批卫星空间环境监测器

风云二号卫星以自旋稳定方式工作于地球静止轨道,自1997年以来,01批与02批卫星空间环境监测器成功的业务运行获得了大量重要探测成果;在继承01批与02批产品研制技术的基础上,提高了03批空间环境监测器的探测性能指标和技术设计,更好地满足空间天气预警业务发展的新需求.本文对风云二号03批卫星空间环境监测器的新设计、关键技术研制和发射前的定标试验结果进行分析和讨论.     

气象卫星接收处理系统用于地震短临预测的开发研究

介绍了在利用气象卫星热红外异常作地震短临预测的探索中，如何开发已有的气象卫星资料分析处理系统来捕捉、确定和提取地震前兆异常，分析震兆异常时空演变规律，计算地震“三要素”指标，建立地震预测思路。     

Estimation of river discharge from non-trapezoidal open channel using QuickBird-2 satellite imagery/Utilisation des images satellites de Quickbird-2 pour le calcul des débits fluviaux en chenaux ouverts non-trapézoïdaux

Abstract

Abstract River discharge is traditionally acquired by measuring water stage and then converting the water stage to discharge by using a stage–discharge rating curve. The possibility of monitoring river discharge by satellite has not been adequately studied hitherto, because of the difficulty in making sufficiently precise measurements of the water surface. Since the successful launch of commercial satellites with very-high-resolution sensors, it has become possible to derive ground information from satellite data. To determine river discharge in a non-trapezoidal open channel, an efficient approach has been developed that uses mainly satellite data. The method, which focuses on the measurement of surface water width coupled with river width–stage and ?remote? stage–discharge rating curves, was applied to the Yangtze River (Changjiang) and an accurate estimate of river discharge was obtained. The method can be regarded as ancillary to traditional field measurement methods or other remote sensing methods.     

TC-1卫星在近地磁尾观测到的持续尾向流、等离子体片变薄和偶极化过程

2004年7月14日TC-1卫星在近地磁尾(-9.3Re,-5.4Re,1.2Re)附近观测到了伴随有持续尾向流的等离体片变薄和偶极化过程.尾向流持续时间为32分钟.偶极化过程中磁场By分量没有明显变化.在偶极化过程发生两分钟之后,地面台站观测到的Pi2脉动.ACE卫星的观测表明行星际磁场有弱的南向行星际磁场（-2nT）,持续时间约55分钟.Imagine卫星在电离层区域没有观测到极光出现.和伴随有极光增亮的亚暴过程相比,南向行星际磁场明显较弱,且持续时间短.TC-1卫星和ACE卫星的联合观测表明尾部释能有大有小,并非达到某值才能发生.但能量小时,不能够引起极光亚暴.其次南向行星际磁场有可能与近地磁尾尾向流有密切关系.     

基于多颗低轨卫星的SLR台站坐标几何解算方法

卫星激光测距（SLR）技术作为卫星精密定轨手段和轨道检核重要方法,激光反射器已经成为重力卫星和测高卫星等低轨卫星的基本载荷.经典的SLR台站坐标是使用动力学方法计算的,本文根据多颗低轨卫星（LEO）多历元的激光观测数据,采用几何方法开展地面SLR测站坐标计算.通过组建低轨卫星群实现对全球激光站的动态观测,为了合理配置不同低轨卫星间观测值权重,削弱低轨卫星群可能存在的系统性偏差,提出采用方差分量估计组合的最小二乘法进行解算.实测结果显示,解算出SLR台站坐标框架解与SLRF2014差异平均值在25.1 mm,外符合精度达到1~2 cm.该方法避免了复杂动力学模型,SLR台站坐标的几何计算方法既可以作为激光测站框架解算手段之一,同时将LEO卫星群作为空间并址站实现不同技术地球参考框架间的融合.     

Bottom pressure tides along a line in the southeast Atlantic Ocean and comparisons with satellite altimetry

Seafloor pressure records, collected at 11 stations aligned along a single ground track of the Topex/Poseidon and Jason satellites, are analyzed for their tidal content. With very low background noise levels and approximately 27 months of high-quality records, tidal constituents can be estimated with unusually high precision. This includes many high-frequency lines up through the seventh-diurnal band. The station deployment provides a unique opportunity to compare with tides estimated from satellite altimetry, point by point along the satellite track, in a region of moderately high mesoscale variability. That variability can significantly corrupt altimeter-based tide estimates, even with 17 years of data. A method to improve the along-track altimeter estimates by correcting the data for non-tidal variability is found to yield much better agreement with the bottom-pressure data. The technique should prove useful in certain demanding applications, such as altimetric studies of internal tides.     

基于GRACE卫星重力数据确定地球重力场模型WHU-GM-05

基于卫星轨道运动的能量积分方程,可导出利用卫星跟踪卫星数据求解地球重力场的实用公式.本文在Jekeli给出的公式基础上导出了基于能量守恒方程利用两颗低-低卫星跟踪的扰动位差求解重力位系数的严密关系式.基于两颗GRACE卫星的观测数据,采用本文导出的严密能量积分方法求解得到120阶的GRACE地球重力场模型,命名为WHU-GM-05;将WHU-GM-05模型与国际上同类重力场模型EIGEN-GRACE系列和GGM02S分别在阶方差和大地水准面高等方面作了比较,并与美国和中国的部分地区GPS水准观测值进行了精度分析.结果表明基于本文推导的严密双星能量守恒方程得到的WHU-GM-05重力场模型精度与国际上同类重力场模型的精度相当.     

影响四轨法D-InSAR形变测量精度误差的相关性分析

卫星成像的基线、视角、基线倾斜角、斜距、卫星距离地面径向距离以及地面分辨率等因素严重影响着合成孔径雷达差分干涉测量监测地面形变的能力和形变监测结果的精度。本文在分析四轨法D-InSAR基本原理和数据处理流程基础上,详细给出了相位测量误差对形变测量精度影响的定量关系式;分析讨论了基线长度误差、基线倾斜角误差、斜距误差、卫星高度误差和地形因素误差对形变测量精度的影响。从而在定量分析方面得出了这些误差对四轨法D-InSAR形变测量精度影响的结论。     

Preliminary assessment of the navigation and positioning performance of BeiDou regional navigation satellite system

BeiDou regional navigation satellite system(BDS)also called BeiDou-2 has been in full operation since December 27,2012.It consists of 14 satellites,including 5 satellites in Geostationary Orbit(GEO),5 satellites in Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit(IGSO),and 4 satellites in Medium Earth Orbit(MEO).In this paper,its basic navigation and positioning performance are evaluated preliminarily by the real data collected in Beijing,including satellite visibility,Position Dilution of Precision(PDOP)value,the precision of code and carrier phase measurements,the accuracy of single point positioning and differential positioning and ambiguity resolution(AR)performance,which are also compared with those of GPS.It is shown that the precision of BDS code and carrier phase measurements are about 33 cm and 2 mm,respectively,which are comparable to those of GPS,and the accuracy of BDS single point positioning has satisfied the design requirement.The real-time kinematic positioning is also feasible by BDS alone in the opening condition,since its fixed rate and reliability of single-epoch dual-frequency AR is comparable to those of GPS.The accuracy of BDS carrier phase differential positioning is better than 1 cm for a very short baseline of 4.2 m and 3 cm for a short baseline of 8.2 km,which is on the same level with that of GPS.For the combined BDS and GPS,the fixed rate and reliability of single-epoch AR and the positioning accuracy are improved significantly.The accuracy of BDS/GPS carrier phase differential positioning is about 35 and 20%better than that of GPS for two short baseline tests in this study.The accuracy of BDS code differential positioning is better than 2.5 m.However it is worse than that of GPS,which may result from large code multipath errors of BDS GEO satellite measurements.     

Tracking the North Korean nuclear explosion of 2006, using seismic data from Japan and satellite data from Taiwan

The location of the 2006 nuclear explosion in North Korea has been accurately imaged by back-projected regional Pn waves recorded by the Japanese Hi-net array. Based on the determined location, the nuclear explosion site can be identified from geo-referenced FORMOSAT-2 satellite images. The seismically determined epicenter is about 2.5 km northeast of the original estimate of its absolute location. Results indicate that a remote suspect event had been unambiguously detected and accurately located by a dense array within a regional distance. Employing ground truth correction, the satellite images can be referenced for shifting the array-determined epicenter to its absolute position. After correction, this event can be treated as a reference event for accurately locating future nuclear explosions. Our study utilizes public information from a dense seismic network and further demonstrates that commercial observation satellites can accurately monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as well as earthquake and tsunami hazards almost in real time.     

地壳磁异常的全球模型

从全球磁场减去地核主磁场和变化磁场及其感应磁场后,就得到岩石圈磁场,又称地壳磁场,或地磁异常.地壳磁场是地磁场的重要组成部分,对导航、通信、地球物理勘探等有重要意义.本文简要综述近年来在地壳磁场基本信息获取方面取得的重大进展,特别是Oersted、CHAMP等卫星磁侧的最新成果,介绍在此基础上建立的全球磁异常模型,展望地壳磁场研究的发展趋势和应用前景.     

地震电磁卫星监测输电线谐波辐射研究综述

输电线谐波辐射已成为近地空间环境的一种人为污染源.介绍了磁层中输电线谐波辐射现象的研究历史与现状,涉及到与其相关的地基观测和天基观测结果,以及对其形成机理所开展的定性和定量研究等.特别介绍了近年来利用DEMETER地震电磁卫星观测到的输电线谐波辐射现象.根据现有的研究结果,提出一些尚未解决的问题.随着我国电网的发展,以...     

2008年1月5日磁层亚暴期间磁尾近地重联事件的THEMIS观测与分析

本文主要应用THEMIS卫星的磁场和等离子体流观测数据,分析了2008年1月5日08∶51~08∶57 UT亚暴膨胀相期间磁尾的一个近地重联事件.在亚暴膨胀相期间,地面的全天空成像仪清楚地记录到了极光的极向扩展,THEMIS的P5卫星在地球同步轨道附近观测到了磁场的偶极化现象.在亚暴膨胀相末期的08∶51~08∶57 UT期间,P3(X_GSM~-9.12R_E) 和P4 (X_GSM ~-9.40R_E) 同时观测到了一对方向相反的高速等离子体流.这对方向相反的高速等离子体流是由磁尾的重联现象所引起.重联的位置被估计位于X_GSM ~-9.12R_E 和X_GSM~-9.40R_E之间较小的空间范围内.并且,在重联位置的两侧,重联的Hall效应被P3和P4两颗卫星观测到.因此,这一磁尾重联事件发生在距离地球非常近的空间范围内.     

磁尾爆发性整体流与亚暴的关系

利用星簇Cluster的三颗卫星(C1, C3和C4)在2001年和2002年的数据,研究磁尾爆发性整体流（BBF, Bursty Bulk Flow）事件及其与亚暴的关系. 三颗卫星可以同时观测到同一次BBF事件, 有时只有一颗或两颗观测到BBF,其原因有:（1）等离子体整体流的速度峰值满足BBF选取原则中的峰值要求, 但卫星的运行轨道不满足;（2）卫星处于所要求的区域内,等离子体整体流的速度峰值不满足;（3）中性片的复杂结构及其运动使得选取条件不能同时满足;（4）BBF空间分布高度局域化. 统计研究结果表明：单颗卫星观测存在局限性, C1、C3和C4卫星独立观测到BBF的持续总时间分别占它们联合观测到的5507%、7748%和5552%; 大部分亚暴爆发期间都能观测到BBF, 甚至在一次亚暴爆发期间观测到多次BBF; 少数亚暴爆发期间没有观测到BBF.     

风云二号C/D卫星与GOES卫星太阳X射线探测数据交叉比对

风云二号卫星是我国研制的第一代静止业务气象卫星.本文针对风云二号C星/D星(FY-2C/D)太阳X射线探测数据与美国GOES系列卫星太阳X射线探测数据开展交叉比对,以检验FY-2C/D卫星数据的有效性.研究结果表明在X射线通量变化的时间特性以及通量大小等方面,FY-2C/D卫星探测结果与GOES系列卫星探测结果具有较好的一致性.对2004年11月—2010年6月期间85次耀斑事件X射线峰值流量的比对结果表明,FY-2C卫星与GOES系列卫星的探测结果在1~8 Å波段的相关系数为0.795,FY-2D卫星与GOES系列卫星的探测结果在0.5~3 Å和1~8 Å波段的相关系数分别为0.921和0.989,说明FY-2C/D卫星太阳X射线探测结果可信度较高,能够用于太阳X射线耀斑的监测、预警以及研究工作.     

Satellite thermal infrared observations of Mt. Etna after the 17th March 1981 eruption

The aim of this study is to estimate the feasibility of monitoring the surface temperature of an active volcano, using satellite thermal infrared data.For this, the data collected by a radiometer on board the NOAA polar-orbiting satellites over Mt. Etna were processed (geometrical and radiometric corrections) and merged with a Digital Terrain Model in order to correct for the variations of mean ground temperature and atmospheric absorption with altitude.Four pictures, or scenes, subsequent to the eruption of 17th March 1981, have been interpreted; and they display two thermal anomalies: one, near the summit zone; and the other, on the NNW slope where lava flows took place.Some elementary models of thermal evolution are proposed.     

磁宁静期磁尾爆发性整体流持续时间多点卫星研究

本文利用星簇CLUSTER的三颗卫星数据分析了磁宁静期磁尾爆发性整体流（BBFs, Bursty Bulk Flows）的时间尺度, 并与单个卫星的结果做了比较. 事例研究表明, 利用三颗卫星观测数据判断的BBFs的时间尺度比单个卫星的大一倍左右. 对于三颗卫星观测到的同一个BBFs, BBFs在晨昏方向上的摆动决定了CLUSTER的三个卫星观测到BBFs的先后次序. 三颗卫星的观测也显示了BBFs的高度局域化特征. 磁宁静期磁尾BBFs寿命的增大, 使得BBFs携带的质量和能量的地向输运增加. 这种地向输运增加的结果是: 磁尾储存的能量得到较为平稳的释放, 改变了亚暴起始产生的时间, 为解决磁层压力平衡矛盾（PBI, Pressure Balance Inconsistency）问题提供了新的思路.