Long-term behavior and statistical characterization of BeiDou signal-in-space errors

GPS Solutions - We derive orbit and clock errors for BeiDou satellites from March 1, 2013, to September 30, 2016 by comparing broadcast ephemerides with the precise ephemerides produced by Wuhan...     

基于GF模型的BDS-3/GPS/Galileo三频模糊度固定性能分析

基于实测数据评估基于无几何（geometry-free,GF）模型的BDS-3/GPS/Galileo三频模糊度固定性能。首先给出适用于BDS-3/GPS/Galileo短基线TCAR（triple-frequency carrier ambiguity resolution）算法的三频线性组合;然后基于不同长度的实测短基线数据,评估BDS-3/GPS/Galileo超宽巷、宽巷及窄巷模糊度单历元固定性能。结果表明,对于5 m、3.6 km和13.1 km三条基线,BDS-3/GPS/Galileo超宽巷模糊度固定率相当（99.7%以上）,BDS-3/GPS宽巷模糊度固定率（97.2%以上）略优于Galileo（93.0%以上）,BDS-3窄巷模糊度固定率（92.2%以上）略优于GPS/Galileo（89.4%以上）。     

Slow, but steady: dispersal of freshwater molluscs

Molluscs are the proverbial examples of slow movement. In this review, dispersal distances and speed were assessed from literature data. Active upstream movement can occur both individually and in groups; and depends on traits such as size, sex and reproductive status, and on external factors such as flow velocity, temperature, sediment structure, and food availability. The potential for active dispersal follows the sequence Pulmonata ≥ Prosobranchia > Bivalvia, although data for Pulmonata originated from short-term experiments that likely overestimated dispersal capabilities. Active upstream movement may be 0.3 to 1.0 km per year for most snails and is probably well below 0.1 km per year for bivalves. Natural passive upstream dispersal increases the range 10-fold (snails) to 100-fold (bivalves), and anthropogenic vectors can increase upstream dispersal more than 100-fold (snails) to 1000-fold (bivalves). Three km seems to be the maximal within-stream distance at which many species display regular population mixing, and at which re-colonisation or successful restoration can be expected within 3–10 years. Lateral dispersal between unconnected water bodies is passive and mostly known from observational reports, but potential distances depend on vectors, climate and geomorphology. In general, active dispersal seems insufficient to furnish a compensatory mechanism, e.g., for the rate of projected climate change. We provide an overview on dispersal strategies in the light of applied issues. More rigorous field surveys and an integration of different approaches (such as mark-recapture, genetic) to quantify distances and probabilities of lateral dispersal are needed to predict species distributions across space and time.     

牛眠沟流域泥石流形成条件、发展趋势及其防治探讨

汶川地震使牛眠沟流域变成了一个多泥石流灾害的区域,到目前为止,已经发生7次大规模泥石流灾害。经研究,该流域诱发泥石流灾害的3个基本条件非常发育,而目前正处于发展阶段,在震后5~10年内的雨季,极易发生危害性较大、冲击力较强的大规模降雨型泥石流。如果考虑直接利用主沟内沉积的泥石流堆积物,在主沟堆积区的中上游左右两侧修建约为沟宽一半的交替式拦挡土石坝、在中下游修建与沟宽大致相等的拦挡土石坝及在相邻两坝间修建与沟向相对且具有一定坡度斜坡的土木防治工程,可实现消能与耗能双重目的。     

基于长期数据的北斗广播星历精度评估

介绍了广播星历精度评估的基本原理和方法,并利用2013-01~2015-04共28个月的广播星历数据,分析比较了北斗不同类型卫星的轨道精度、钟差精度及整体精度的短期和长期变化趋势。结果表明,GEO卫星广播星历的轨道精度约为1.8 m,钟差精度优于6 ns;IGSO和MEO广播星历的轨道精度优于1.2 m,钟差精度优于4 ns,整体上优于GEO卫星。从长期变化趋势来看,北斗广播星历的精度有逐渐提高的趋势。     

Biogenic carbon flows through the planktonic food web of the Amundsen Gulf (Arctic Ocean): A synthesis of field measurements and inverse modeling analyses

Major pathways of biogenic carbon (C) flow are resolved for the planktonic food web of the flaw lead polynya system of the Amundsen Gulf (southeast Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean) in spring-summer 2008. This period was relevant to study the effect of climate change on Arctic marine ecosystems as it was characterized by unusually low ice cover and warm sea surface temperature. Our synthesis relied on a mass balance estimate of gross primary production (GPP) of 52.5 ± 12.5 g C m⁻² calculated using the drawdown of nitrate and dissolved inorganic C, and a seasonal f-ratio of 0.64. Based on chlorophyll a biomass, we estimated that GPP was dominated by phytoplankton (93.6%) over ice algae (6.4%) and by large cells (>5 μm, 67.6%) over small cells (<5 μm, 32.4%). Ancillary in situ data on bacterial production, zooplankton biomass and respiration, herbivory, bacterivory, vertical particle fluxes, pools of particulate and dissolved organic carbon (POC, DOC), net community production (NCP), as well as selected variables from the literature were used to evaluate the fate of size-fractionated GPP in the ecosystem. The structure and functioning of the planktonic food web was elucidated through inverse analysis using the mean GPP and the 95% confidence limits of every other field measurement as lower and upper constraints. The model computed a net primary production of 49.2 g C m⁻², which was directly channeled toward dominant calanoid copepods (i.e. Calanus hyperboreus 20%, Calanus glacialis 10%, and Metridia longa 10%), other mesozooplankton (12%), microzooplankton (14%), detrital POC (18%), and DOC (16%). Bacteria required 29.9 g C m⁻², a demand met entirely by the DOC derived from local biological activities. The ultimate C outflow comprised respiration fluxes (82% of the initial GPP), a small sedimentation (3%), and a modest residual C flow (15%) resulting from NCP, dilution and accumulation. The sinking C flux at the model limit depth (395 m) supplied 60% of the estimated benthic C demand (2.8 g C m⁻²), suggesting that the benthos relied partly on other C sources within the bottom boundary layer to fuel its activity. In summary, our results illustrate that the ongoing decline in Arctic sea ice promotes the growth of pelagic communities in the Amundsen Gulf, which benefited from a ∼80% increase in GPP in spring-summer 2008 when compared to 2004 – a year of average ice conditions and relatively low GPP. However, 53% of the secondary production was generated within the microbial food web, the net ecological efficiency of zooplankton populations was not particularly high (13.4%), and the quantity of biogenic C available for trophic export remained low (6.6 g C m⁻²). Hence it is unlikely that the increase in lower food web productivity, such as the one observed in our study, could support new harvestable fishery resources in the offshore Beaufort Sea domain.     

Cultivable bacteria from bulk water,aggregates, and surface sediments of a tidal flat ecosystem

Most-probable-number (MPN) dilution series were used to enumerate and isolate bacteria from bulk water, suspended aggregates, the oxic layer, and the oxic–anoxic transition zone of the sediment of a tidal flat ecosystem in the southern North Sea. The heterotrophic aerobic bacteria were able to grow on agar-agar, alginate, cellulose, chitin, dried and ground Fucus vesiculosus, Marine Broth 2216, palmitate, and starch. MPN counts of bulk water and aggregate samples ranged between 0.18?×?10¹ and 1.1?×?10⁶ cells per milliliter and those of the sediment surface and the transition zone between 0.8?×?10¹ and 5.1?×?10⁷ cells per gram dry weight. Marine Broth and F. vesiculosus yielded the highest values of all substrates tested and corresponded to 2.3–32% of 4,6-diamidinophenyl indole cell counts. Strains of seven phylogenetic classes were obtained: Actinobacteria, Bacilli, α- and γ-Proteobacteria, Sphingobacteria, Flavobacteria, and Planctomycetacia. Only with agar-agar as substrate could organisms of all seven classes be isolated.     

一种快速解算高维模糊度的LLL分块处理算法

由于多频多模GNSS观测数据解算的模糊度具有较高的维数和精度,当采用常规的LLL算法进行模糊度整数估计时,规约耗时显著大于搜索耗时,成为限制高维模糊度解算计算效率的主要因素。针对这一问题,通过分析规约耗时与模糊度维数和精度之间的关系,提出了一种LLL分块处理算法。该算法通过对模糊度方差协方差阵进行分块处理,降低单个规约矩阵的维数,以减少规约耗时,从而提高模糊度解算计算效率。通过两组实测高维模糊度数据对本文提出的分块处理算法进行了效果验证。结果显示,当分块选择合理时,本文提出的算法相对于LLL算法的解算效率分别可提高65.2%和60.2%。     

BDS/GPS单历元多频定向算法性能对比

针对多频多系统定向的不同需求,该文采用了BDS/GPS单历元双差非组合定向算法以及附有基线长约束的最小二乘降相关平差模糊度固定方法。4组实测数据的处理结果表明,单频GPS、单频BDS的模糊度平均固定成功率分别为55.9%、84.3%;单频双系统、多频(双频三频)单系统及多频(双频或三频)双系统定向时,其模糊度固定成功率均可达98%以上;在模糊度固定正确的情况下,BDS/GPS组合定向的精度最高,且与单GPS较为相近,但两者都略高于单BDS,频率差异所带来的精度差异并不明显。