A subsurface intensity index of the cold eddy in the East China Sea

The Cold Eddy in the East China Sea (CEECS) is located about 150 km southwest of Cheju Island. This region experiences a complex current system under the influences of the Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC), the Yellow Sea Coastal Current (YSCC), and the northward Kuroshio residual. To identify the strength of the CEECS, a simple subsurface intensity index is developed. Because the CEECS can be traced by temperature minimum, the intensity index is determined by the difference in sea temperature averaged across cores within and surrounding the region. Based on SODA, the CEECS subsurface intensity index time series can be calculated, with which the inter-annual variation of the CEECS is analyzed.     

Improved hybrid iterative optimization method for seismic full waveform inversion

In full waveform inversion (FWI), Hessian information of the misfit function is of vital importance for accelerating the convergence of the inversion; however, it usually is not feasible to directly calculate the Hessian matrix and its inverse. Although the limited memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) or Hessian-free inexact Newton (HFN) methods are able to use approximate Hessian information, the information they collect is limited. The two methods can be interlaced because they are able to provide Hessian information for each other; however, the performance of the hybrid iterative method is dependent on the effective switch between the two methods. We have designed a new scheme to realize the dynamic switch between the two methods based on the decrease ratio (DR) of the misfit function (objective function), and we propose a modified hybrid iterative optimization method. In the new scheme, we compare the DR of the two methods for a given computational cost, and choose the method with a faster DR. Using these steps, the modified method always implements the most efficient method. The results of Marmousi and over thrust model testings indicate that the convergence with our modified method is significantly faster than that in the L-BFGS method with no loss of inversion quality. Moreover, our modified outperforms the enriched method by a little speedup of the convergence. It also exhibits better efficiency than the HFN method.     

A Comprehensive Dynamic Threshold Algorithm for Daytime Sea Fog Retrieval over the Chinese Adjacent Seas

Sea fog influences human activities over oceans. It is somewhat difficult to separate sea fog from marine boundary stratus (low stratus and stratocumulus) by satellites due to their microphysical similarities and shared spectral features. For the purpose of improving sea fog detection over the Chinese adjacent seas where fog is common during the spring–summer seasons, the vertical structures of fog and stratus were analyzed using ground-based soundings, resulting in the observation of very explicit discrepancies between them, in terms of TAT ? SST (TAT, the temperature at tops of fog or stratus; SST, the sea surface temperature). Based on these discrepancies and on previous related studies, we suggest a comprehensive dynamic threshold algorithm. The method combines real-time brightness temperature from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer channel 31 (~11 μm) with climatological monthly mean SSTs to produce a threshold that is monthly-dependent. The retrieved results are generally consistent with the observations from meteorological stations near the coast, on islands and from ships, and the scores of validation by conventional methods are promising. The distribution patterns of the retrieved sea fog frequency in May and June from 2006 to 2010 are both compatible with that from ship-based observations and exhibit more details that are consistent with our understanding of sea fog characteristics. This study is helpful for marine weather service and the improvement of models for sea fog forecasting.     

Gravity field contribution analysis of GOCE gravitational gradient components

A gravity field model is computed from the four accurate gravitational gradient components of GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer), combined with the analysis of the kinematic orbits, and some moderate constraint (or stabilization) in the polar areas where no observation from GOCE is available due to the orbit geometry. The normal matrix of each component is computed individually in order to study its contribution to the combined solution. The results show that the contribution of V_zz is the largest, with an average value of 32.74% of the total solution; the second and the third largest are V_zz and V_yy, with average values of 28.04% and 26.08%, respectively; the component V_xz contributes 11.81%. Validation with external data shows that each component has its characteristic value and that the information content of the component V_xz is not negligible and should be included for gravity field recovery. The orbit part as derived from high-low satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST-hl) to the GPS contributes mostly to the coefficients below degree and order (d/o) 20, and to non-zonal coefficients from d/o 20 to 80. The mean value of the contribution of the polar stabilization is the smallest with a value of 0.22%, nevertheless it is important. In addition to the contribution analysis in terms of the normal matrices, each individual component of the gradiometer has been combined with SST and polar stabilization, to give a set of single component gravity field models. These partially combined solutions are compared to the fully combined solution in terms of geoid differences. They show that the partially combined solution with V_zz is closest to the complete solution. Even closer is a combination with V_xx and V_yy. In addition to the GOCE-only solution, a GOCE-GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) combined gravity field model is derived and the information content of GOCE and an available set of normal equations of GRACE are investigated. Results show that, as expected, GRACE dominates the solution below degree 90 and GOCE above degree 140.     

基于房屋普查数据的房屋增长规律研究

以辽宁省县级以上城镇房屋普查数据、辽宁农村民居房屋普查数据、统计年鉴及抽样调查等房屋数据为基础,对房屋普查数据统计单元进行重新划分及统计计算,实现了房屋普查数据与应急基础数据库房屋数据单元的统一。通过对统计单元各种房屋结构增长率的计算,结合统计分析方法,给出了辽宁省1134个乡镇级统计单元的房屋增长率分类情况。     

国有土地地籍调查工作流程探讨

基于笔者多年地籍调查的相关工作经验,以广州市国有土地地籍调查工作流程为研究对象,对国有土地登记前的地籍调查的流程进行了分析探讨。全文是笔者长期工作实践基础上的理论升华,相信对从事相关工作的同行有着重要的参考价值和借鉴意义。     

帕累托分析在测绘项目质量管理中的应用

帕累托法则在人类社会生活中的影响已世人皆知,但在测绘项目质量管理上的应用很少有人探究.本文将帕累托质量分析方法引入到测绘项目中,论述了其对质量管理的指导作用,并取得了良好的效果,证明了帕累托分析方法在测绘项目质量管理中的应用价值.     

一种改进的点与多边形关系的叉乘判别法

本文针对叉乘判别法只适用于凸多边形的缺陷提出了改进,将其推广至凹多边形和自相交多边形,改进方法利用叉乘值的正负变化,选择对点的积分路径,从而判断是否有闭合的路径包围被测点。并通过检测多边形是否环绕被测点,判断点与多边形的关系,属于非零环绕数法。经过实验,改进方法被证明有较快的速度和较强的适应性。     

Quantifying the energetic feedbacks in ENSO

Climate Dynamics - Energetic feedbacks play important roles during the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Here we conduct a thorough analysis of the radiative and non-radiative vertical...