Multicolor Polarimetry of the Twilight Sky: The Role of Multiple Light Scattering as a Function of Wavelength

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the role of multiply scattered light of different wavelengths in clear twilight, as well as to the influence of multiple scattering and scattering by atmospheric aerosol particles on the polarization of the twilight sky background during this period. The work is based on wide-angle polarimetric CCD-observations of the twilight sky near zenith in the U, B, V, and R bands, which were carried out in summer 2000 at the South Laboratory of the Moscow Shternberg Astronomical Institute. Based on the data obtained, we have determined the fraction of single-scattered light in clear twilight in the zenith for the U, B, and V bands and have estimated the lower limit of this value for the R band. The analysis of color and polarimetric evolution of the sky background was made taking into account single and multiple scattering properties. The characteristic height of the upper boundary of the tropospheric aerosol layer in the Earth's atmosphere was also obtained.     

Scattering function of tropospheric aerosol according to the data of polarimetry of the twilight and night sky background

The paper contains the photometric and polarimetric analysis of the sky background near the zenith during the twilights and the nights of different years and seasons. The period of enhanced tropospheric aerosol content during the summer 2009 is noticed. The aerosol scattering of solar emission is separated from the total twilight sky background, and similar data on lunar emission is taken from the night sky background. The results are compared with the data of relatively clear troposphere of winter 2006. The observational data are used to construct the polarization scattering function of tropospheric aerosol particles during the nighttime.     

Optical properties of the undisturbed mesosphere from wide-angle twilight sky polarimetry

The paper describes the first results of all-sky polarization measurements of the twilight background started in central Russia in the very beginning of summer 2011. Time-frequency data of the sky intensity and polarization over a wide range of sky point zenith distances are used to separate single and multiple scattering and construct the altitude dependence of the scattering coefficient and polarization in the mesosphere (altitudes from 60 to 90 km) at different angles. The undisturbed structure of the mesosphere without noticeable aerosol stratification on observation days makes it possible to estimate the temperature of the atmosphere at these altitudes.     

Analysis of the direction of the twilight sky background polarization as a tool for selecting single scattering

The direction of the twilight sky background polarization on the celestial sphere far from the solar vertical depends on the ratio of single and multiple scattering contributions. Variations in the polarization direction during twilight reflect the evolution of the properties and background emission components and can be used to control the procedure of selecting single scattering. This makes it possible to specify the temperature measurements according to the molecular scattering of solar emission and the contribution of dust scattering in the upper mesosphere. The results of the temperature measurements during the observations in 2011–2015 have been presented.     

Detection of Molecular Scattering Field from a Polarization Analysis of the Sky Background during Transitive Twilight and Temperature Measurements near the Stratopause

The simplest version of the method of detecting the single molecular scattering field based on the polarization measurements of the twilight sky background by all-sky cameras has been considered. The method can be used during transitive twilight (with solar zenith angles of 94°–98°), when effective single scattering occurs in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. The long-term measurements conducted using this method in the Moscow region and Apatity make it possible to determine the temperature of these atmospheric layers and estimate the contribution and properties of multiple scattering during the transitive twilight.     

Studies of the stratosphere aerosol layer based on polarization measurements of the twilight sky

The paper is devoted to an analysis of observational manifestations of the aerosol layer in the Earth’s stratosphere and to a method of determining their optical properties. It is based on polarization measurements of the twilight sky background in the zenith vicinity and in a broad spectral band with an effective wavelength of 5250 Å. An increased abundance of the stratosphere aerosol was found in December 2006 for the first time in several years of observation. The suggested method allows one to determine the ratio of radiation scattering coefficients by the stratosphere aerosol and by air molecules, as well as the degree of polarization of aerosol scattering in the stratosphere. The appearance of the stratosphere aerosol is associated with explosive eruption of Rabaul volcano having occurred in the beginning of October 2006.     

Investigations of the Background Stratospheric Aerosol Using Multicolor Wide-Angle Measurements of the Twilight Glow Background

The first results of multiwave measurements of twilight background and the all-sky camera with a color (RGB) CCD matrix conducted in the spring and summer of 2016 in Central Russia (55.2° N, 37.5° E) have been discussed. The observations reveal the effect of aerosol scattering at heights of up to 35 km, which is substantially enhanced in the long-wave part of the spectrum (R band with an effective wavelength of 624 nm). An analysis of the behavior of the sky color during light period of twilight with allowance for the absorption by ozone in the Chappuis bands make it possible to restore the angular dependences of the intensity of the aerosol scattering of the light. This is used to determine the parameters of the lognormal distribution of aerosol particles over their sizes with a mean radius of 0.08 μm and a width of 1.5–1.6 for the stratospheric height interval.     

Study of the mesosphere using wide-field twilight polarization measurements: Early results beyond the polar circle

This paper discusses the results of early measurements of temperature and dust in the mesosphere on the basis of wide-field twilight sky polarimetry, which began in 2015 in Apatity (North of Russia, 67.6° N, 33.4° E) using the original entire-sky camera. These measurements have been performed for the first time beyond the Polar Circle in the winter and early spring period. The general polarization properties of the twilight sky and the procedure for identifying single scattering are described. The key results of the study include the Boltzmann temperature values at altitudes higher than 70 km and the conclusion on a weak effect of dust on scattering properties of the mesosphere during this period.     

Wide-angle polarimetry of the night sky: Measurements of atmospheric glow and zodiacal light

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the results of wide-angle polarimetric observations of the night sky, which has been carried out in December 2002 in the Southern Laboratory of Shternberg State Astronomical Institute (Crimea, Ukraine) in a color band close to the V band (the effective wavelength is 5250 ). We propose a method with the help of which the sky light was separated into basic components: the atmospheric glow, emission of weak stars, and the zodiacal light. The polarization map of extra-atmospheric emission of five sky zones close to the ecliptic is constructed, and it is shown that polarization of the sky background far from the antisolar point is determined, in the main, by the zodiacal light. For each observational period, the time dependence of the atmospheric luminosity and absorption is obtained.Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2005, pp. 19–26.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ougolnikov, Maslov.     

基于偏振信息融合的背景抑制方法评价

与红外强度图像相比,单一的偏振度或偏振角图像在提升图像信杂比方面并无明显优势。为综合利用偏振图像的多维信息进一步提升图像信杂比,在分析典型背景下目标偏振度与偏振角联合分布特性的基础上,以偏振度作为偏振角信息的权值参考,提出了一种基于偏振信息融合的红外图像背景抑制方法,并将其应用于复杂云层或海面背景下的红外目标检测,给出了相应的算法流程。实验结果表明:与红外强度图像相比,所提出的基于偏振信息融合的背景抑制方法能大幅提升图像信杂比。该方法简单有效,易于实现,可应用于基于红外偏振成像的目标探测或精确制导领域。     

卫星光学遥感器光谱波段选择的影响因素

文章详细阐述了大气对太阳辐射在可见光 -近红外段的吸收作用和散射作用 ,并总结了可见光 -近红外波段常用的大气窗口及其透射率 ,最后 ,分析了可见光、近红外、短波红外的波段选择问题     

基于AutoCAD几何建模的近场目标电磁散射计算技术

为了计算复杂目标的雷达散射截面（RCS），提出了一种基于AutoCAD几何建模的近场目标电磁散射计算技术，计算了单元体，组成体以及飞机的近场雷达散射截面，理论计算和实测结果较为吻合，为在微机上计算复杂目标近场RCS提供了一种理想的方法。     

大频差单馈双频双层微带天线研究

文章采用等效电路法分析了大频差下单探针馈电的双频双层微带天线的特性。由于天线工作于3GHz和10GHz这两个相差甚远的频率上,并且两层贴片只用一根同轴探针进行馈电,这时微带天线会呈现很多特殊的问题。分析结果表明,尽管下层微带贴片在10GHz附近的高次模会较大地影响天线的性能,采用这种结构还是可以实现双频工作的。     

Formation of a Polarization Jet during the Expansion Phase of a Substorm: Results of Ground-Based Measurements

The ground-based polarization jet measurements at the Yakutsk ionosphere station (L= 3.0) for the years 1989–1991 (110 events) are compared with variations of the AE-index and with parameters of the local magnetic activity. It is shown that polarization jet development in the near midnight sector can occur during a period of no longer than 10 min on the expansion phase of a substorm. The formation of the polarization jet is accompanied by a specific magnetic field variation corresponding in shape to a fast passage of the Harang Discontinuity above the station. Statistical data are given on ground level observations of the polarization jet, which are close to those measured from satellites. The mean delay (averaged over the full data bank) between the onset of a substorm with AE 500 nT and the moment of the polarization jet appearance at L= 3.0 is equal to 0.5 h near midnight and to 1.0 – 1.5 h in the evening sector. Estimations show that the duration of the polarization jet formation when energetic ions are injected into the Harang Discontinuity region above the ground station can last for about 10 min, and during this time the Harang Discontinuity can be shifted to the west. This is in qualitative agreement with the described observations.     

基于改进二维分形海面模型的分层海面电磁散射分析

用微扰法研究了平面波入射分层介质粗糙面的电磁散射。由改进的二维分形海面模型模拟实际的分层海面,导出了平面波入射时的散射系数计算公式。通过数值计算获得了不同散射角的HH极化双站散射系数,并讨论了中间介质介电常数与厚度、摩擦风速和入射波频率对双站散射系数的影响,得到改进的二维分形分层海面散射系数的基本特征、分区特征和随频率变化的特征。结果表明：散射系数近似具有＂量子化＂特征。     

脉冲展宽对深空激光通信的影响与补偿研究

深空激光通信系统下行链路的脉冲位置调制PPM（Pulse Position Modulation）信号在经过大气信道传输和单光子探测器接收时,将出现脉冲展宽效应,引起通信系统性能下降。分析了大气信道中的淡积云云层散射、大气湍流与气溶胶散射和单光子探测器的抖动特性所引起的脉冲展宽效应。在此基础上,仿真分析了淡积云云层物理厚度对不同PPM调制阶数下通信速率的影响,并研究了单光子探测器引起的脉冲展宽产生的抖动损失。为补偿脉冲展宽的影响,提出了一种基于时隙似然比解调的补偿方法,通过仿真验证了该方法能够有效降低深空PPM激光通信链路中脉冲展宽对通信误码率的影响。该研究对分析和提升深空PPM激光通信系统的链路性能具有一定的参考意义。     

有源多假目标干扰的极化识别新方法

提出一种利用单脉冲跟踪雷达的和、差波束特性差异的极化估计算法。基于目标散射回波和固定转发式有源假目标干扰产生物理机理的差异,设计了极化相似测度、极化相关系数、极化欧式距离等干扰鉴别参量,提出了有源假目标干扰鉴别算法。该技术无需增加极化通道,降低了计算和处理难度,更易工程实现。仿真结果证明了该方法的有效性。     

基于模糊拍卖的天波超视距雷达多模式融合跟踪算法

天波超视距雷达通过电离层反射实现超视距广域监视,其地理坐标系下的量测方程存在强非线性,同时由于电离层的不同分层,造成了多路径传播的严重问题,即同时存在多个模式的量测。本文提出了一种基于模糊拍卖的多模式融合跟踪算法,将多路径信息看作是多传感器提供的同步量测信息,利用模糊拍卖算法对确认量测和传播模式进行分配,再利用多传感器数据融合的方法对多模式信息进行同步数据融合。仿真结果表明,在杂波环境中,跟踪一个存在4种可能非线性量测的匀速运动目标时,本文提出的基于模糊拍卖的多模式融合跟踪算法与多径概率数据互联算法相比,在距离维、距离变化率维和方位维的精度具有很大改善,且耗时大大缩短,能更好地提供预警信息。     

基于基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法的深粗糙度高斯型粗糙面光散射

推导了基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法理论的计算公式.基于基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法研究了平面波入射深粗糙度高斯型粗糙面的光散射,综合高斯型粗糙面的自相关函数给出了不同极化状态下散射系数的数学表达式.由数值计算获得了不同散射角、散射方位角及入射波波长的双站和单站散射系数,讨论了粗糙面高度起伏均方根、相关长度、介质介电常数和入射波波长...     

基于单频GPS接收机的低轨卫星准实时定轨算法研究

研究在不依赖于GPS差分基准站的情况下,利用单频GPS接收机对低轨卫星进行定轨的算法。文章先对影响卫星定轨的各种误差进行简要的分析,根据分析的结果对传统载波相位平滑伪距观测方程进行适当修正,然后,再利用修正的方程对伪距观测进行平滑,最后利用单点定位法进行轨道解算。仿真结果表明,在只需给定少数几个历元数据的情况下,利用单频接收机可以达到米级的定轨精度。