Monitoring the three-dimensional ionospheric electron density distribution using GPS observations over China

In this paper, an IRI model assisted GPS-based Computerized Ionospheric Tomography (CIT) technique is developed to inverse the ionospheric electron density (IED) distribution over China. Essentially, an improved algebraic reconstruction technique (IART) is first proposed to reconstruct the ionospheric images with high resolution and high efficiency. A numerical experiment is used to validate the reliability of the method and its advantages to the classical algebraic reconstruction technique (ART). This is then used to reconstruct the IED images using the GPS data in China. The variations of the IED during magnetically quiet and disturbed days are reported and analyzed here. Reconstructed results during magnetically quiet days show some prominent ionospheric features such as the development of equatorial anomaly and the tilt of ionization crest. Meanwhile, ionospheric storm phase effects and disturbed features can also be revealed from the reconstructed IED image under storm conditions. Research shows that the positive storm phase effects usually happen in southern China, and the negative storm phase effects mainly occur in northern China. The equatorial anomaly crest moved to the north in the main phase of the storm. Ionosonde data recorded at Wuhan station provides the verification for the reliability of GPS-based CIT technique.     

斜向挤压叠加变形的构造解析 ——以四川威远地区为例

威远地区位于四川盆地西南部,其构造主体威远背斜属于大型穹隆状背斜构造,经历了多期构造运动的叠加变形,前人对威远背斜的形成过程与机制认识存在很大争议,无法满足油气精细勘探和高效开发的需要。本文通过地震资料的构造解析,确定威远背斜主体是在基底先存构造(NE向基底古隆起)的条件下,在燕山期近NS向斜向挤压作用过程中形成的,喜山期近EW向斜向挤压作用对其构造变形也有一定的贡献。按此认识设计了砂箱模拟实验,实验结果在平面和剖面上很好地再现了威远背斜的构造特征,表明了上述认识的合理性。这些认识不仅能为威远地区油气的勘探开发提供指导,还可以为相似区域的构造形成演化机制分析提供借鉴。     

Al-Cu-Fe alloys in the solar system: Going inside a Khatyrka-like micrometeorite (KT01) from the Nubian Desert,Sudan

A recently described micrometeorite from the Nubian desert (Sudan) contains an exotic Al-Cu-Fe assemblage closely resembling that observed in the Khatyrka chondrite (Suttle et al., 2019; Science Reports 9:12426). We here extend previous investigations of the geochemical, mineralogical, and petrographic characteristics of the Sudan spherule by measuring oxygen isotope ratios in the silicate components and by nano-scale transmission electron microscopy study of a focused ion beam foil that samples the contact between Al-Cu alloys and silicates. O-isotope work indicates an affinity to either OC or CR chondrites, while ruling out a CO or CM precursor. When combined with petrographic evidence we conclude that a CR chondrite parentage is the most likely origin for this micrometeorite. SEM and TEM studies reveal that the Al-Cu alloys mainly consist of Al metal, stolperite (CuAl), and khatyrkite (CuAl₂) together with inclusions in stolperite of a new nanometric, still unknown Al-Cu phase with a likely nominal Cu₃Al₂ stoichiometry. At the interface between the alloy assemblage and the surrounding silicate, there is a thin layer (200 nm) of almost pure MgAl₂O₄ spinel along with well-defined and almost perfectly spherical metallic droplets, predominantly iron in composition. The study yields additional evidence that Al-Cu alloys, the likely precursors to quasicrystals in Khatyrka, occur naturally. Moreover, it implies the existence of multiple pathways leading to the association in reduced form of these two elements, one highly lithophile and the other strongly chalcophile.     

附加方位约束的GPS/INS组合系统选权自适应卡尔曼滤波

单天线GPS/INS经典组合模型存在的明显不足是：由于状态参数不仅包含INS的位置、速度误差,而且还包含INS的姿态误差和元件误差,存在观测信息不足,间接可测参数难以准确估计。在深入分析常用GPS/INS组合模型及滤波算法中参数估值的特性基础上,提出从两方面改善这类滤波结果：①在运动条件下的组合观测模型中附加GPS单天线测方位角约束,建立观测值与间接可测参数之间的联系;②将选权自适应卡尔曼滤波方法拓展到GPS/INS滤波中,以提高参数估计的精确性。通过对滤波结果的增益阵、位置差、速度差及姿态估计结果的分析可知,该方法的滤波结果更趋准确、合理。     

Oxygen isotope and 26Al‐26Mg systematics of aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites

Abstract— Correlated in situ analyses of the oxygen and magnesium isotopic compositions of aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites were obtained using an ion microprobe. Among eleven aluminum‐rich chondrules and two plagioclase fragments measured for ²⁶Al‐²⁶Mg systematics, only one aluminum‐rich chondrule contains excess ²⁶Mg from the in situ decay of ²⁶Al; the inferred initial ratio (²⁶Al/²⁷Al)_o = (6.8 ± 2.4) × 10^?6 is consistent with ratios observed in chondrules from carbonaceous chondrites and unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. The oxygen isotopic compositions of five aluminum‐rich chondrules and one plagioclase fragment define a line of slope ?0.6 ± 0.1 on a three‐oxygen‐isotope diagram, overlapping the field defined by ferromagnesian chondrules in enstatite chondrites but extending to more ¹⁶O‐rich compositions with a range in δ¹⁸O of about ?12‰. Based on their oxygen isotopic compositions, aluminum‐rich chondrules in unequilibrated enstatite chondrites are probably genetically related to ferromagnesian chondrules and are not simple mixtures of materials from ferromagnesian chondrules and calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs). Relative to their counterparts from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites show a narrower oxygen isotopic range and much less resolvable excess ²⁶Mg from the in situ decay of ²⁶Al, probably resulting from higher degrees of equilibration and isotopic exchange during post‐crystallization metamorphism. However, the presence of ²⁶Al‐bearing chondrules within the primitive ordinary, carbonaceous, and now enstatite chondrites suggests that ²⁶Al was at least approximately homogeneously distributed across the chondrite‐forming region.     

Consistency of seven different GNSS global ionospheric mapping techniques during one solar cycle

In the context of the International GNSS Service (IGS), several IGS Ionosphere Associated Analysis Centers have developed different techniques to provide global ionospheric maps (GIMs) of vertical total electron content (VTEC) since 1998. In this paper we present a comparison of the performances of all the GIMs created in the frame of IGS. Indeed we compare the classical ones (for the ionospheric analysis centers CODE, ESA/ESOC, JPL and UPC) with the new ones (NRCAN, CAS, WHU). To assess the quality of them in fair and completely independent ways, two assessment methods are used: a direct comparison to altimeter data (VTEC-altimeter) and to the difference of slant total electron content (STEC) observed in independent ground reference stations (dSTEC-GPS). The main conclusion of this study, performed during one solar cycle, is the consistency of the results between so many different GIM techniques and implementations.     

Performance of various predicted GNSS global ionospheric maps relative to GPS and JASON TEC data

When using predicted total electron content (TEC) products to generate preliminary real-time global ionospheric maps (GIMs), validation of these ionospheric predicted products is essential. In this study, we evaluate the accuracy of five predicted GIMs, provided by the international GNSS service (IGS), over continental and oceanic regions during the period from September 2009 to September 2015. Over continental regions, the GPS TEC data collected from 41 IGS continuous tracking stations are used as a reference data set. Over oceanic regions, the TEC data from the JASON altimeter are used for comparison. An initial performance comparison between the IGS combined final GIM product and the predicted GIMs is also included in this study. The evaluation results show that the predicted GIMs produced by CODE outperform the other predicted GIMs for all three validation results. The accuracy of the 1-day predicted GIMs, produced by the IGS associate analysis centers (IAACs), is higher than that of the 2-day predicted GIMs. Compared to the 2-day UPC predicted GIMs, the 2-day ESA predicted GIMs are observed to have slightly worse performances over ocean regions and better positioning performances over continental regions.     

估计观测值粗差三种方法的等价性讨论

在粗差定位一致的前提下,证明了拟准检定法与部分最小二乘法的粗差估值具有等价性;LEGE法粗差估值与部分最小二乘法粗差估值具有等价性,其条件为未受污染观测值等权独立,且与受污染观测值相互独立.仿真算例证明,当未受粗差污染观测值不等权时,拟准检定法与部分最小二乘法得到的粗差估值结果相同,均比LEGE法粗差估值结果更准确、精度更高.     

附加平滑约束的电离层层析反演

根据乘法代数重构算法,利用相邻像素之间的连续性及平滑性,采用附加平滑约束的方法来克服没有任何观测信息的像素对经验模型给出的初值的依赖。利用中国地壳运动观测网络的高精度双频GPS观测值,反演了中国区域上空电离层电子密度分布,将反演的结果同检验站的电离层延迟进行对比分析,并且将反演的电子密度剖面与相应的测高仪数据进行比较,验证了此方法的有效性和可靠性。     

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