Multiple Parameter Regularization: Numerical Solutions and Applications to the Determination of Geopotential from Precise Satellite Orbits

Kaula’s rule of thumb has been used in producing geopotential models from space geodetic measurements, including the most recent models from satellite gravity missions CHAMP. Although Xu and Rummel (Manuscr Geod 20 8–20, 1994b) suggested an alternative regularization method by introducing a number of regularization parameters, no numerical tests have ever been conducted. We have compared four methods of regularization for the determination of geopotential from precise orbits of COSMIC satellites through simulations, which include Kaula’s rule of thumb, one parameter regularization and its iterative version, and multiple parameter regularization. The simulation results show that the four methods can indeed produce good gravitational models from the precise orbits of centimetre level. The three regularization methods perform much better than Kaula’s rule of thumb by a factor of 6.4 on average beyond spherical harmonic degree 5 and by a factor of 10.2 for the spherical harmonic degrees from 8 to 14 in terms of degree variations of root mean squared errors. The maximum componentwise improvement in the root mean squared error can be up to a factor of 60. The simplest version of regularization by multiplying a positive scalar with a unit matrix is sufficient to better determine the geopotential model. Although multiple parameter regularization is theoretically attractive and can indeed eliminate unnecessary regularization for some of the harmonic coefficients, we found that it only improved its one parameter version marginally in this COSMIC example in terms of the mean squared error.     

图像重建算法FBP与OSEM在工业CT应用中的对比研究

滤波反投影法(FBP)与有序子集最大期望值法(OSEM)是图像重建中最为常用的两种方法,本文研究了这两种重建方法在工业CT中的应用,就不同的探测器数目、不同的旋转投影角度取样数、不同的噪声水平,对两种方法的重建效果进行对比与分析,结果表明在某些条件下迭代法OSEM重建图像质量明显好于解析法FBP。     

Multiple exposures and dynamic vulnerability: Evidence from the grape industry in the Okanagan Valley, Canada

This paper assesses the vulnerability of grape growers and winery operators in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia to climate variability and change, in the context of other sources of risk. Through interviews and focus groups, producers identified the climatic and non-climatic risks relevant to them and the strategies employed to manage these risks. The results show that the presence of multiple exposures affects the way in which producers are vulnerable to climate change. Producers are vulnerable to conditions that not only affect crop yield, but also affect their ability to compete in or sell to the market. Their sensitivity to these conditions is influenced in part by institutional factors such as trade liberalization and a “markup-free delivery” policy. Producers’ ability to adapt or cope with these risks varies depending on such factors as the availability of resources and technology, and access to government programmes. Producers will likely face challenges associated with the supply of water for irrigation due to a combination of climatic changes and changing demographics in the Okanagan Valley, which in turn affect their ability to adapt to climatic conditions. Finally, adaptations made by producers can change the nature of the operation and its vulnerability, demonstrating the dynamic nature of vulnerability.     

COMPARISON OF ON-LINE COUPLED AND CONSTANT TRANSFER SIMULATION METHODS FOR DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING OF ANTHROPOGENIC SULFATE

1 INTRODUCTION Of three main methods for studying the radiative forcing of anthropogenic sulfate and climatic response on the regional scale, the first is, with given rates for transforming SO2 to sulfate, converting actually released SO2 into sulfate and acquiring the distribution of sulfate by computing transfer equations in the climate model.     

电磁波CT成像技术在防水工程场地勘查中的应用

电磁波CT成像技术是基于地下介质的物性差异,利用各种波源透视探测目的体及地质现象的一种地球物理方法,文章介绍了电磁波CT成像技术的原理和工作方法、某防水工程场地电磁波CT成像勘查实例及应用效果.     

锥束ART算法的并行运算实现

为解决ART算法重建时间较长这一问题,作者采用PC机群的并行处理技术,将ART重建算法改写为并行运算方式.并行运算结果表明:图像重建速度与CPU的个数(6个)基本上成线性正比关系,且不影响图像的重建质量.从而使迭代法在线重建成为可能.     

16排螺旋CT3D及MIP在肝癌APS中的临床应用

目的:探讨16排螺旋CT三维及最大密度重建技术在肝癌动门脉分流诊断中的应用价值.方法:对64例肝癌伴动门脉分流患者的16排螺旋CT增强图像进行三维及最大密度重建,并对重建图像进行观察和分析(与CT轴位图像和数字减影血管造影图像进行对照).结果:16排螺旋CT三维及最大密度重建技术能全面、直观、多方位地显示肝癌动门脉分流的影像征象,并能较好显示动门脉分流导致的血液动力学改变.结论:16排螺旋CT三维及最大密度重建作为轴位CT图像的重要后处理技术,具有无创、直观、快速显示肝癌动门脉分流各种影像征象的特点,为临床诊断和治疗肝癌动门脉分流提供可靠的依据.     

砼地基施工质量的CT检测技术

建筑工程板状砼地基属地下工程,其施工质量的检测与控制难度较大。根据该类工程的特点（面积大,厚度小）,可将其视为二维结构,采用弹性波ＣＴ成像方法检测其施工质量,在工程实践中取得了满意的效果。本文将结合工程实例介绍板状砼地基浇注质量的ＣＴ检测技术,包括弹性波ＣＴ的基本原理、野外数据采集系统的设计以及数据处理方法。     

On the solar cycle dependence of winds and planetary waves as seen from mid-latitude D1 LF mesopause region wind measurements

At the Collm Observatory of the University of Leipzig LF D1 low-frequency total reflection nighttime wind measurements have been carried out continuously for more than two decades. Using a multiple regression analysis to derive prevailing winds, tides and the quasi-2-day wave from the half-hourly mean values of the horizontal wind components, monthly mean values of mesopause wind parameters are obtained that can be analysed with respect to long-term trends and influences of solar variability. The response of the prevailing wind to the 11-year solar cycle differs throughout the year. While in winter no significant correlation between the zonal prevailing wind and solar activity is found, in spring and summer a negative correlation between the TWC can be seen from the measurements. This is connected with stronger vertical gradients of the zonal prevailing wind during solar maximum than during solar minimum. Since the amplitude of the quasi-2-day wave is dependent on the zonal mean wind vertical gradient, this is connected with a positive correlation between solar activity and quasi-two-day wave activity.Paper Presented at the Second IAGA/ICMA (IAMAS) Workshop on Solar Activity Forcing of the Middle Atmosphere, Prague, August 1997     

CT诊断纵隔脂肪沉积症

纵隔脂肪沉积症临床少见,多无症状,易误为纵隔肿瘤或心脏疾患,ＣＴ检查可确诊此症。经Ｘ线或Ｂ超检查的３例纵隔增宽的患者,ＣＴ扫描排除纵隔肿瘤。３例经ＣＴ扫描证实纵隔血管周围广泛脂肪沉积,密度均匀,边缘清楚,不造成气管,食管移位。ＣＴ检查可确诊纵隔脂肪沉积症。