Polarization Studies of Contribution of Aerosol Scattering to the Glow of Twilight Sky

The paper is devoted to studies and a quantitative estimation of the influence of scattering of direct solar radiation by particles of tropospheric aerosols in the period of light twilight, close to sunrise and sunset. Polarization measurements of the twilight sky in two broad spectral bands lying near the standard bands V and R form the basis of these studies. The measurements were carried out in 2002 and 2003 at the Southern Laboratory (Crimea) of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. The twilight period during which the single aerosol scattering becomes significant is isolated. The character of its influence on the intensity and polarization of the twilight sky is demonstrated. A method is suggested to evaluate polarization of the single aerosol scattering and its contribution to the general brightness of the twilight sky background. The method is based on differential characteristics of the background near the zenith and on their correlations with each other.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Ku波段机载极化SAR数据定标

针对极化合成孔径雷达(SAR)数据采集过程中出现的通道串扰、通道不平衡问题,利用Ku波段机载全极化SAR数据进行定标试验研究。进行了极化通道间干涉相位去除,以及包含相位校正、串扰校正和通道不平衡校正的极化SAR定标处理。对三面角反射器后向散射的分析表明:经定标处理后,极化通道不平衡降至1 dB以内,通道串扰降至-17 dB以下,极化特征图与理想三面角更为接近。Freeman-Durden分解结果表明:经定标处理后,极化SAR数据能较为准确地反映地物主要散射机制信息。     

基于Pauli基分解的极化校准算法

极化校准是现代雷达精确获取目标极化散射特性的前提和基础。为解决某全极化雷达的校准问题,提出一种基于Pauli基分解的极化校准算法,给出了算法的正交条件和相关推导,可选择任意满足正交条件的三个目标做为定标体。对校准算法的误差来源和误差对校准结果的影响分别进行了理论分析和仿真分析。给出了不同条件下该校准算法和其它校准算法的仿真结果,以及某全极化雷达校准试验数据分析结果。结果表明：基于Pauli基分解的极化校准算法能有效消除天线的变极化效应,可更准确地校准目标的极化散射矩阵,并可应用于大型地基极化雷达、极化合成孔径雷达以及极化相控阵雷达等的极化校准。     

星载极化散射计系统设计研究

文章介绍了星载极化散射计的研究背景、意义、概念及特点,在此基础上,讨论了系统设计时的系统体制、极化方式、隔离度等问题,提出了一种星载极化散射计系统设计的初步方案构想。     

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。     

复合噪声调频干扰的极化滤波方法

基于瞬态极化理论研究了复合噪声调频干扰的极化滤波方法。在对多个噪声调频干扰源合成信号的极化起伏特性进行分析的基础上,提出了复合噪声调频干扰的瞬态极化估计方法和基于MLP的极化滤波抑制方法。最后,利用计算机仿真实验验证了文中所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

多极化星载SAR模糊比分析与计算

模糊比的计算是星载SAR系统设计需要考虑的重要方面,多极化系统的模糊比分析与单极化不同,尤其是距离向模糊比与单极化系统有很大的差异。文章主要针对这一问题,给出了多极化模糊比的模型,推导出计算公式,最后给出系统设计的仿真结果以及相应的结论。     

环境气象条件对光学探测器性能的影响研究

环境气象条件对光学探测器的性能影响很大。针对南、北方的典型气象条件计算了两个波段下的大气透过率和天空辐射亮度,给出了大气环境条件对探测器探测能力的影响分析。     

超光谱成像仪的实验室定标

星载超光谱成像仪是一种空间调制型干涉光谱成像仪,文章研究了一套适用于干涉成像光谱仪、具有一定精度的实验室定标方法,满足了超光谱成像仪的实验室定标要求。采用激光光源进行光谱定标,光谱定标精度优于2nm。用远距点光源光路进行CCD探测器像元响应不均匀性修正,并进一步用天空背景光或均匀平行光进行全系统光能传输不均匀修正,实现了干涉图平场,相对定标精度达到2.46%。采用太阳模拟光源和均匀平行光路,用光谱辐射度计（ASD）实现标准辐射亮度的传递进行光谱辐射度定标,绝对定标精度达到8.21%。     

基于局部能量比的空中红外弱小目标检测方法

提出了图像局部能量比的概念,并针对空中目标图像特点,给出了一种基于局部能量比的红外弱小目标检测方法。该方法基于单帧图像即可实现红外点目标检测,算法简单,耗时较短,可以实时检测;图像局部能量比对图像噪声不敏感,故该检测方法对图像信噪比要求较低,具有强抗干扰性,便于工程实现。文中给出了检测算法的具体实现过程,并用真实空中红外弱小目标图像进行了检测试验。试验结果表明该方法对空中红外弱小单目标和多目标均具有令人满意的检测效果。     

Spectral signatures of photosynthesis. II. Coevolution with other stars and the atmosphere on extrasolar worlds

As photosynthesis on Earth produces the primary signatures of life that can be detected astronomically at the global scale, a strong focus of the search for extrasolar life will be photosynthesis, particularly photosynthesis that has evolved with a different parent star. We take previously simulated planetary atmospheric compositions for Earth-like planets around observed F2V and K2V, modeled M1V and M5V stars, and around the active M4.5V star AD Leo; our scenarios use Earth's atmospheric composition as well as very low O2 content in case anoxygenic photosynthesis dominates. With a line-by-line radiative transfer model, we calculate the incident spectral photon flux densities at the surface of the planet and under water. We identify bands of available photosynthetically relevant radiation and find that photosynthetic pigments on planets around F2V stars may peak in absorbance in the blue, K2V in the red-orange, and M stars in the near-infrared, in bands at 0.93-1.1 microm, 1.1-1.4 microm, 1.5-1.8 microm, and 1.8-2.5 microm. However, underwater organisms will be restricted to wavelengths shorter than 1.4 microm and more likely below 1.1 microm. M star planets without oxygenic photosynthesis will have photon fluxes above 1.6 microm curtailed by methane. Longer-wavelength, multi-photo-system series would reduce the quantum yield but could allow for oxygenic photosystems at longer wavelengths. A wavelength of 1.1 microm is a possible upper cutoff for electronic transitions versus only vibrational energy; however, this cutoff is not strict, since such energetics depend on molecular configuration. M star planets could be a half to a tenth as productive as Earth in the visible, but exceed Earth if useful photons extend to 1.1 microm for anoxygenic photosynthesis. Under water, organisms would still be able to survive ultraviolet flares from young M stars and acquire adequate light for growth.     

在横向气流中直射式喷嘴侧喷雾化细度的试验研究

应用激光散射测雾技术对均匀和不均匀横向气流中单个直射式喷嘴雾化细度作了试验研究。试验得出雾化细度 (索太尔平均直径) 随空气速度、供油压力、喷嘴孔径以及空气速度分布的变化规律。