Effects of laser beam alignment tolerance on lidar accuracy

One of the major lidar error sources not yet analyzed in the literature is the tolerance of the laser beam alignment with respect to the scanning mirror. In this paper, the problem of quantifying these errors is solved for rotating polygon mirror type lidar systems. An arbitrary deviation of the beam from its design direction–the vector of beam misalignment–can be described by two independent parameters. We choose these as horizontal and vertical components of the misalignment vector in the body frame. Either component affects both, horizontal and vertical lidar accuracy. Horizontal lidar errors appear as scan line distortions—along and across track shifts, rotations and scaling. It is shown that the horizontal component of misalignment results in a scan line first being shifted across the track and then rotated around the vertical at the new center of the scan line. Resulting vertical lidar error, being a linear function of the scan angle, is similar to that produced by a roll bias. The vertical component of the beam misalignment causes scan line scaling and an along track shift. The corresponding vertical error is quadratic with respect to the scan angle. The magnitude of these effects is significant even at tight alignment tolerances and cannot be realistically accounted for in the conventional calibration model, which includes only range, attitude and GPS biases. Therefore, in order to attain better accuracy, this model must be expanded to include the beam misalignment parameters as well. Addition of new parameters into the model raises a question of whether they can be reliably solved for. To give a positive answer to this question, a calibration method must utilize not only ground control information, which is typically very limited, but also the relative accuracy information from the overlapping flight lines.     

Elemental particle size distributions. Measured and estimated dry deposition in Sfax region (Tunisia)

Mass size distribution of the crustal elements (Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Si, Ti), anthropogenic elements (Zn, Mn, Cr, Cu, K, P, Pb) and sea elements (Na, Cl) were obtained from measurements carried out with an inertial cascade impactor in Sfax. A fitting procedure by data inversion was applied to those data. This procedure yields accurate size distributions of aerosols in the diameter range 0.1–25 μm in two different sites. In a coastal industrial site, the mass distribution of the aerosol showed a bimodal structure; and in urban area, the lower particle mode cannot be observed. The elemental dry deposition flux was calculated as a function of particle size. The element flux size distribution increased rapidly with particle size. The modelling results indicate that the majority of the crustal and anthropogenic elements flux (>90%) was due to particles larger than 3 μm in diameter.     

白云鄂博群中两个重要不整合界面特征及区域对比

白云鄂博群尖山组顶部的钙质风化壳和比鲁特组顶部的铁质风化壳分别代表长城系与蓟县系及蓟县系与青白口系的分界,并具较大区域上的一致性和可对比性。不整合界面的重新厘定,必然导致白云鄂博群的解体或改为白云鄂博超群。     

垂线测量数据管理软件的研制及应用

介绍了基于局域网络开发的垂线测量数据管理软件的组成、原理、功能、操作及应用，该软件操作简单、使用方便、极易掌握，并能通过多方位、直观的图形表示来反映监测对象的挠度、倾斜、水平位移状态。     

基于约束点的曲线一致性化简

详细探讨了基于平面上的特征约束点(无论在曲线上还是在曲线外)的曲线化简，并针对各种情况提出了一致性化简的方法。     

框标与影像叠置时的自适应内定向算法

虽然自动内定向在过去的几年是研究的热点问题，但是针对P31这类近景相机的影像进行自动内定向还存在一些问题，主要原因在于P31影像的框标叠置在景物上。认为自动内定向可以看做一个全局影像匹配问题，分两步进行。首先，用模板匹配和Hough变换在影像上提取可能的框标点，然后用软对应和确定性退火结合仿射变换得到惟一的框标位置。试验和结果分析说明，利用本文方法，可以惟一确定框标，并发现严重的粗差。同时提出自动确定最小的框标搜索区域的方法。     

地下管线源数据处理方法的研究

为了保障顺利建设上海市地下管线数据库．需要对现存的地下管线的源数据进行一些技术处理，以满足数据入库的要求。本文主要个绍：笔者在从事地下管线源数据处理工作中，碰到的现存的上海市地下管线源数据对于建设上海市地下管线数据库所存在的一些问题：以及笔者利用Autodesk公司的AutoCAD二次开发工具开发的应用程序来处理这些问题的方法。     

云南中部一次飑天气过程的雷达回波特征

利用地面资料和雷达回波，分析了2002年9月8日云南中部一次飑天气的发生、发展和演变情况，得出低纬高原飑天气出现时天气和要素变化为：雷暴最先出现，随后湿度急升，气温直线下降。在这突变过程中出现大风、大雨和冰雹，气压出现跳跃。飑线水平尺度长不到100km，宽仅10km，生消史两个小时左右。其雷达回波有前期征兆，发生演变过程，有一定特征。     

农田生态系统大气硫沉降通量的观测研究

1998年 11月～ 1999年 10月间在中国科学院红壤站 (江西鹰潭 )农田小气候站进行了大气二氧化硫 (SO2 )、硫酸盐粒子 (SO2 -4)浓度采样和雨水样本收集 ,利用阻力模式和全年逐时气象资料计算 SO2 和 SO2 -4的干沉降速度 ,估算干沉降通量 ,利用降水资料和雨水中硫酸根离子浓度估计大气硫的湿沉降 ,从而定量研究大气硫沉降输入农田生态系统的通量 ,结果表明 :农田下垫面上 SO2 和 SO2 -4干沉降速度的年平均值分别是 0 .373± 0 .170 cm· s-1(月均值 0 .16 1～ 0 .5 45 cm·s-1)、0 .198± 0 .12 3cm· s-1(月均值 0 .15 2～ 0 .2 6 9cm· s-1)。农田下垫面硫年总沉降量为 10 .3g· m-2 ,其中干沉降占总沉降的 83.3%。硫的干沉降又以 SO2 的干沉降为主 ,占年干沉降总量的 92 .2 %。大气硫沉降输入占农田生态系统输入总量的 90 %以上 ,是农田生态系统获取硫素的一个重要途径     

垂线偏差时间变化的精度估计

对于利用Vening-Meinesz微分公式计算垂线偏差随时间变化的测定精度进行了初步估计。通过对地形改正项的影响、代表误差的影响、远区域重力异常的影响等3种主要误差的分析和实际估计，论证了它们对计算结果的综合影响不超过0.01″，比铅垂线的时间变化0.1″要高一个量级。因此认为重力方法在实践中是可行的。