A quantitative morphometric comparison of cockpit and doline karst landforms

This study presented a quantitative comparison of cockpit and doline karst by examining the numbers and characteristics of typical types of landform entities that are developed in Guilin（Guangxi, China）, La Alianza（PR, USA）, Avalton（KY, USA）, and Oolitic（IN, USA）. Five types of landform entities were defined： isolated hill（IH）, clustered hills（CHs）, isolated sinkhole（IS）, clustered sinkholes（CSs）, and clustered hills with sinkholes（CHSs）. An algorithm was developed to automatically identify these types of landform entities by examining the contour lines on topographic maps of two cockpit karst areas（Guilin and La Alianza） and two doline karst areas（Oolitic and Avalton）. Within each specific study area, the CHSs is the least developed type yet with a larger size and higher relief. The IH and IS entities are smaller in size, lower in relief, and outnumber their clustered counterparts. The total numbers of these types of entities are quite different in cockpit and doline karst areas. Doline karst is characterized by more negative（IS and CSs） than positive（IH and IHs） landforms and vice versa for cockpit karst. For example, the Guilin study area has 1192 positive landform entities in total, which occupy 9.81% of the total study area. It has only 622 negative landform entities occupying only 3.91% of the total study area. By contrast, the doline karst in Oolitic has 130 negative while only 10 positive landform entities. The positive and negative landforms in Oolitic occupy 12.68% and 2.61% of the total study area, respectively. Furthermore, average relief and slope of the landform entities are much higher and steeper in the cockpit karst than the doline karst areas. For instance, the average slope of CHs in Alvaton is 3.90 degrees while it is 19.78 degrees in La Alianza. The average relief of CSs is 4.07 m and 34.29 m in Oolitic and Guilin respectively. Such a difference within a specific area or between the cockpit and doline karst may reveal different controls on     

A Hierarchical Surface Measurement Strategy Using Non-Repeating Patterns

Hierarchical approaches for automated photogrammetric surface measurement invariably employ image pyramids and image matching at multiple resolutions. Such an approach is also applicable in industrial photogrammetry where projected light patterns are used to provide texture on an otherwise texture-free surface. This paper describes a novel strategy for hierarchical surface measurement in which projected non-repeating target patterns are employed, rather than the lower-resolution levels of an image pyramid. Thus, although the final derived digital surface model is obtained by image matching, preliminary surface models which support the matching are obtained using the non-repeating patterns. These projected patterns allow a simplification of the triangulation phase since they offer the potential of a fast and unambiguous solution to the image point correspondence problem. Following an introduction to the non-repeating pattern strategy, integration of the approach into a multi-camera vision metrology system is described and some experimental measurements are summarized     

基于等高线的表面估计滤波方法

提出一种基于等高线的滤波方法,它先由LIDAR数据生成数字表面模型,并内插出等高线,再根据DSM等高线的特征,如闭合性、首尾点距离、等高线的长度及等高线间距离等,通过设定阈值自动提取出属于自然地面的等高线线段,以获得初始的自然地面点,然后内插生成初始数字地面模型,最后使用迭代逼近法生成最终的(精确的)数字地面模型,即比较初始DTM与DSM,差值小于预设阈值的点视为DTM点,而差值大于预设阈值的点则标记为无数据点,最后,这些无数据点由选择的DTM点内插出.通过与现有表面估计的滤波方法的对比实验以及所提取地物轮廓线与航片的叠加对比试验,证明新方法可适用于地表起伏较大的地形,地物提取精度高、计算量小、效率高.     

The Kuroshio near the Luzon Strait and circulation in the northern South China Sea during August and September 1994

Wind data from NCEP and hydrographic data obtained from August 28 to September 10, 1994 have been used to compute circulation in the northern South China Sea and near Luzon Strait using three-dimensional diagnostic models with a modified inverse method. The numerical results are as follows: the main Kuroshio is located above 400 m levels near Taiwan’s eastern coast and above 800 m levels away from it. Near Luzon Strait above 400 m levels a branch of the Kuroshio joins with a part of the northward current, which comes from an area west of Luzon’s western coast and intrudes northwestward, then it branchs into western and eastern parts near 20°30′ N. The eastern part flows northward into an area east of Taiwan, while its western part continues to intrude northwestward, flowing through an area southwest of Taiwan. Net westward intruded volume transport through longitude Section AB at 121°00′ E from 19°00′ N to 21° 43′ N is about 3.5 × 10⁶ m³s⁻¹ in a layer above 400 m levels. The anticyclonic eddies W1 and W3 exist above 700 m levels east of Dongsha Islands and below 200 m levels in the eastern part of the region, respectively. The circulation in the middle region is dominated mainly by a basin-scale cyclonic gyre, and consists of three cyclonic eddies. Strong upwelling occurs in the middle region. The joint effect of baroclinity and relief and interaction between wind stress and relief both are important for real forcing of flow across contours of fH ⁻¹ in effecting the circulation pattern.     

A simulation study on the uncertainty of environmental contours due to sampling variability for different estimation methods

Environmental contours are often used in design of marine structures to identify extreme environmental conditions that may give rise to extreme loads and responses. Recently, attention has been given to the fact that different methods exist for establishing such contours, and that in some cases significant differences may be obtained from the various methods.In this study, another aspect of the uncertainty related to the calculation of environmental contours is addressed, namely the uncertainty due to sampling variability when environmental contours are constructed based on metocean data of finite sample size. The uncertainty of environmental contours for the joint distribution of significant wave height and wave period for different sample sizes (10, 25 and 100 years of data) are investigated considering different underlying datasets and for different estimation methods for the joint distribution. Both cases where samples are drawn from a known joint distribution of wave height and periods and cases where samples are drawn from a real hindcast dataset and fitted to the joint distribution are considered. The uncertainty of the estimated contours is quantified and discussed in light of differences that can be anticipated from the different methods used to calculate the contours. Moreover, the potential bias from assuming different estimation methods is illustrated.     

Regional subsidence of Mexico City and its effects on seismic response

Changes expected in Mexico City's seismic response due to land subsidence caused by groundwater extraction are examined. Settlements of the land surface observed in the recent past are compiled and processed to predict regional subsidence in the near future. This information is used in combination with the iso-depth and iso-period maps stipulated by the building code to estimate the compaction of surface sediments and the shortening of soil periods. The time-progressive evolution of the official seismic zoning maps and the associated site-specific response spectra is predicted. The same is done with spectral response contours expressed in terms of the site and structure periods. The subsidence effects are considered through an impact factor, which represents the increase or decrease in the spectral ordinates with respect to the current values specified for design purposes. The detrimental or beneficial effects depend on the relative values of the structure and site periods.     

基于Beta样条曲线的等高线绘制研究

等高线须以相似的光滑曲线逼近实际地貌形态,并综合地形在一定限度内的地势起伏,其智能化控制对地貌表达具有重要的实用价值。绘图员绘制曲线时能凭经验捕捉到数据点所包含的几何形状信息,而张力样条函数和三次B样条曲线在节点插值时,严格要求二阶参数连续,不符合人的经验直觉,是节点对参数曲线连接光滑度的过分限制。根据人工绘制等高线的规则,提出将三次Beta样条曲线作为基于人工绘制约束的等高线插值的数学模型,通过引入形状控制参数放松对曲线的光滑性的要求,增加了控制等高线形状的自由度,把C2连续的三次B样条松弛成为G2连续的Beta样条,实验结果表明插值的等高线符合地形综合度要求。     

基于环境包络线法的深水浮式平台极值响应长期预报

海上结构设计包括对荷载和响应的可靠性评估。对结构进行全面长期响应分析繁琐且费时,故将基于逆一阶可靠性方法的环境包络线进行海上结构概率可靠性分析,对结构的长期响应进行近似估计。在二维标准正态空间中画出与重现期相对应的圆,将圆离散为点后通过Rosenblatt变换转化为环境参数空间中的点来形成闭合的环境包络线。描述海洋环境条件的模型对绘制环境包络线极为重要,基于我国南海荔湾海域40年波浪模拟数据,建立了描述南海波浪的Weibull-Gev条件分布模型,进而绘制南海有效波高—谱峰周期包络线,并与张力腿平台(TLP)系泊张力的长期响应预报结果对比,给出南海海域在波浪作用下应用环境包络线法预报TLP系泊张力的分位数,为未来南海TLP设计中系泊张力预报提供快速估算方法。     

A diagnostic calculation of the circulation in the upper and middle layers of the Luzon Strait and the northern South China Sea during March 1992

Wind data from NCEP and hydrographic data obtained during 8–27 March 1992 have been used to compute circulation in the Luzon Strait and the northern South China Sea using three-dimensional diagnostic models with a modified inverse method. Numerical results are as follows: the main Kuroshio is located above 800 m levels. It has two intrusive branches of the Kuroshio in the areas above 400 m. One part intrudes anti-cyclonically northwestward, then flows through the area above 200 m southwest of Taiwan and into the Taiwan Strait. The other part intrudes westward and flows cyclonically in the areas north of the cyclonic eddies, then flows southward through the southern boundary of the region. The net westward volume transport (VT) through Section at 120°15′E between Luzon Island and Taiwan Island is about 3.0 Sv, net northward VT through northern boundaries into the Taiwan Strait is about 1.4 Sv and net southward VT through southern boundaries is about 1.6 Sv, which finally flows into the Karimata and Mindoro Straits. In the areas above 400 m east of 117°15′E, the circulation is mainly dominated by the basin-scale cyclonic gyre, which consists of two cyclonic eddies. However, in the areas below 400 m east of 119°00′E, the circulation is mainly dominated by basin-scale anti-cyclonic gyre. The joint effect of baroclinity and relief and interaction between wind stress and relief are important in different area respectively for the pattern of the depth-averaged flow across contours of fH⁻¹.     

有序标记与气象等值线的自动填充和隐藏

气象要素等值线分析是气象业务与服务不可或缺的手段,依据等值线自动填充的色斑图广泛应用于各类气象要素场的空间分析。等值线自动填充最关键的环节是确定区域属性值和排序,不可避免地要进行格点与区域、区域与区域之间的包含关系判别,通常需要反复遍历格点数组和创建临时区域,占用内存较多,影响运行效率。文中基于有序标记,巧妙地运用位置关系替代传统的包含关系判别,显著降低了区域属性值确定与排序的难度和复杂度。对于离散的气象要素场,密集的等值线不仅没有实际意义,而且影响空间分布的直观效果,文中基于同一网格边上等值点的有序标记,提出一种自动隐藏部分密集等值线的方法,有效改善了离散场空间分布特征的直观效果。