Improving the assessment of ICESat water altimetry accuracy accounting for autocorrelation

Given that water resources are scarce and are strained by competing demands, it has become crucial to develop and improve techniques to observe the temporal and spatial variations in the inland water volume. Due to the lack of data and the heterogeneity of water level stations, remote sensing, and especially altimetry from space, appear as complementary techniques for water level monitoring. In addition to spatial resolution and sampling rates in space or time, one of the most relevant criteria for satellite altimetry on inland water is the accuracy of the elevation data. Here, the accuracy of ICESat LIDAR altimetry product is assessed over the Great Lakes in North America. The accuracy assessment method used in this paper emphasizes on autocorrelation in high temporal frequency ICESat measurements. It also considers uncertainties resulting from both in situ lake level reference data. A probabilistic upscaling process was developed. This process is based on several successive ICESat shots averaged in a spatial transect accounting for autocorrelation between successive shots. The method also applies pre-processing of the ICESat data with saturation correction of ICESat waveforms, spatial filtering to avoid measurement disturbance from the land–water transition effects on waveform saturation and data selection to avoid trends in water elevations across space. Initially this paper analyzes 237 collected ICESat transects, consistent with the available hydrometric ground stations for four of the Great Lakes. By adapting a geostatistical framework, a high frequency autocorrelation between successive shot elevation values was observed and then modeled for 45% of the 237 transects. The modeled autocorrelation was therefore used to estimate water elevations at the transect scale and the resulting uncertainty for the 117 transects without trend. This uncertainty was 8 times greater than the usual computed uncertainty, when no temporal correlation is taken into account. This temporal correlation, corresponding to approximately 11 consecutive ICESat shots, could be linked to low transmitted ICESat GLAS energy and to poor weather conditions. Assuming Gaussian uncertainties for both reference data and ICESat data upscaled at the transect scale, we derived GLAS deviations statistics by averaging the results at station and lake scales. An overall bias of −4.6 cm (underestimation) and an overall standard deviation of 11.6 cm were computed for all lakes. Results demonstrated the relevance of taking autocorrelation into account in satellite data uncertainty assesment.     

《国际汉语能力标准》中值得商榷的地方——兼与《欧洲语言共同参考框架:学习、教学、评估》比较

通过对《国际汉语能力标准》的考察,同时与《欧洲语言共同参考框架:学习、教学、评估》比较,发现《国际汉语能力标准》存在三个方面的问题:结构不合理、内容有缺失以及评级等级标准不科学,以此研究结果为《国际汉语能力标准》的修订提供参考。     

OpenGIS网络地图分块服务实现标准(WMTS)分析

在充分理解OpenGIS网络地图分块服务实现标准(WMTS)1.0的基础上,通过与目前开源社区和商业应用中具有相同定位的几个规范的对比,分析了WMTS所具有的技术特点.分析表明,该规范除支持常规的分块地图服务,还在多图式、多维度、坐标系统适应性以及URL个性化等方面为一些特殊应用提供了有力支持,相应其实现的难度也相对较...     

OGC WCS系统若干关键实现技术研究

由于栅格数据种类繁多,处理过程复杂,目前还没有一种软件能为他们提供完善的WCS。研究表明,针对具体的数据源设计和实现WCS是比较好的解决方案。研究针对MODIS数据,参照OGC WCS实现规范,在充分分析WCS数据处理与服务流程的基础上,总结了WCS系统实现的技术要点,研究和探讨了系统实现中的若干关键技术问题,包括元数...     

Influence of the ground profile on the reduction of earthquake motion at the filled man-made islands in the Kobe harbor during the 1995 Hyogoken Nambu earthquake

During the 1995 Hyogoken Nambu earthquake in Kobe, the ground motion at the filled man-made islands in the Kobe harbor was not as severe as that at the mainland. The building damage was also less compared to that on the mainland. It was found by comparative study of earthquake records that the magnitude of acceleration response on the ground surface decreases at the islands as opposed to the mainland. One dimensional effective stress analysis is adopted in this study. Input data has been generated from test results, e.g. the SPT N-value by standard penetration test and shear wave velocity V_s by PS logging. Results obtained by the analyses showed good agreement with the observed records, which is an indication of the suitability of the adopted analysis procedure. From this study, the followings are concluded. By the increase of SPT N-value of the filled layers, liquefaction near ground surface is restrained and damage modes such as ejection of water and soil can be prevented. Since the ground profile at the islands is that considerably soft filled layer and marine clay layers, etc. are present and the thickness of the surface layer is large, the initial natural period of the ground is above 1 s and the natural period is elongated further under the earthquake excitation, which is deemed to be the principal reason for the reduction of the earthquake motion at the ground surface.     

泰安基准台洞体及环境改造

大部分形变仪器长年工作在山洞内,洞室的潮湿对仪器及房间内装修材料影响很大,“十五”期间中国地震局投资近十万元对泰安台形变仪器专用山洞进行了改造。本文从改造内容,改造方法及改造效果几方面进行了阐述,为同类山洞改造提供借鉴。     

中国地层学史上的“历史优先律事件”和“优先律双重标准事件”

近10年内,中国地层学史上发生过两件大事:一是“历史优先律事件”,表现为全国地层委员会具体组织并由其副主任程裕淇主编的《中国地层典》,对优先权法则不执行以出版为基础的“出版优先律”而执行不论发表与否仅以“尊重原始命名者”为基础的“历史优先律”;二是“优先律双重标准事件”,在全国地层委员会颁布的《中国地层指南》(修订版)内对优先律搞双重标准。这两个事件均表现对“优先权法则”国际共识内涵的偏离,偏离了以出版为基础的“出版优先律”。尤其不应该的是,当人们对“历史优先律”提出异议后,全国地层委员会不但不及时纠正“历史优先律”的片面观点,相反地却在修订中国地层命名法时,为了给“历史优先律”合法化创造条件,竟然在《中国地层指南》(修订版)内,对优先权搞双重标准。“历史优先律事件”和“优先律双重标准事件”破坏了地层命名法的标准性,颠倒了中国地层命名史,干扰了中国地层名称的管理,是全国地层委员会的失误。     

基于地面运动强度及标准贯入试验的上海地区砂土地震液化评价

上海市地处长江三角洲前缘,黄浦江和苏州河交汇区域,特殊的地理环境与沉积环境导致浅部砂层广泛发育。随着城市建设的不断推进,上海城市区域范围的砂土地震液化风险评价成为亟待研究的课题。文章基于上海市工程钻孔数据,结合地震地面运动加速度分布与标准贯入试验,建立区域性地震液化危险性评价模型,对上海市进行了地震液化危险性评价。研究认为当发生50年超越概率10%的地震条件下,上海市陆域面积的66.0%将不会产生地震砂土液化灾害,21.8%的陆域面积仅发生轻微液化,只有崇明、横沙、长兴三岛,黄浦江及苏州河两岸地震液化等级达到中等甚至严重,占全市陆域面积12.3%;50年超越概率2%的地震条件下,随着峰值地面运动加速度整体升高,全市范围内轻微—严重液化区域明显增多,可能发生地震液化的总面积达到全市陆域面积46.25%。上海市存在砂土地震液化的危险性,但是发生概率较低。研究认为,目前的抗震设计规范中上海市的设防烈度偏高,可能导致不必要的建设成本。同时研究中的不同超越概率下的地震液化危险性评价结果为上海市工程建设相关标准的合理化改进的提供了建议和参考。      

小口子泉水氡映震范围及能级研究

介绍了银川基准台小口子泉的概况以及水氡观测情况。研究了自1990以来银川台小口子泉周边地区300 km范围内ML4.0以上地震与银川台水氡资料的映震情况。通过对典型震例深入研究,总结了小口子泉水氡与周边地区地震活动的对应关系,探讨了小口子泉水氡对周边地区地震的对应范围和对应的震级范围。小口子泉水氡异常对该泉点西北方向的地震反映灵敏,且都是低值异常。     

上海天文台大铯钟的研究与现状

本文介绍了上海天文台长铯束管束光学系统改进扫得的７条拉比台跃迁曲线和７条莱姆塞跃过曲线及连续开机四个月得到的数据．