行星际磁云边界层中的电子分布函数特征

基于WIND 飞船观测的1995---2006 年间的磁云事件, 研究了磁云边界层中电子的流动图样, 以及电子速度分布函数的特点与电子加热和加速的关系, 得出以下结果. ①磁云边界层中存在的电子流动图样, 包括各向同性、双向流动和单向流动等. ② 相比于背景太阳风和磁云本体, 通常情况下磁云边界层中电子分布函数的核心热电子成分 (E<60eV) 增多, 超热电子成分 (E>60eV) 在沿磁场垂直方向上增多, 而在沿磁场平行或反平行方向以单方向增加为主, 此外, 还在近1/10 的磁云边界层中观测到了高能电子的明显增多. ③对比研究了磁云边界层与磁云驱动的激波对电子速度分布函数的调制作用, 经过激波, 电子分布函数的超热电子成分在各方向上都有增加, 不同于磁云边界层中在沿磁场平行或反平行方向上超热电子成分以单方向增加为主, 表明二者有不同的形成机制. ④考察了磁云边界层中的波活动增强和电子分布函数及离子流量增加的对应关系. 上述观测和对比分析进一步表明了磁云边界层是一种重要的动力学结构, 磁重联是一种可能的形成机制.      

Statistical studies of cloud cover based on pictures from meteorological satellites

Cloud amounts data of a five year period manually digitized from meteorological satellite imagery are used for cloud statistics over the European region. Spatial and temporal structure functions of the cloud field are computed and analysed for the seasons. The results give a numerical representation of the effects of the general circulation and the geographical-physical conditions on cloudiness.     

Effects of concurrent snow and cloud cover on planetary albedo

The effects of snow and cloud cover on planetary albedo are examined using observations from NOAA polar orbiting satellites. Reflected radiation was measured in the visible range (0.5 – 0.7 μm). Planetary albedos resulting from different cloud/snow cover conditions are compared using Northern Hemisphere snow cover maps, surface weather charts, satellite photos and data on land surface types. None of the cases studied show that concurrent cloud and snow cover produces significantly different planetary albedos than cloud cover alone. Cloud cover alone is found to yield higher planetary albedos than snow cover alone; the difference being greatest over forested areas. With and without snow cover present, clear-sky planetary albedos over farming and grazing lands (snow(0.45), no snow(0.15)) are found to be significantly higher than those over forested regions (snow(0.33), no snow(0.11)). Variations in satellite zenith angle are not found to produce significant effects in most cases studied.     

The absorption of solar energy and the heating rate in the atmosphere of Venus

The Solar Flux Radiometer (LSFR) experiment on the large probe of the Pioneer Venus (PV) mission made detailed measurements of the vertical profile of the upward and downward broadband flux of sunlight at a solar zenith angle of 65.7°. These data have been combined with cloud particle size distribution measurements on the PV mission to produce a forward-scattering model of the Venus clouds. The distribution of clouds at high altitudes is constrained by measurements from the PV orbiter. Below the clouds the visible spectrum and flux levels are consistent with Venera measurements at other solar zenith angles. The variations in the optical parameters with height and with wavelength are summarized in several figures. The model is used to evaluate the solar heating rate at cloud levels as a function of altitude, solar longitude, and latitude for use in dynamical studies.     

Assessment of thin cirrus and low cloud over snow by means of the maximum likelihood method

Cirrus clouds and low clouds over snow are sometimes difficult to assess by common retrieval methods. In the case of cirrus the reason is the highly variable optical depth while low clouds have approximately the same temperature and reflection properties as snow covered mountains (or plains). An empirical interactive method is described, which allows to classify with great detail clouds of the described types and to determine the fractional coverage of each cloud type as seen from the satellite. The statistical properties of the cloud classes are determined by analyzing small areas of uniform cloudiness. The algorithms applied to pairs of spectral images is the standard maximum likelihood method.     

Atmospheric dynamics on Venus and Mars

New results from Pioneer Orbiter observations indicate a continued vortex organization of the cloud level atmosphere in either hemisphere, centered over respective poles. Significant changes in the magnitude of the cloud level zonal circulation over a period of several years have been detected. A strong signature of the solar tidal circulation has been detected in the atmospheric circulation with the lowest speeds occurring in equatorial latitudes about 20° upstream of the sub-solar point. Finally, a solar-locked persistent spatial structure has been discovered in the variance of the ultraviolet brightness measured from brightness normalized images of Venus. Vega balloons (drifting at about 53 km altitude near 7°N and 7°S latitudes) have also provided some unique observations of atmospheric circulation, significant among them being the strong vertical motions, the zonality of their drift speeds as well as a significant temperature difference between the two balloons. The temperature difference which amounts to 6.5°K on average is currently being interpreted as a temperature variation with longitude or time.

Diagnostic modelling efforts towards simulating the atmospheric circulation on Venus are continuing and have provided some clues about the processes that maintain them but have not yet been successful in explaining the superrotation of the atmosphere.

Knowledge of the Martian atmospheric dynamics on the other hand is still limited by lack of adequate observations. Numerical modelling of the Martian atmosphere continues to provide most of the information about the atmospheric circulation. The situation regarding the paucity of observations should improve with the completion of the proposed Mars Observer mission. The low circular polar orbit planned provides an excellent opportunity to study the Martian atmosphere.     

Climatological characteristics of cloud cover over Europe from meteorological satellites

Climatological characteristics of cloud cover - means, variances, structure functions - previously computed for five years are compared with the results of a new test cloud cover data set of one year period. The effects on the cloud field of the Alps, the Carpathian basin and the land-ocean interface, further the seasonal changes of the general circulation are well reflected. The new test data set is based upon digitized data of one morning as well as one afternoon picture per day. Therefore some results are also obtained of the cloud cover variations during the day.     

A comprehensive statistical study of cloud base height using ceilometer over western India

A comprehensive statistical analysis of the cloud base height (CBH) measured by ground-based Vaisala ceilometer (CL31) has been performed to study different layers of the cloud in the lower troposphere up to 7.5?km height over Ahmedabad, western India during 2014 and 2015. The total observations (～69%) of cloud by using ceilometer show annual cloud occurrence frequency of around 64%. Seasonal variation of CBH and cloud occurrence frequency reveal that the maximum/minimum cloud cover is found during southwest (SW) Indian summer monsoon/pre-monsoon season. Three CBHs (CBH1, CBH2, and CBH3) are presented in monsoon period due to high cloud occurrence, and two CBHs (CBH1 and CBH2) are observed in other seasons due to low cloud occurrence by ceilometer over the observational site. The CBH1 (～100–2000?m) and CBH2 (500–3000?m) are observed during SW monsoon and summer season, respectively. The CBH3 is occurred usually in SW monsoon season. Moreover, the cloud cover during the day and night time shows that the occurrence of cloud is more frequent in daytime than nighttime during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon season. The statistical analysis of cloud with ground-based observations is also performed in this study that may be useful for the development/improvement of regional weather and climate models to reduce the uncertainty in the prediction.     

Tropical storm structure revealed by stereoscopic photographs from Skylab

A stereo pair of photographs taken by Skylab astronauts over Hurricane Ellen, September 19, 1973, resulted in the first stereo analysis over tropical storms. This pair is also the first evidence to indicate the existence of “supercell” convection in developing tropical storms. The photos are analyzed to determine the cloud top structure of the intense convection occurring in one quadrant of the storm. This type of supercell convection in tropical storms has recently been correlated with subsequent rapid deepening. The stereo analysis revealed that a circular cloud feature over the storm center was a dome which protruded 3–4 km above the undisturbed cirrus clouds. The center of the dome was capped by smaller scale convective turrets which protruded another 1–2 km above the dome. The existence of shear induced waves in the cloud tops is shown with wave amplitude ranging from 150–300 m and wave lengths ranging from 2–4 km. The existence of gravity waves at the cloud tops is also shown with wave amplitudes of 500–600 m and wavelengths of 10–12 km.     

ISCCP cloud analysis algorithm intercomparison

The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) will provide a uniform global climatology of satellite-measured radiances and derive a climatology of cloud radiative properties from these radiances. For this purpose, a pilot study of cloud analysis algorithms was initiated to define a state-of-the-art algorithm for ISCCP. This study compared the results of applying the nine different algorithms to the same satellite radiance data. The comparison allowed for a sharper understanding of the process of detecting clouds and shows that all algorithms can be improved by better information about clear sky radiance values (essentially equivalent to surface property information) and by better understanding of cloud size distribution variations. The dependence of all methods on cloud size distribution led to selection of an advanced bispectral threshold technique for ISCCP because this method is currently better understood and more developed. Further research on cloud algorithms is clearly suggested by these results.     

一种新的联想记忆系统及其学习收敛性

提出了一种新的联想记忆系统--基于牛顿前向插公式的联想记忆系统(NFI AMS),用以实现在任意阶多变量多项式函数的高精度逼近,设计了相应的学习方法,并证明了在通常情况下对于任意多变量连续函数,NFI-AMS的学习总是以任意精度收敛的.该系统较之传统的CMAC类型的AMS,具有所需供学习的样本点较少,学习精度高和存储单元空间较小的优点,且比多层BP网络具有学习算法简单和收敛速度快的特点,可望在智能控制与信号处理,模式识别中得到应用.     

弹丸撞击防护屏形成碎片云速度特性研究

微流星及空间碎片的高速撞击威胁着长寿命，大尺寸航天器的安全运行，导致其严重的损伤和灾难性的失效，为精确估计微流星及空间碎片主速撞击防护屏产生的碎片对舱壁的损伤，必须确定碎片云速度特性。文章在冲量和能量守恒的基础上，建立了碎片速度性分析模型，研究了碎片云的速度特性，得到了碎片云材料传播及碎片云喷射角随弹丸撞击速度的变化规律。     

GPS在气象火箭遥测跟踪上的应用

利用GPS全球定位系统、天线云台和宽波瓣天线组成的跟踪系统, 研究了接收位置信息与跟踪之间的时间差, 气象火箭理论弹道误差导致的中断跟踪,气象火箭探空仪分离后至初次定位前的跟踪, 天线云台转到359°位置后反转359°及跟踪过程中跟踪中断后的继续跟踪等关键问题,成功实现了气象火箭探空仪的遥测跟踪. 该跟踪系统在子午工程气象火箭试验中得到较好的应用, 此种跟踪方式相比传统雷达跟踪方式具有体积小、重量轻、操作简单、成本低、机动性强、跟踪可靠性强等诸多优点.      

Temperature measurements during the CAMP program

The Cold Arctic Mesopause Program (CAMP) was conducted at ESRANGE, Sweden, in July/August 1982. During the time period of several weeks, the temperature was monitored by ground-based OH emission spectrometers and by stellite radiance measurements. Rocket launchings occurred on the nights of $\text{3}\text{4}$ and $\text{11}\text{12}$ August. On $\text{3}\text{4}$ August, seven rocket payloads were launched during a period of noctilucent cloud sighting over ESRANGE. The presence of the NLC was confirmed by several rocket-borne photometer profiles. The temperature measurements showed that the temperature profiles in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere were near the expected values of high latitude summer models. A large amplitude wave structure with three temperature minima of 139K, 114K and 111K were observed at altitudes between 83 and 94 km. The temperature minimum at 83 km was the location of the observed NLC. The temperature minima caused by the growth of the gravity wave amplitude in the highly stable mesosphere provide the regions for the growth of particles by nucleation to optical scattering size, as well as regions where the nuclei for condensation can be formed through ion chemistry paths.     

基于高分四号数据的多时相多通道云检测算法

针对高分四号（GF-4）卫星影像波段较少导致传统云检测算法难以区分云与冰雪像元的问题,提出一种多时相多通道云检测算法。该算法首先对GF-4卫星影像进行辐射定标和配准,然后利用云与典型地表的光谱差异得到潜在云像元,之后利用序列GF-4卫星影像之间的差异识别出移动的云像元,最后利用中红外波段反演地表亮度温度来去除冰雪像元。该算法在海南、辽宁和安徽3个研究区域进行验证,并将检测结果与传统单时相云检测算法、支持向量机（SVM）云检测算法和实时差分（RTD）云检测算法的检测结果进行对比。结果表明,该算法优于其他3种云检测算法,准确识别率均达到90%以上,误检率均低于5%,有利于GF-4卫星影像的进一步利用。     

一种基于切比雪夫插值的联想记忆系统

提出了一种基于切比雪夫插值的高阶联想记忆系统(TI-AMS),能提供对任意阶多变量多项式函数的无误差逼近.切比雪夫插值的近似于最优一致逼近的性质从理论上保证了对任意连续函数的全局逼近精度.特别在对一些不连续函数(如矩形脉冲函数)的逼近中也有其它AMS无法比拟的优势.理论分析和数值模拟表明,该系统具有计算简单、学习精度高、收敛速度快、总的存储单元空间较小等优点.可广泛应用于图像压缩、模式识别、及高精度实时智能控制等领域.      

Cloud attenuation statistics from radiometric measurements over a tropical location Kolkata,India

The objective of this study is to investigate cloud attenuation at 30 GHz frequency using ground-based microwave radiometric observations at a tropical location, Kolkata. At higher frequencies and lower elevation angles, cloud attenuation is of major concern at a tropical location. The location experiences high value of liquid water path (LWP), which is responsible for cloud attenuation, during the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and pre-monsoon season. Significant amount of cloud attenuation has been observed during monsoon season at 30 GHz. Two years observations of exceedance probability of cloud attenuation and worst month statistics are presented. The variation of cloud attenuation with frequencies for different elevation angles has also been investigated. The seasonal and diurnal patterns of cloud attenuation are examined. Cloud attenuation, inferred from radiometric measurements before rain commencement, has been compared to rain attenuation at Ku-band. Exceedance probabilities of cloud and rain attenuation have been compared.     

正态云模型雾化性质统计分析

对于超熵较大情况下的正态云模型,说明了云模型雾化过程.通过统计分析云滴离散的整体趋势,说明超熵增大过程中,云滴整体趋于离散.通过分析各论域区间内云滴离散趋势,说明靠近概念核心的云滴的离散速度相对缓慢.归纳云模型雾化性质:在超熵取值持续增大的过程中(HeEn/3),正态云表示的概念的论域范围持续增大,呈雾化状态,但靠近概念核心的论域区间内的云滴不失数量优势.雾化性质适用于建模偏离正态分布、缺乏共识的定量数据,期望表示概念语义值核心,熵描述概念语义的离散程度,超熵表示各种语义的共识程度,扩展了云模型知识表示的应用范围.     

Time dependent charging of layer clouds in the global electric circuit

There is much observational data consistent with the hypothesis that the ionosphere-earth current density (J_z) in the global electric circuit, which is modulated by both solar activity and thunderstorm activity, affects atmospheric dynamics and cloud cover. One candidate mechanism involves J_z causing the accumulation of space charge on droplets and aerosol particles, that affects the rate of scavenging of the latter, notably those of Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) and Ice Forming Nuclei (IFN) (  and ). Space charge is the difference, per unit volume, between total positive and total negative electrical charge that is on droplets, aerosol particles (including the CCN and IFN) and air ions. The cumulative effects of the scavenging in stratiform clouds and aerosol layers in an air mass over the lifetime of the aerosol particles of 1–10 days affects the concentration and size distribution of the CCN, so that in subsequent episodes of cloud formation (including deep convective clouds) there can be effects on droplet size distribution, coagulation, precipitation processes, and even storm dynamics.