Real Time Analysis and Display of Scanning Lidar Scattering Data

We describe software for an IBM compatible personal computer (PC) that we have developed and used to collect and analyze backscatter data from a multi-wavelength Mie-Rayleigh scanning lidar system. Both one and two-dimensional distributions of optical scattering coefficients are calculated from the lidar return signals and displayed in real time. Although we are using the software for analyzing marine aerosols, the modular nature of the software and data acquisition drivers make it straightforward to adapt the software to different systems, such as differential absorption lidar (DIAL) and oceanic lidars. We show examples of both horizontal and vertical Mie-Rayleigh lidar scans collected at the Makai Pier and Bellows Beach on the northeast side of the island of Oahu.     

High-resolution mapping of large gas emitting mud volcanoes on the Egyptian continental margin (Nile Deep Sea Fan) by AUV surveys

Two highly active mud volcanoes located in 990–1,265 m water depths were mapped on the northern Egyptian continental slope during the BIONIL expedition of R/V Meteor in October 2006. High-resolution swath bathymetry and backscatter imagery were acquired with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)-mounted multibeam echosounder, operating at a frequency of 200 kHz. Data allowed for the construction of ~1 m pixel bathymetry and backscatter maps. The newly produced maps provide details of the seabed morphology and texture, and insights into the formation of the two mud volcanoes. They also contain key indicators on the distribution of seepage and its tectonic control. The acquisition of high-resolution seafloor bathymetry and acoustic imagery maps with an AUV-mounted multibeam echosounder fills the gap in spatial scale between conventional multibeam data collected from a surface vessel and in situ video observations made from a manned submersible or a remotely operating vehicle.     

全球大气角动量变化的比较分析

利用日本气象局ＧＳＭ９６０３大气数值模式和客观分析资料以及美国环境预报中心大气再分析数据研究比较全球大气角动量变化。分析表明，三者大气质量再分布角动量东经９０°Ｅ分量的符合程度要好于格林威治方向的分量；而且ＧＳＭ９６０３对大气轴向相对角动量季节变化的强度模拟与其他两者一致，并明显优于第一阶段 ＡＭＩＰ ２３个大气环流模式的平均模拟结果。另外，ＧＳＭ９６０３大气相对角动量的年际变化基本显示了厄尔尼诺变化的主要历程。     

Estimation of rocking and torsion associated with surface waves extracted from recorded motions

By exploiting the capability of identifying and extracting surface waves existing in a seismic signal, we can proceed to estimate the angular displacement (rotation about the horizontal axis normal to the direction of propagation of the wave; rocking) associated with Rayleigh waves as well as the angular displacement (rotation about the vertical axis; torsion) associated with Love waves.For a harmonic Rayleigh (Love) wave, rocking (torsion) would be proportional to the harmonic vertical (transverse horizontal) velocity component and inversely proportional to the phase velocity corresponding to the particular frequency of the harmonic wave (a fact that was originally exploited by Newmark (1969) [15] to estimate torsional excitation). Evidently, a reliable estimate of the phase velocity (as a function of frequency) is necessary. As pointed out by Stockwell (2007) [17], because of its absolutely referenced phase information, the S-Transform can be employed in a cross-spectrum analysis in a local manner. Following this suggestion a very reliable estimate of the phase velocity may be obtained from the recordings at two nearby stations, after the dispersed waves have been identified and extracted. Synthesis of the abovementioned harmonic components can provide a reliable estimate of the rocking (torsional) motion induced by an (extracted) Rayleigh (Love) wave.We apply the proposed angular displacement estimation procedure for two well recorded data sets: (1) the strong motion data generated by an aftershock of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake and recorded over the Western Coastal Plain (WCP) of Taiwan, and (2) the strong motion data generated by the 2010 Darfield, New Zealand earthquake and recorded over the Canterbury basin. The former data set is dominated by basin-induced Rayleigh waves while the latter contains primarily Love waves.     

ABSS的研制及其观测水中悬沙含量的实验研究

为了声遥测浅海海底边界层上悬浮泥沙含量及其垂直分布，研制了声反向散射系统作为实验样机，介绍了该系统的设计原理及水中悬沙含量与其反向散射关系的实验研究。并分析了实验结果。     

光学系统参数确定带宽约束的天文图像盲反卷积

大气湍流极大限制了地基大口径望远镜观测天文目标图像的空间分辨率.根据最大似然估计原理,提出了用实际光学带宽约束的可有效减小天文观测图像中大气湍流影响的盲反卷积方法,通过共轭梯度优化算法使卷积误差函数趋向最小.建立了望远镜光学系统参数和图像频域带宽的关系,采用变量正性约束、点扩散函数带宽有限约束,提高算法的收敛性.为避免图像处理中有效傅立叶变换频率超出截止频率,要求采集望远镜焦面图像时单个成像单元(如CCD像素单元)应小于四分之一衍射斑直径.算法中未用目标支持域约束,所提出的方法适用于全视场天文图像恢复.用计算机模拟和对实际天文目标双鱼座图像数据的恢复结果验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

我国近海热带气旋强度突变的气候特征分析

利用２．５×２．５格距的风场及气压资料,计算分析９０１２号热带气旋登陆后维持６５小时不消的各标准时次的角动量收支。得到的结果是：９０１２号热带气旋登陆后,进入一个相对稳定的鞍型场的中心,低层有西南风急流将大量潮湿空气卷入热带气旋,为其提供充足的潜热能,北侧弱冷空气的侵入,为其提供了斜压能量;而对流层上部气旋４°－８°半径上的地转角动量的涡旋输送及β项产生的气旋角动量的输入,则是气旋中心气压和最大风速维持的直接因素。     

对自相似扩展(SSE)模型的改进和研究

自相似扩展拟合法(Self-Similar Expansion,SSE)假设日冕物质抛射(CME)具有恒定角宽度、沿径向向外传播的、自相似扩展的球形前沿,由日心出发的、与这个球形前沿相切的圆锥的圆锥角就是通常所说的CME角宽度,半角宽度取值范围是[0°,90°],固定Φ角拟合法(Fixed-Φ,FΦ)和调和均值拟合法(Harmonic-mean,HM)分别对应SSE模型的半角宽度为0°和90°的特殊情况.本文中修改后的自相似扩展拟合法(MSSE)假设CME具有自相似扩展的半球形前沿,能够提取的CME参数包括由日心出发的、圆锥截面过球心的圆锥的半圆锥角和CME的主传播方向、传播速度,其中半圆锥角取值范围是[0°,90°],FΦ和HM分别对应MSSE模型的半圆锥角为0°和45°的特殊情况,半圆锥角为90°时,CME前沿是以日心为圆心的半圆.MSSE拟合法扩大了SSE模型对CME前沿形态的描述范围,将半圆锥角作为判断CME是否能够到达、何时到达某颗卫星的重要参数.基于单颗STEREO卫星日球层成像仪(Heliospheric Imager,HI)图像,结合STEREO和ACE卫星的太阳风实地观测数据,本文深入分析了2010年23个CME事件,结果发现:在用于预报CME事件是否能到达某颗卫星、何时到达时,MSSE拟合法相比FΦ、HM和SSE拟合法,不但可以更准确地拟合CME主传播方向和传播速度,也可以缩小预计到达时间和到达速度的误差.