Contributions to the Ring Current Energy During Geomagnetic Storms

The purpose of this research was to study the complexity of the energization of the ring current during a geomagnetic storm, produced during southern Bz(IMF) by the injection of plasma sheet ions, accelerated by enhanced convective electric fields. This model assumes that the plasma sheet is continuously populated by H⁺ from the sun and the ionosphere, and sporadically by ionospheric O⁺, making the ring current a coupled system whose energy can hardly be expressed analytically. When Bz(IMF) turns north, the ring current becomes uncoupled, and the energy decays exponentially if the storm is weak, or can be expressed as a combination of exponentials during strong storms representing the quick decay of O⁺ and the slower decay of H⁺, as has been shown.     

Convergence of Liapunov Series for Maclaurin Ellipsoids

According to the classical theory of equilibrium figures surfaces of equal density, potential and pressure concur (let call them isobars). Isobars may be represented by means of Liapunov power series in small parameter q, up to the first approximation coincident with centrifugal to gravitational force ratio on the equator. A. M. Liapunov has proved the existence of the universal convergence radius q : above mentioned series converge for all bodies if q < q . Using Liapunov's algorithm and symbolic calculus tools we have calculated q = 0.000370916. Evidently, convergence radius q ₀ may be much greater in non-pathological situations. We plan to examine several simplest cases. In the present paper, we find q ₀ for homogeneous liquid. The convergence radius turns out to be unexpectedly large coinciding with the upper boundary value q ₀ = 0.337 for Maclaurin ellipsoids.     

An Imaging Photon Counting Intensified CCD for High Speed Photometry

The scientific performance evaluation of a photon countingimaging system is presented. The detector is constituted by an ICCD camera with RbTe photocathode(optimized for UV radiation), and dedicated electronics for the acquisition and analysis ofthe events. For each photon event on the CCD, a real-time centroid calculation is performed, inorder to reach spatial resolution down to 25 m FWHM. The system has been tested usingthe 182 cm telescope of the Asiago Observatory.A standard stars field through U Johnson filter,and the Crab pulsar (PSR 0531+21) were observed. From the photometric data, relative magnitudes of the standard stars have been derived, showing a goodlinearity of the detector in the range of flux under consideration, as expected fromprevious laboratory measurements.The pulsar's data have been processed by FFT and epoch foldingtechniques to testthe detector's timing performances in the highest resolutionmode (4.512 ms).These observations show that a space resolved time analysis ofperiodic sources can be performed with 10^-7 s accuracy.     

Modelling peak accelerations from earthquakes

This paper deals with the prediction of peak horizontal accelerations with emphasis on seismic risk and insurance concerns. Non‐linear mixed effects models are used to analyse well‐known earthquake data and the consequences of mis‐specifying assumptions on the error term are quantified. A robust fit of the usual model, using recently developed robust weighted maximum likelihood estimators, is presented. Outlying data are automatically identified and subsequently investigated. A more appropriate model accounting for the extreme value nature of the responses, is also developed and implemented. The implication on acceleration predictions is demonstrated. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

鄂尔多斯风沙滩地区土壤凝结水试验研究

鄂尔多斯风沙滩地区,常年干旱少雨,蒸发强烈,地下水资源消耗主要源于表土蒸发.而土壤凝结水的形成与转化又与表土蒸发之间存在着十分密切的关系.作者在内蒙古自治区乌审旗气象局院内,采用自制的笼屉式测渗仪进行土壤凝结水的观测试验研究,测量方法为称重法.并同步观测地表以上50cm处的空气温湿度以及地表和地表以下5cm、10cm、15cm、20cm、30cm、40cm、50cm处的土壤温度.通过试验,初步探明了该区土壤凝结水的形成与转化的基本过程,以及土壤凝结水的转化与气象因素之间的相关关系.     

基于小波变换模极大值的滑坡监测数据处理方法及其实现

首先给出小波变换模极大值法用于滑坡体位移监测曲线去噪的处理方法,并对该方法在MATLAB中的实现进行了研究和探讨,给出了实现的算法步骤以及相应的MATLAB程序代码。利用实际数据资料,在MATLAB下进行滑坡体位移监测曲线去噪试验,取得了较理想的效果。实验结果表明,将小波变换模极大值法用于滑坡体数据处理,不但可以有效地消除噪声,而且还可以保持信号的阶跃或突变点的位置不变。     

基于TM影像的南京市土地利用遥感动态监测

基于南京市1988年和1998年两期TM影像，首先用辐射水准归一化法将1998年影像校正到1988年影像的辐射水平上，再经过几何校正、训练区纯化等预处理，对两期影像分别用最大似然法进行分类，然后在Arc／Info的GRID模块中编写AML语言，对得到的两期土地利用分类图进行叠置运算，提取出土地利用动态变化信息。分析结果表明，10a间南京市耕地面积大量减少，林地面积有所增加。     

一种海面风场反演的快速风矢量搜索算法

本文以SeaWinds散射计为例，从最大似然估计的海面风场反演方法出发，根据其目标函数的一般分布特征，提出并实现了一种快速风矢量搜索算法。然后采用美国SeaWinds散射计的部分LA实测数据对该搜索算法进行了验证，并与常规算法对同一实验数据的反演偏差及运行时间进行了对比分析，结果表明该算法在能够保证反演精度的前提下，在较大程度上提高了运行效率。     

新一代雷达风廓线与探空风廓线资料相关分析

利用南昌新一代多普勒天气雷达获取的2002～2005年37次（共计614组样本）完整风廓线资料，与同期探空风廓线进行相关分析。结果表明：探空风廓线与雷达风廓线之间具有比较好的相关性。风向相关系数R≥0．6次数占总数78％，其中R≥0．8次数占总数60％。风速相关系数R≥0．6次数占总数81％，其中R≥0．8次数占总数57％。随着高度增加，探空风向与雷达风向的相关度明显降低，风速的相关变化不大。