Brightness,polarization and electron density of the solar corona of 1980 february 16

During the eclipse of 1980 February 16 we photographed the solar corona at an effective wavelength of 6300 å. Using a quadruple camera we also obtained the coronal pictures in polarized light for four Polaroid orientations. We have used these observations to derive the coronal brightness and polarization and from these the electron densities in the corona out to a distance of about 2.5 R⊙ from the centre of the disc. The coronal brightness matches well with that of the corona of 1958 October 12.     

Comptonization in the vicinity of the black hole horizon

Using a Monte Carlo method, we derive spectra arising from Comptonization taking place close to a Kerr black hole. We consider a model consisting of a hot thermal corona Comptonizing seed photons emitted by a cold accretion disc. We find that general relativistic effects are crucial for the emerging spectra in models, which involve significant contribution of radiation produced in the black hole ergosphere. As a result of this contribution, spectra of hard X-ray emission produced in the vicinity of a rapidly rotating black hole strongly depend on the inclination of the line of sight, with larger inclinations corresponding to harder spectra. Remarkably, such anisotropy could be responsible for properties of the X-ray spectra of Seyfert galaxies, which appear to be intrinsically harder in type 2 objects than in type 1, as reported recently.     

Light Curve Analysis of Early-Type Overcontact Systems

A method is presented to include irradiation effects in the modeling of over-contact binaries. The Roche potential is numerically modified in a way to account for mechanical effects of the mutual irradiation of the two binary components. The efficiency of radiative interaction is parametrized by means of the fraction of radiative over gravitational forces for each component of the binary. The modified Roche geometry is implemented as binary model in an eclipse light curve solution code, which is based on the general Wilson–Devinney scheme. As an example the method is applied to the early-type over-contact system V606 Cen.     

Determination of polarization of vacuum-ultraviolet radiation by fluorescence and probe-beam techniques

Polarization analysis of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation, especially the analysis of elliptical polarization is of considerable scientific interest in many areas of physics including solar physics. Polarization measurements in the VUV region are much less developed than those in visible and infrared spectral regions. It is due to lack of efficient phase shifting elements and small reflection coefficients of polarizers for VUV radiation. We propose two techniques, to determine the arbitrary polarization of VUV radiation with photon energies in the range 10 – 100 eV, which seem to be more efficient and precise than the known techniques, especially to study the polarization of atomic or molecular spectral lines.     

一种基于MEA BP的太阳辐射反演算法

基于光电原理的日照计即将在全国推广应用,以光照度观测数据为主反演太阳辐射数据可以有效弥补太阳辐射观测站数量不足的现状。针对现有的太阳辐射反演方法的不足,提出一种融合主成分分析(PCA)、思维进化算法(MEA)和BP神经网络的复合模型,利用太阳光照度、太阳高度角、温度和湿度观测分钟数据反演太阳辐照度。首先,以晴空指数为依据,基于概率神经网络(PNN)分类法,将天气类型分为晴、云、阴3类,分类准确率达到96.6948%。再利用PCA降维后的4个影响因子,对3类天气分别采用BP、GA-BP和MEA-BP法反演太阳辐照度,与标准辐射表的实测数据对比。结果表明:晴、云、阴的MEA-BP模型的决定系数最高达到0.9958,与单一BP模型相比,RMSE分别降低了49%、32.45%和10.64%;相比于GA-BP模型误差,MAPE最高减少了42.54%。本文所提出的MEA-BP复合模型的泛化能力得到了有效提高。     

夏季西藏4个站点大气向下长波辐射观测分析

对2011—2016年部分夏季时段分别在西藏那曲、拉萨、林芝和阿里观测的大气向下长波辐射（L_↓）进行分析,结果显示:L_↓具有明显的日变化,最大值出现在北京时间15:00前后,而最低值出现在凌晨至10:00,日平均值林芝最高（368 W·m-2）,其次是拉萨（319 W·m-2）、阿里（305 W·m-2）和那曲（299 W·m-2）。晴天L_↓ ?ngstr?m（1915）的经验公式最适合林芝,而Konzelmann（1994）的公式则适合那曲、拉萨和阿里;随着人工观测总云量的增加,L_↓增强趋势明显,满云（云量7~10成）情形4个站点云增强效应均从20 W·m-2上升至50 W·m-2以上,低云量对L_↓的增强效应明显高于总云量。云份额数（C_F）上升所对应天顶方向平均云底高度下降,但云增强效应上升。在晴天（C_F为-5%~5%、平均云底高度大于4 km）时,云增强效应仅为5 W·m-2左右（林芝接近20 W·m-2）,但当C_F为90%以上（云底高度小于3.5 km）时,云增强效应则上升到60 W·m-2（林芝接近50 W·m-2）。固定云底高度,C_F与L_↓云增强效应呈显著相关（r2为0.91~0.97）,远高于云底高度与L_↓云增强效应的相关（r2为0.32~0.58）。     

Global prioritisation of renewable nitrogen for biodiversity conservation and food security

The continuing use of petrochemicals in mineral nitrogen (N) production may be affected by supply or cost issues and climate agreements. Without mineral N, a larger area of cropland is required to produce the same amount of food, impacting biodiversity. Alternative N sources include solar and wind to power the Haber-Bosch process, and the organic options such as green manures, marine algae and aquatic azolla. Solar power was the most land-efficient renewable source of N, with using a tenth as much land as wind energy, and at least 100th as much land as organic sources of N. In this paper, we developed a decision tree to locate these different sources of N at a global scale, or the first time taking into account their spatial footprint and the impact on terrestrial biodiversity while avoiding impact on albedo and cropland, based on global resource and impact datasets. This produced relatively few areas suitable for solar power in the western Americas, central southern Africa, eastern Asia and southern Australia, with areas most suited to wind at more extreme latitudes. Only about 2% of existing solar power stations are in very suitable locations. In regions such as coastal north Africa and central Asia where solar power is less accessible due to lack of farm income, green manures could be used, however, due to their very large spatial footprint only a small area of low productivity and low biodiversity was suitable for this option. Europe in particular faces challenges because it has access to a relatively small area which is suitable for solar or wind power. If we are to make informed decisions about the sourcing of alternative N supplies in the future, and our energy supply more generally, a decision-making mechanism is needed to take global considerations into account in regional land-use planning.     

北斗卫星ECOM光压模型参数选择策略分析

以ECOM经验光压模型为基础,利用北斗卫星3年的精密星历进行轨道拟合,获得了ECOM光压参数的变化规律,给出了北斗3类卫星的ECOM光压参数选择策略。从北斗卫星姿态控制模式出发,通过卫星星体受照分析,指出在北斗卫星地影期零偏航状态下,由于太阳对卫星帆板的不正照,导致与动态偏航姿态相比,光压摄动力存在与轨道周期相关的分量,需要在ECOM 5参数的基础上增加D向周期分量进行吸收。通过MGEX全球网数据定轨试验,本文提出的方法可使零偏段定轨重叠段位置精度提高50%~80%。     

1979年以来南黄海辐射沙洲潮滩脊线时空变化研究

基于遥感和GIS技术,提取了南黄海辐射沙洲1979年、1990年、2002年和2014年4个时期的潮滩脊线,并对时空变化特征进行系统分析。研究显示：① 辐射沙洲潮滩脊线可分为主线和支线2级,滩脊主线为条子泥-高泥-东沙潮滩脊线,支线为滩脊主线两侧分支;② 辐射沙洲潮滩脊线空间组合形态总体稳定,条子泥段滩脊主线总体呈东西向,东沙段滩脊主线总体呈南北向,高泥段滩脊主线连接条子泥和东沙;③ 滩脊线演变呈显著空间分异,条子泥段滩脊主线南向迁移显著,东沙段和高泥段滩脊主线总体向东迁移,迁移距离条子泥段滩脊主线>高泥段、东沙段,条子泥段滩脊主线中部>两侧、东沙段滩脊主线北段>南段,条子泥滩脊支线形态和位置变化均较东沙滩脊支线显著。