新疆测震台站仪器标定常数数据库查询软件

为方便研究人员使用测震台站仪器标定常数,编制了新疆测震台站仪器的标定常数数据库查询软件。该查询软件以Access为数据库环境,用VB编写查询程序设计了用户界面。     

梅雨锋云系内对流回波与层状回波的研究

本文利用1998年“淮河流域能量与水分循环试验（HUBEX）”所获得的大量雷达资料及遥测雨量计计资料，细致分析了淮河流域梅雨锋云系的结构，根据层状云和对流云在雷达回波图中的不同特征，本文提出用松散系数D（反映云系结构疏松程度）来区分大范围云带中的降水云类型，同529张PPI资料统计表明，若D＞0．17则说明该区结构松散，降水属于层状云降水，D≤0．17时，云区是对流性降水，由于梅雨锋水具有明显的不均匀结构特征，其中锋面对流云带和强下挂回波带是造成强降水的主要原因，在用地面雨量资料和雷达资料对地面降水进行短时（3小时以内）校正时，针对不同的降水类型采用不同的Z－R关系比用同一种Z－R关系的校正精度大约提高4％。     

On the individual calibration of hailpads

This paper is a comparative study between the two most common hailpad calibration systems: one annual calibration of a whole consignment of material, and the individual calibration of each plate after a hailfall. Individual calibration attempts to minimize errors due to differences in sensitivity to the impact of hailstones between plates from the same consignment, or due to differences in the inking process before the actual measurement.The comparison was carried out using calibration data from the past few years in the hailpad network in south-western France, and data from an individual calibration process on material provided by the hailpad network in Lleida (Spain). The same type of material was used in the two cases.The results confirm that the error in measuring hailstone sizes is smaller in the case of an individual calibration of hailpads than when one single calibration process was carried out for a whole consignment. The former is approximately 80% of the latter. However, this error could have been higher if it had not been the same person carrying out the single calibration process and the measuring of the dents: it has been found that differences in the inking process may account for up to 20% of the error in the case of small hailstones. Calibration errors affecting other variables, e.g. energy or parameter λ of the exponential size distribution are generally higher (5% and 18%, respectively) than errors due to the spatial variability of the hailstones. However, the calibration method does not influence the maximum size, since the relative error attributed to the spatial variability is about 8 times the calibration error.In conclusion, if errors in determining energy or parameter λ are to be reduced to a minimum, it is highly advisable to be consistent in applying the measuring procedure (if possible with the same person carrying out the measurements all the time), and even to use individual calibration on each plate, always bearing in mind that technicians have to be trained appropriately in order to achieve the highest possible degree of uniformity.     

NOAA/AVHRR与EOS/MODIS遥感产品NDVI序列的对比及其校正

利用Terra、Aqua两颗卫星的MODIS资料、NOAA-16和17的AVHRR资料,通过对太阳和卫星天顶角及方位角等引起的大气效应订正、大气气溶胶等粒子的散射订正以及NOAA系列卫星信号的衰减订正,得到以上四颗卫星一系列的NDVI产品;对比分析了上午星Terra和NOAA-17,下午星Aqua和NOAA-16两组不同卫星传感器NDVI的差异及其与光谱响应函数的关系。结果表明,Terra和Aqua卫星NDVI随卫星观测角度的不同差异较大,平均NDVI是一种更适合的MODIS/NDVI产品算法,它代表了观测角为±30°之间的NDVI值的分布,在大气和角度的订正基础上,本研究采用了三阶多项式再次订正了观测角引起的NDVI变化;NOAA-16和17所获得的NDVI值较MODIS得到的NDVI值小很多,以MODIS的NDVI产品为标准,应用光谱响应函数将NOAA系列NDVI进行归一化处理,所得的结果基本与MODIS所得的NDVI相当;该方法基本能实现NDVI产品序列的延伸,其资料序列有时空可比性。     

FY-1C遥感器可见近红外各通道在轨辐射定标

文中通过 1999年 7月利用敦煌辐射定标场和反射率基法对FY -1C气象卫星遥感器可见 -近红外通道进行的第一次在轨辐射定标试验 ,研究和试验了卫星遥感器的在轨辐射定标方法、同步观测方法和辐射传输计算算法及其软件开发 ,有 7个通道的绝对辐射定标系数 (或称为增益和偏离量 )被获得。经过误差分析 ,认为本次定标的不确定度小于 7%。定标获得的 7个通道定标系数与该卫星发射前定标结果比较 ,其中 5个通道 (通道 1,2 ,7,8,10 )结果比较接近 ,另两个通道 (通道 6,9)由于发射前定标误差较大致使二者有一定差别。另外 ,通过 2 0 0 0年 9月份对FY -1C卫星进行的第二次辐射定标试验 ,使该卫星在轨 1a多来的运行状态得到了定量监测 ,本次定标与1999年 7月的定标结果比较 ,发现可见 -近红外各通道性能均有程度不同的衰减 ,尤其是通道 1,7,8性能衰减分别为 35% ,2 8% ,2 2 % ,而通道 2 ,6,9,10性能衰减较小 (为 10 %左右 )。     

A test of the Tate equation to predict bubble size at an orifice in the presence of frother

Air bubbles of uniform size (ca. 1 mm diameter) were generated at a submerged orifice (glass capillary) under controlled frequency (down to ca. 0.06 s^− 1) in aqueous solutions of frother (Dowfroth 250). The bubbles were sized with an imaging technique. One objective was to establish whether the Tate equation (static balance between buoyancy and capillary forces) could be used as a standard sizing calibration method. Another aim was to verify whether with decreasing surface tension (due to increasing frother concentration) the anticipated decrease in bubble size agreed with the equation prediction. An effect of frother was detected compatible with the role of surface tension but divided into two concentration regions, seemingly the result of a gradual change in bubble shape and wetting: > 6 ppm the bubble holds a spherical shape and the capillary appeared to be completely wetted while at ≤ 6 ppm a degree of non-wetting and bubble distortion (neck formation just prior to detachment) were apparent, supported by qualitative observations. In addition, at > 6 ppm the Tate value was only approached by decreasing the bubble frequency but not attained. Plausible causes for the failure to reach the predicted size are discussed.     

The selection of appropriate spectrally bright pseudo-invariant ground targets for use in empirical line calibration of SPOT satellite imagery

The appropriate utilization of multi-temporal SPOT multispectral satellite imagery in quantitative remote sensing studies requires the removal of atmospheric effects. One widely used and potentially very accurate way of achieving absolute atmospheric correction is the calibration of at-satellite radiance data to field measures of the surface reflectance factor (ρ_s). There are a number of variations in this technique, which are known collectively as empirical line (EL) approaches. However, the successful application of an EL spectral calibration requires the presence and careful selection of appropriate pseudo-invariant ground targets within each scene area. Real surfaces, even those that are man-made and vegetation-free, display non-Lambertian reflectance behaviour to some extent. Because of the ±31° off-nadir incidence angle range of the SPOT sensors, this is a crucial consideration. In favourable circumstances, it may be possible to utilize a goniometer to collect multiangular ρ_s measurements, but for widespread lower cost application of EL approaches currently, the use of a handheld spectrometer to measure nadir only ρ_s is a more realistic proposition. In either case, the selection of targets that have more limited and stable multiangular reflectance behaviour is preferable. Details are given of the reflectance properties of a variety of spectrally bright potential calibration surface types, encompassing sands, gravel, asphalts, and managed and artificial grass turf surfaces, measured in the field using the Finnish Geodetic Institute Field Goniospectrometer (FIGIFIGO). Bright calibration site selection requirements for SPOT data are discussed and the physical mechanisms behind the varying reflectance characteristics of the surfaces are considered. The most desirable properties for useful calibration targets are identified. The results of this study will assist other workers in the identification of likely suitable EL calibration sites for medium and high resolution optical satellite data, and therefore help optimize efforts in the time consuming and costly process of measuring ρ_s in the field.     

从MPIfR的校准数据看活动星系核的变化

从过去6年里MPIfR的VLBI校准数据中挑出有20次以上记录的15个样本源进行了初步分析，结果表明在研究活动星系核（AGN）的变化中，这些以及由其它射电望远镜或系统所积累的类似校准数据是很有用的．     

近场震级起算函数确定与爆炸余震震级计算

在天然地震背景下，由于现有的起算函数在0—5km范围内是一个常数，因此，对于震源深度较浅的小地震震级的测定遇到了困难，本文通过理论计算和爆炸地震波实际测量两种方法，确定了近场0—5k瑚范围内的震级起算函数。用本文确定的震级起算函数计算了两次爆炸余震序列事件的震级，绝大多数的余震震级非常小，主要分布在-0．5—1．0级之间，余震序列的M-t图与一般强余震M-t图明显不同，它不仅存在反映较大震级的正向柱状线，而且还存在反映较小震级的负向短柱状线。     

A hybrid genetic—instance based learning algorithm for CE-QUAL-W2 calibration

This paper presents a calibration model for CE-QUAL-W2. CE-QUAL-W2 is a two-dimensional (2D) longitudinal/vertical hydrodynamic and water quality model for surface water bodies, modeling eutrophication processes such as temperature–nutrient–algae–dissolved oxygen–organic matter and sediment relationships. The proposed methodology is a combination of a ‘hurdle-race’ and a hybrid Genetic-k-Nearest Neighbor algorithm (GA-kNN). The ‘hurdle race’ is formulated for accepting–rejecting a proposed set of parameters during a CE-QUAL-W2 simulation; the k-Nearest Neighbor algorithm (kNN)—for approximating the objective function response surface; and the Genetic Algorithm (GA)—for linking both. The proposed methodology overcomes the high, non-applicable, computational efforts required if a conventional calibration search technique was used, while retaining the quality of the final calibration results. Base runs and sensitivity analysis are demonstrated on two example applications: a synthetic hypothetical example calibrated for temperature, serving for tuning the GA-kNN parameters; and the Lower Columbia Slough case study in Oregon US calibrated for temperature and dissolved oxygen. The GA-kNN algorithm was found to be robust and reliable, producing similar results to those of a pure GA, while reducing running times and computational efforts significantly, and adding additional insights and flexibilities to the calibration process.