The impact of the new Earth gravity models on the measurement of the Lense–Thirring effect with a new satellite

In this paper we investigate the opportunities offered by the new Earth gravity models from the dedicated CHAMP and, especially, GRACE missions to the project of measuring the general relativistic Lense–Thirring effect with a new Earth’s artificial satellite. It turns out that it would be possible to abandon the stringent, and expensive, requirements on the orbital geometry of the originally prosed LARES mission (same semimajor axis a = 12,270 km of the existing LAGEOS and inclination i = 70°) by inserting the new spacecraft in a relatively low, and cheaper, orbit (a = 7500–8000 km, i  70°) and suitably combining its node Ω with those of LAGEOS and LAGEOS II in order to cancel out the first two even zonal harmonic coefficients of the multipolar expansion of the terrestrial gravitational potential J₂, J₄ along with their temporal variations , . The total systematic error due to the mismodelling in the remaining even zonal harmonics would amount to 1% and would be insensitive to departures of the inclination from the originally proposed value of many degrees. No semisecular long-period perturbations would be introduced because the period of the node, which is also the period of the solar K₁ tidal perturbation, would amount to 10² days. Since the coefficient of the node of the new satellite would be smaller than 0.1 for such low altitudes, the impact of the non-gravitational perturbations of it on the proposed combination would be negligible. Then, a particular financial and technological effort for suitably building the satellite in order to minimize the non-conservative accelerations would be unnecessary.     

Methods for computing giant planet formation and evolution

We present a numerical code for computing all stages of the formation and evolution of giant planets in the framework of the core instability mechanism. This code is a non-trivial adaption of the stellar binary evolution code and is based on a standard Henyey technique. To investigate the performance of this code we applied it to the computation of the formation and evolution of a Jupiter mass object from a half Earth core mass to ages in excess of the age of the Universe.
We also present a new smoothed linear interpolation algorithm devised especially for the purpose of circumventing some problems found when some physical data (e.g. opacities, equation of state, etc.) are introduced into an implicit algorithm like the one employed in this work.     

三星定位性能分析及其与SINS的融合方法

针对三星定位技术,本文首先分析其定位算法,并推导其误差分布模型。同时根据输出信息的特点,给出三星定位与SINS（捷联惯性导航系统）进行组合的算法。然后,对三星定位系统的定位误差特性进行仿真试验,从而揭示该系统的误差分布特性。最后,对三星定位／SINS组合系统进行半实时的静态与动态试验,组合结果证明该组合系统定位精度良好,在中纬度区域接近于GPS的精度。     

星载GPS的多目标跟踪数据处理方法

针对测量船外测数据对多个目标进行定轨精度较低的问题,该文提出了星载GPS数据、测量船外测数据的融合处理方法。在多目标测控任务中,航天测量船船载设备获取的外测数据仅包含一个主跟踪目标的测角数据和多个跟踪目标的测距数据,且测角数据精度较低,该文采用由星载GPS数据获取的等效测角数据和由测量船外测设备获取的测距数据进行定轨,经过分析试算,该方法有效弥补了船载外测设备测角数据精度较低的问题,提高了初轨确定的能力以及卫星星间距离的解算精度。     

Configuring the neighbourhood effect in irregular cellular automata based models

Cellular automata (CA) models have been widely employed to simulate urban growth and land use change. In order to represent urban space more realistically, new approaches to CA models have explored the use of vector data instead of traditional regular grids. However, the use of irregular CA-based models brings new challenges as well as opportunities. The most strongly affected factor when using an irregular space is neighbourhood. Although neighbourhood definition in an irregular environment has been reported in the literature, the question of how to model the neighbourhood effect remains largely unexplored. In order to shed light on this question, this paper proposed the use of spatial metrics to characterise and measure the neighbourhood effect in irregular CA-based models. These metrics, originally developed for raster environments, namely the enrichment factor and the neighbourhood index, were adapted and applied in the irregular space employed by the model. Using the results of these metrics, distance-decay functions were calculated to reproduce the push-and-pull effect between the simulated land uses. The outcomes of a total of 55 simulations (5 sets of different distance functions and 11 different neighbourhood definition distances) were compared with observed changes in the study area during the calibration period. Our results demonstrate that the proposed methodology improves the outcomes of the urban growth simulation model tested and could be applied to other irregular CA-based models.     

不规则形状地下空间开挖条件下地表沉陷预计方法研究

地下工程施工或地下采矿导致地表沉陷，甚至造成突然坍塌或沿层面滑移等灾害事故。文中根据概率积分法的基本原理，基于褶曲构造地层，任意形状空间开挖条件下地表点在任意方向的移动与变形值预计方法，并顾及复杂地质和开挖等因素，推导出不规则形状地下空间开挖条件下地表移动与变形预计公式。由于地表沉陷预计公式都是不可积重积分式，因此，采用数值积分方法解算这些不能求出原函数的方程式和变积分限问题。     

Analysis of the Marshall Islands Fireball of February 1, 1994

On February 1, 1994, a large meteoroid impacted over the Pacific Ocean at 2.6° N, 164.1° E. The impact was observed by space based IR sensors operated by the US Department of Defense and by visible wavelength sensors operated by the US Department of Energy. During entry the object broke into several pieces, one of which detonated at 34 km and another at 21 km altitude. The entry velocity of the object is estimated to be 24–25 km/sec. Based on the visible wavelength data, the integrated intensity of the radiated energy of the fireball was approximately 1.3 × 10¹³ joules. Assuming a 6000 K black body and a 30% efficiency for the conversion of the kinetic energy of the body into visible light, we estimate the mass of the body to be between 1.6×10⁵ kg and 4.4×10⁶ kg, and to have a diameter of between 4.4 and 13.5 meters. The object entered at a 45° angle, traveling on a heading of approximately 300°, i.e. from the southeast to the northwest. Calculations using a gross-fragmentation model indicate that the body was most likely a stony object larger than 10 m with an Apollo orbit prior to impact.E T Space SystemsSandia National LaboratoriesOndejov Observatory     

面向地灾应急的国产卫星观测能力分析

针对国产卫星系统在灾害应急观测任务中的覆盖能力并不完全明确的问题,对适用于地质灾害应急观测的国产卫星进行模拟仿真,利用网格点法从空间和时间两个维度对卫星的覆盖情况进行统计分析,深入研究国产卫星在应急响应、重复观测以及复合观测三方面的覆盖能力,并为灾后应急任务制定和我国灾害监测系统的发展提供建议。     

气象卫星发展回顾与展望

回顾了国际气象卫星和中国风云气象卫星的发展,综述了气象卫星在图像解译、定量产品应用和数据同化方面的成就以及辐射校正技术的进步。围绕大气科学,特别是数值天气预报对天基观测的需求,展望了未来气象卫星的技术发展方向。     

Application of desingularized approach to water wave propagation over three-dimensional topography

A numerical approach based on desingularized boundary element method and mixed Eulerian–Lagrangian formulation [Zhang et al., 2006. Wave propagation in a fully nonlinear numerical wave tank: a desingularized method. Ocean Engineering 33, 2310–2331] is extended to solve the water wave propagation over arbitrary topography in a three-dimensional wave tank. A robust damping layer applicable for regular and irregular incident waves is employed to minimize the outgoing wave reflection back into the wave tank. Numerical results on the propagation of regular and irregular incident waves over the flat bottom and linear incident waves over an elliptical shoal show good concurrence with the corresponding analytical solutions and experimental data.