基于有理多项式模型的星载高分InSAR影像制作数字高程模型的研究

合成孔径雷达干涉测量是一种利用SAR影像复数据的相位信息提取地面三维信息的技术,它通过获取地面目标在两幅SAR影像上的相位差值来解算该点的三维坐标。有理多项式（RPC,Rational Polynomial Coefficient）模型作为一种数学意义上的几何模型,它独立于传感器和平台,简单且具有通用性,可建立地面任意坐标与影像空间的关系。本文在RPC模型用于替代星载SAR的距离多普勒模型和星载InSAR的干涉相位方程基础上,研究 RPC模型应用于星载高分辨率InSAR影像制作DEM的可行性和精度。利用兰州COSMO-SkyMed数据和资源三号三线阵数据制作的DEM为参考数据进行实验验证,RPC模型用于InSAR技术生成的DEM,中误差为7.55米。     

基于全景真三维斜射影像的数字城管应用研究

随着国家智慧城市试点工作如火如荼的开展,数字城管作为智慧城市业务应用体系的重要组成部分,正成为各地探索创新应用的重要领域。洛阳市数字城管率先采用先进的全景真三维斜射影像技术,实现了快速的城市部件数据普查,创造了全新的用户体验,满足了专业化的城市管理应用需求,创新了＂全景化＂的数字城管应用新模式。     

关于“数字城市”的初步研究

 在研究数字城市体系框架和数字城市工程总体设计的基础上,讨论数字城市基础信息平台,以及电子商务、电子政务、智能交通、智能社区、安全保障、科技教育、文化娱乐和信息服务等职能;探讨数字城市工程的数据获取与更新、数据库、网络、行业信息工程和数据标准等体系     

数字地图生产流程中质量的数据控制

本文将着重讨论在ISO9001质量控制体系下、数字地图生产流程中影响地图质量的各类数据文件的设定与控制,从而进一步探讨在电子出版系统及CTP系统中,数字地图生产规范化、标准化、程序化作业的质量控制内容及方法。     

Tidal pattern instabilities on multi-moon planets

The equilibrium tide-generating forces in the lunar orbital plane of a planet of radius R are calculated for the case of N moons of mass Mi orbiting the planet at instantaneous polar coordinates (Di, αi). For the case of a single moon, there are only two high tides. For the case of two moons, it is found that there can exist a critical lunar orbital distance at which two high tides become unstable with respect to formation of three high tides. Bifurcation diagrams are presented which depict how the angular positions of the high and low tides on the planet vary with the lunar distances and lunar separation angle. Tidal stability diagrams, which illustrate the stability regions for various tidal patterns as a function of lunar distances and lunar separation angle, are presented for various values of D₂/D₁ and M₂/M₁. Generally speaking, the aforementioned tidal instability, and hence the propensity for formation of three high tides on a two-moon planet, exists over a significant range of lunar distances and separation angles provided that M₂/M₁∼³(D₂/D₁). For the case of N>2 moons, the tidal stability diagram becomes more complex, revealing a diversity of potential tidal patterns.     

The use of 137Cs as a tracer in an erosion study in south limburg (the Netherlands) and the influence of chernobyl fallout

The ¹³⁷Cs radioactivity of soils was used as a tracer of soil erosion in a catchment in the Netherlands: 143 samples were analysed to map the ¹³⁷Cs redistribution using geostatistical interpolation methods. Caesium-137 activities on grassland are significantly higher than on arable land. Also, ¹³⁷Cs activities on waning slopes are higher and activities on steep slopes are lower. The soil erosion estimates, derived from the ¹³⁷Cs data, are used to validate the USLE erosion model. The recent Chernobyl nuclear accident also contributed to the ¹³⁷Cs activity. However, the Chernobyl input of ¹³⁷Cs, with a constant ratio of 1.765:1 to ¹³⁴Cs, cannot be used as a tracer of soil erosion. Because of the rapid decay of ¹³⁴Cs, we will not be possible to separate the sources of ¹³⁷Cs in the near future in areas significantly influenced by Chernobyl fallout and in these areas ¹³⁷Cs can no longer be used as a soil erosion tracer.     

Neutral sodium atoms release from the surface of the Moon induced by meteoroid impacts

In this work, we calculate the vapour and neutral Na production rates on the Moon, as due to the impacts of meteoroids in the radius range of 10⁻⁸–0.15 m. We limit our calculations to this size range, since meteoroids with radius larger than 0.15 m have not been found to be important for the production of the exosphere in a time interval comparable with that of the observations.
We have considered a new dynamical model of the flux of meteoroids at the heliocentric distance of the Moon, regarding objects in the radius range of 10⁻²–0.15 m. Instead, the flux of smaller meteoroids (radius range 10⁻⁸–10⁻² m) has been calculated using the two distributions adopted by Cintala and Love & Brownlee.
The results of our model are that (i) the neutral Na production rate is  ∼3–4.9 × 10⁴ atoms cm⁻² s⁻¹  , slightly larger than the previous estimates  (∼2–3 × 10⁴ atoms cm⁻² s⁻¹)  , and (ii) only about 6 per cent of neutral Na is produced by the impacts of meteoroids in the size range 10⁻³–0.15 m, whereas about 94 per cent of the Na comes from the  10⁻⁵–10⁻³ m  size range.     

New Criterion for Lunar Crescent Visibility

A new criterion for lunar crescent visibility has been established using 737 observations, almost half of them obtained by the Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP). This criterion is based on two variables, viz. the topocentric arc of vision and the topocentric crescent width. The new model is able to predict the visibility of the lunar crescent both for naked eye and optically aided observations. From the database we found a Danjon limit of 6.4 degrees. Vice-President of “Crescents, Calendars and Mawaqeet Committee” of AUASS.     

A local control system for the test masses of the Virgo gravitational wave detector

The mirrors of interferometric detectors of gravitational waves (GW) are suspended in order to be isolated from external disturbances. A local control system able to keep them correctly aligned and to damp the angular modes of the suspension is necessary. In this paper we present the solution adopted for Virgo based on a CCD camera sensor and on digital controls. With this solution the mirrors are kept aligned at the level of less than 1 μrad rms, enough to lock the interferometer and start the automatic alignment system.     

The science behind the vision for U.S. space exploration: the value of a human–robotic partnership

The Vision for U.S. Space Exploration offers new opportunities for aggressively increasing the pace of scientific discoveries across the Solar System by empowering an on-site partnership between humans and robotics, enhanced by new technology-enabled capabilities. In particular, the early emphasis of this new Vision will be on development of new scientific activities on the Moon, and later on Mars. Integration of in situ traditional science activities with creative new types of applied scientific research on the Moon and Mars is a key ingredient in the US Vision. The Apollo era record of achievement involving human exploration is particularly informative, as it demonstrates the accelerated pace of scientific discovery and understanding that resulted from human “on site” activities, however briefly, on planetary surfaces. An example of how integrated human and robotic exploration can enable breakthrough science on the planet Mars is provided in order to illustrate these points. The scientific opportunities associated with the Vision for US Space Exploration are many, and with the incorporation of human-based capabilities on the Moon and Mars, an accelerated pace of discovery and understanding will be possible.