Two Brazilian archaeological sites investigated by GPR: Serrano and Morro Grande

The application of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) at two archaeological sites, Serrano and Morro Grande, situated in Araruama County, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aids the study of a prehistoric indigenous culture, associated with the “Tupinambá” that inhabited the region during prehistoric times.The archaeological remains of the study area are mainly characterized by pottery artifacts for several uses, including funerary urns, which were buried within layers of sand and clay. Several profiles were acquired using a RAMAC system, with a 200 and 400 MHz frequency antennae. At the Serrano site, the profiles were acquired around some partially exposed pottery shards, due to sand exploitation. The resultant profiles provided a response model to guide the interpretation of new profiles acquired at other sites in the area, which present similar characteristics.The results showed the great importance of the dielectric permittivity contrast which exists between the targets and the host media, in order for possibly significant features to be identified in radar data.     

Broadband synthetic aperture borehole radar interferometry

Trials in mines have established that wideband VHF borehole radars (BHR), working in the 10–100-MHz band, can be used to probe the rockmass between boreholes over ranges from <5 m to as much as 150 m with submeter resolution. There is evidence that ore bodies reflect these radar signals both specularly and diffusely, much as the ground/air interface does when overflown by synthetic aperture radar (SAR). In both SAR and BHR, multiple flight lines, together with diffuse reflections admit the possibility of developing interferometric 3D images of the object. This paper examines the possibility of imaging buried objects in three dimensions by interferometrically combining broadband VHF borehole radar profiles shot in adjacent pairs of boreholes. Broadbanding in BHR has the advantage of releasing the image from 2nπ phase ambiguities, but practically, interferometric borehole radar (InBHR) needs high signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) to avoid noise capture. This means that 3D InBHR is limited to ranges in wavelengths which are less than the rock's attenuation factor Q. Interferometric methods are developed which are capable of mapping ore bodies and other structures in three dimensions. Tangent plane migration methods are developed here in order to reconstruct surfaces that lie in the near-field of sparse interferometric arrays.     

利用水汽图象分析中尺度云团

利用ＮＯＡＡ卫星提供的水汽图（６．７μｍ），配合ＧＭＳ云图、多普勒雷达照片，分析了中尺度暴雨云团发生的位置、演变及其结构，最后给出了有关方法的预报框图。     

合成孔径雷达影象提取雪盖信息研究

在分析合成孔径雷达（ＳＡＲ）成象机理及雪盖参数散射特性的基础上，利用航天飞机承载的成象雷达（ＳＩＲ—Ｃ）获取的多波段、多极化ＳＡＲ数据，进行提取雪盖信息的实验。结果表明Ｃ波段ＨＨ、ＶＶ影象能很好地区别湿雪与非雪盖区，而区分干雪与岩石较困难；Ｌ波段ＨＨ、ＶＶ影象较容易将雪盖同其它物体区分开；Ｃ、Ｌ波段的交叉极化ＨＶ、ＶＨ区分干雪与岩石效果很好。故利用多波段、多极化ＳＡＲ进行雪盖制图是可行的。     

新一代天气雷达

阐述了双偏振多普勒雷达的理论基础，以ＣＳＵ－ＣＨＩＬＬＳ波段双偏振多普勒天气雷达为例，介绍了双偏振多普勒雷达的系统结构和工作原理。并以雷达测量的数据处理和分析实例说明了双偏振多普勒雷达在气象学中的应用     

Using tornado climatology to help plan a Doppler radar network

Using the tornado climatology and population statistics for Canada, a method of ranking population centres is proposed. Using as a basis a list of cities and census divisions ranked by population-weighted tornado incidence (a measure of risk), a first estimate is made of where to site 22 Doppler radars. It is estimated that this network will provide protection to about 82% of Canada's population.     

双线偏振雷达的降水估测Ⅰ. 排序配对逼近法

提出使用新的途径──排序配对逼近法得出的双线偏振雷达降水估测ＺＲ关系参数因子比线性拟合法具有更好的代表性,且能体现提高区域降水估测精度,也能根据实际情形采用其它的误差类型作为获取及衡量参数的标准。对指数函数形式的ＺＲ关系来说,其参数因子Ａ０,ＡＨ及ＡＤＲ分别为０．０１６８４,０．０９６和－０．４１６５。该方法可以推广应用到多个变元及参数因子的复杂函数中。