Spanish Monitoring of Comets: Making Sense of Amateur Photometric Data

Amateur astronomers have always represented an important observing group in cometary astronomy. Much of our knowledge of cometary light curves has come from amateur data, initially in the form of total visual magnitude estimates and now increasingly in the form of CCD observations. The increasingly widespread use by amateur astronomers of CCD cameras of excellent sensitivity and good cosmetic quality has revolutionised astrometry, allowing far more intensive astrometric monitoring of comets to be carried out down to magnitude 18 and fainter, with a corresponding enormous increase in the quality of calculated orbits. Although amateur CCD photometry is extensively available in the Internet, its use has been less widespread. The reason is the lack of standardisation in the way that this data is taken that leads to amateur CCD light curves having enormous dispersion. All amateur CCD photometry is aperture photometry, but it is seen that neither does it represent well the equivalent of m1 (total visual magnitude), even with a large aperture, nor is it close to the definition of m₂ (the nucleus magnitude). The problem is examined using data from the Spanish Comet Observers Group archives to show that by careful standardisation of data acquisition amateur CCD data can produce high quality, well-sampled and physically meaningful light curves. Examples are presented of the results for recent comets including 19P/Borrelly, 51P/Harrington, C/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT), C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) & C/2001 A2 (LINEAR).     

利用ITRF速度场计算中国大陆与周围板块的现今三维相对运动

利用几何大地测量监测数据考察某一岩石圈板块或块体的运动 ,目前的主要方法是选择某一相对稳定点或直接选择地固参考系作为运动参考系 ,计算被考察的板块或块体相对于该相对稳定点的运动或在地固参考系中的运动。显然 ,这种计算结果无法全面直观地表达被考察板块或块体的内部相对运动 ,以及周围板块或块体相对于被考察板块或块体的运动。文中首次尝试了直接选择被考察板块或块体即欧亚板块东南部块体作为参考块体 ,利用一种高精度的几何大地测量监测数据 ,即国际地球参考框架 (ITRF)速度场计算了欧亚板块东南部块体在ITRF参考系中的线性运动模型 ,从而建立了欧亚板块东南部块体的块体参考系 ,并在该块体参考系中计算欧亚板块东南部块体内部及周围板块现今三维相对运动 ,进而分析中国大陆及周围板块的现今相对运动规律 ,以及板块边界处板块的现今相对运动规律。     

Improvement of SWAT2000 modelling to assess the impact of dams and sluices on streamflow in the Huai River basin of China

Hydrological simulation and assessment in a dam–sluice regulated river basin are a complex and challenging issue. In this article, an improved SWAT2000 modelling system was developed that incorporated the Shuffled complex evolution (SCE‐UA) optimization algorithm and the multi‐site and multi‐objective calibration strategy. The implication of multi‐objective is different for different types of outlets, i.e. streamflow for an ordinary outlet, inflow for a sluice, and water storage for a reservoir. Model parameters were redefined to improve model simulations. The surface runoff lag time (SURLAG) was extended as a spatially distributed parameter, and a correction coefficient was introduced to modify the saturated hydraulic conductivity. The modelling system was then applied to the Huai River basin of China under various climatic conditions, including a very dry year (1999), a dry year (1981), an average year (1971), and wet year (1991). In all, 26 dams and 35 sluices were considered, among which about 20 dams/sluices were used for model calibration. The impact assessment primarily focused on the very dry year (1999). The results indicated that the released water from large reservoirs was blocked in the river channels by sluices located downstream. In the very dry year, the dam–sluice operations could result in an increase of the runoff volume during the non‐flood season and a decrease in runoff during the flood season, but the changing magnitude during the non‐flood season was much greater. An important conclusion of this case study is that the sluices in the Sha‐Yin branch located in the north region and the dams in the southern mountainous region above the Wangjiaba Hydrological Station have played the most significant role in regulating the streamflow of the entire river basin. The methods addressed in this article can simulate hydrological regime in the river basins regulated by dams and sluices under different climatic conditions at the whole‐watershed scale. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

“多规合一”坐标系统选择探索

多规合一是城市建设发展的必然趋势。在边长投影变形较大的地区,通过边长投影变形的计算、处理,各自选择合适的坐标系统,依托自然资源部门的测绘技术力量,进行转换处理。消除自然资源部门同城乡建设部门之间由于坐标系统不同带来的差异,在满足工程建设精度要求、保证工程建设质量的前提下,满足自然资源部要求。     

ITRS/J2000坐标转换误差及其对掩星反演的影响分析

分别对ITRS/J2000转换过程中的极移/潮汐章动、常数偏差矩阵等误差造成的影响进行分析,并分析季节变化、太阳活动、地磁活动等对坐标转换精度的影响。对2019年的IGS精密星历数据进行ITRS地固系转J2000惯性系坐标分析表明,潮汐章动造成的坐标转换误差为0.44 m,春季坐标转换误差(0.23 mm)是其他季节的约3倍;常数偏差矩阵对坐标转换误差可造成1.7 m的影响。对中性大气掩星反演的轨道转换加入误差改正项进行分析表明,潮汐章动和常数偏差矩阵对反演的温度产品分别造成0.09 K和0.19 K的误差影响。建议在进行GNSS无线电掩星反演中采用潮汐章动的高频改正,并且在ITRS/J2000转换过程中推荐将常数偏差矩阵进行旋转处理。     

Terrain data compression using wavelet-tiled pyramids for online 3D terrain visualization

Last years have witnessed the widespread use of online terrain visualization applications. However, the significant improvements achieved in sensing technologies have allowed an increasing size of the terrain databases. These increasing sizes represent a serious drawback when terrain data must be transmitted and rendered at interactive rates. In this paper, we propose a novel wavelet-tiled pyramid for compressing terrain data that replaces the traditional multiresolution pyramid usually used in wavelet compression schemes. The new wavelet-tiled pyramid modifies the wavelet analysis and synthesis processes, allowing an efficient transmission and reconstruction of terrain data in those applications based on multiresolution tiled pyramids. A comparative performance evaluation with the currently existing techniques shows that the proposed scheme obtains a better compression ratio of the terrain data, reducing the storage space and transmission bandwidth required, and achieving a better visual quality of the virtual terrain reconstructed after data decompression.     

基于遥感的珠江口海岸线变迁分析

利用1990年、2000年和2010年三个时相的遥感影像,进行2000年前后两个十年的海岸线变迁情况对比分析。结果表明:2000年前的十年间,珠江口海岸线向海推进,导致面积共增加了16486.63ha,主要受人为因素影响,围海养殖是本时段海岸线变迁的主要因素;2000年后的十年间,珠江口海岸线继续向海推进,但推进速度降低,导致面积增加了9280.15ha,填海造地是这一时段海岸线变迁的主要因素。又根据珠江口的区域特征,以珠江入海八大口门为界,将整个研究区划分为九个岸段进行了详细分析。     

手持式GPS仪改正参数的内业确定方法

讨论了手持式GPS仪改正参数的内业确定方法 ,并给出了利用Excel表格进行计算的具体解决方案。与传统方法相比,本方法具有完全室内作业、省时省力、参数可靠性高的特点。     

湖南省CGCS2000国家大地坐标系统转换方法

基于湖南省大地控制点布设现状、各等级控制点成果以及信息扩散估计理论,分析现有CGCS2000坐标成果和北京54、西安80两类坐标系建模共点的数据质量,为后续模型优选和模型质量保障奠定基础.在此基础上,研究各类大地坐标系统转换算法,实例计算各类算法的坐标转换结果,进行精度比较与分析,提出适宜于湖南省CGCS2000坐标系...     

局部区域数据纳入ITRF的新方法

在相同历元下,忽略速度和转换参数变率的影响,实现了坐标协方差阵的严密框架转换。通过这种方法,能够使局部区域数据不必重新处理就能纳入ITRF框架,方便利用国际上已有的数据成果。实例表明,使用该种方法,转换后的坐标偏差优于0.1 mm,完全能够满足框架之间转换的要求。