A-FPN算法及其在遥感图像船舶检测中的应用

光学遥感图像船舶检测主要面临两个挑战:光学遥感图像背景复杂,船舶检测易受海浪、云雾及陆地建筑等多方面干扰;遥感图像分辨率低,船舶目标小,对于其分类与定位带来很大困难;针对上述问题,在FPN的基础上,提出一种融入显著性特征的卷积神经网络模型A-FPN (Attention-Based Feature Pyramid Networks)。首先,利用卷积提取图像特征金字塔;然后,利用顶层金字塔逐级构建显著特征层,抑制背景信息,通过金字塔顶层的细粒度特征提高浅层特征的表达能力,构建自上而下的多级显著特征映射结构;最后利用Softmax分类器进行多层级船舶检测。A-FPN模型利用显著性机制引导不同感受下的特征进行融合,提高了模型的分辨能力,对遥感图像处理领域具有重要应用价值。实验阶段,利用公开的遥感目标检测数据集NWPU VHR-10中的船舶样本进行测试,准确率为92.8%,表明A-FPN模型适用于遥感图像船舶检测。     

On the Dynamics of Dust Grains in a Hierarchical Environment

Most main sequence stars are binaries or higher multiplicity Systems and it appears that at birth most stars have circumstellar disks. It is commonly accepted that planetary systems arise from the material of these disks; consequently, binary and multiple systems may have a main role in planet formation. In this paper, we study the stage of planetary formation during which the particulate material is still dispersed as centimetre-to-metre sized primordial aggregates. We investigate the response of the particles, in a protoplanetary disk with radius R_D = 100 AU around a solar-like star, to the gravitational field of bound perturbing companions in a moderately wide (300–1600 AU) orbit. For this purpose, we have carried out a series of simulations of coplanar hierarchical configurations using a direct integration code that models gravitational and viscous forces. The massive protoplanetary disk is around one of the components of the binary. The evolution in time of the dust sub-disk depends mainly on the nature (prograde or retrograde) of the relative revolution of the stellar companion, and on the temperature and mass of the circumstellar disk. Our results show that for binary companions near the limit of tidal truncation of the disk, the perturbation leads to an enhanced accretion rate onto the primary, decreasing the lifetime of the particles in the protoplanetary disk with respect to the case of a single star. As a consequence of an enhanced accretion rate the mass of the disk decreases faster, which leads to a longer resultant lifetime for particles in the disk. On the other hand, binary companions may induce tidal arms in the dust phase of protoplanetary disks. Spiral perturbations with m = 1 may increase in a factor 10 or more the dust surface density in the neighbourhood of the arm, facilitating the growth of the particles. Moreover, in a massive disk (0.01M⊙) the survival time of particles is significantly shorter than in a less massive nebula (0.001M⊙) and the temperature of the disk severely influences the spiral-in time of particles. The rapid evolution of the dust component found in post T Tauri stars can be explained as a result of their binary nature. Binarity may also influence the evolution of circumpulsar disks. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Interferometer phase calibration sources — II. The region 0° ≤ δB1950≤ +20°

We present a catalogue of 781 compact radio sources in the declination range 0° ≤ δ_B1950≤ +20° whose positions have been measured to an rms accuracy of about 14 mas with the Very Large Array (VLA). These sources are primarily intended for use as phase calibration sources for the Jodrell Bank MERLIN. However, they will also be suitable as phase calibrators for the VLA and can be considered as candidate phase calibrators for very long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) networks.     

High-velocity stars from decay of small stellar systems

In this paper we present numerical results on the decay of small stellar systems under different initial conditions (multiplicity 3 ≤  N  ≤ 10, and various mass spectra, initial velocities and initial configurations). The numerical treatment uses the CHAIN1 code (Mikkola &38; Aarseth). Particular attention is paid to the distribution of high-velocity escapers: we define these as stars with velocity above 30 km s⁻¹. These numerical experiments confirm that small N -body systems are dynamically unstable and produce cascades of escapers in the process of their decay. It is shown that the fraction of stars that escape from small dense stellar systems with an escape velocity greater than 30 km s⁻¹ is ∼1 per cent for all systems treated here. This relatively small fraction must be considered in relation to the rate of star formation in the Galaxy in small groups: this could explain some moderately high-velocity stars observed in the Galactic disc and possibly some young stars with relatively high metallicity in the thick disc.     

DO WE NEED TO MODEL PLATES AT ALL?

The historical method of obtaining equatorial coordinates for stars observed via astronomical photography has been to convert the measured coordinates to equatorial coordinates with the aid of a plate model which corrects for a variety of effects. However, we now have at our disposal novel smoothing techniques, of considerable generality, which in conjunction with modern star catalogues can reproduce the essence of the plate model while dramatically minimizing both the fortuitous and systematic errors of observation. In this paper we demonstrate that, with this technique and extant catalogues, one can obtain, with at least the same precision and better accuracy, the information necessary to transform the measured coordinates successfully into standard coordinates by a process that involves no sophisticated model for the plate. Using external checks we estimate the increase in accuracy to be of the order of 25 per cent.     

全球数据库数据研究的初步进展

人类已进入大数据和人工智能时代,其成果已惠及千家万户。然而,大数据和人工智能技术在科学研究领域的应用却相形见绌,还未真正得到重视。大数据和人工智能是一种方法,一种思路,它不同于传统的科学研究方法和思路。在科学研究中,什么是大数据研究呢?符合大数据3个技术取向的是大数据研究,采用全数据模式的是大数据研究,从数据出发的是大数据研究。文中介绍了我们利用全球数据库数据厘定的玄武岩、安山岩、大陆边缘弧玄武岩(CAB)构造环境判别图,其中安山岩判别图填补了学术界的空白。玄武岩(MORB、OIB、IAB)判别图也不同于学术界早先熟知的判别图,是根据元素之间的相关关系厘定的。文中还讨论了大数据研究带来的一些可能很有意义的科学问题。如:1.在判别图研究中发现了许多效果较好的图解,主要依赖的是主元素、过渡元素和金属元素之间的关系,上述关系有什么意义,为什么会起到判别的作用?2.数据挖掘发现,全球大洋中脊中酸性岩极度匮乏,是否说明上地幔严重缺水?3.研究发现,中新世是全球岩浆活动最发育的时期,这一时期全球还出现了许多重大地质事件,二者之间是否存在关联?4.中新世全球埃达克岩最发育,按照埃达克岩的出露,发现从青藏高原到喀尔巴阡可能存在一个巨型的欧亚高原;5.根据对新生代苦橄岩全球时空分布研究,提出了一个如何认识全球热点问题等。文中还提出了下一步研究的建议并强调指出,科学已经进入大数据和人工智能时代,在大数据和人工智能时代,科学划分的标准发生了变化:凡是能够用数据化表述的学科才称之为科学,而不能用数据化表述的学科就不是科学,看来,能否被数据化是科学与非科学的分水岭。在大数据和人工智能时代,地质学和矿床学遭遇了空前的危机。按照我们的预测,在可以预见的未来,地球物理学将远超地质学,空间科学将异军突起,而在地质学领域内地球化学一花独放的局面还将维系很长一段时间。文中最后还探讨了今后找矿靠什么的问题,认为物化探和钻探测试技术的进步非常重要,同时,发展人工智能技术也已迫在眉睫。     

雷电定位系统与人工观测雷暴日数统计比较

为了利用雷电定位系统 (lightning location system,LLS) 资料统计人工观测雷暴日数,采用湖北省2007—2012年LLS监测资料,选取25个气象站为圆心,统计其不同监测半径 (r) 圆区域内LLS监测的雷电日数,并与人工观测雷暴日数进行比较。结果表明:r≤7 km时,LLS监测平均年雷电日数小于人工观测平均年雷暴日数;r≥8 km时, LLS监测平均年雷电日数大于人工观测平均年雷暴日数;r=22 km圆区域内年平均雷电日数可替代最大年雷暴日数。根据r=7 km,r=8 km圆区域内LLS监测的年雷电日数、年平均地闪密度资料,分别采用直接替代法、地闪密度法和该文提出的二元法计算年雷暴日数,结果显示:二元法效果最好。二元法计算的2007—2012年25个站平均年雷暴日数与人工观测相等,平均差异为7.4%;二元法计算的2013年年雷暴日数与人工观测相差0.8 d,平均差异为12.3%。     

人工鱼礁对山东莱州朱旺港海区游泳动物的群落结构及季节变化的影响

为查明朱旺港人工礁区游泳动物的群落结构特征及其季节变化,于2010年5～11月和2011年3月对该海域人工礁区和自然对照区进行逐月调查.结果表明,人工礁区游泳动物种类比对照区丰富(1.42倍);并且人工礁区的Margalef种类丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Pielou均匀度指数均高于对照区.人工礁区的CPUE也明显高于对照区,人工礁区的Al区(建于2008年)和A2区(建于2009年)分别是自然对照区CA区的1.43和1.55倍,其中经济种类日本蟳的CPUE分别达到2.69和2.97倍.初步体现人工鱼礁投放后的集鱼效果,且礁区游泳动物的群落结构有明显改善.     

GRACE重力卫星在陆地水储量变化监测中的应用

介绍了GRACE重力卫星,并对GRACE重力卫星数据在陆地水储量变化中的应用现状进行分析,总结了GRACE重力卫星数据在陆地水储量变化检测中的数据获取、计算方法和精度分析,以及Grace数据在不同区域尺度陆地水储量变化估算中的应用情况,最后,指出GRACE在水储量应用中的不足和未来的研究方向。     

现代通信技术在海洋地质调查中的应用

在当今海洋地质调查作业中，声学通信技术、ADSL通信技术、卫星通信技术、局域网络通信技术等现代通信技术得到广泛应用，本文对应用到的几种主要现代通信技术原理及其应用实例进行了介绍。