Validation of non-linear split window algorithm for land surface temperature estimation using Sentinel-3 satellite imagery: Case study; Tehran Province,Iran

In recent years, land surface temperature (LST) has become critical in environmental studies and earth science. Remote sensing technology enables spatiotemporal monitoring of this parameter on large scales. This parameter can be estimated by satellite images with at least one thermal band. Sentinel-3 SLSTR data provide LST products with a spatial resolution of 1 km. In this research, direct and indirect validation procedures were employed to evaluate the Sentinel-3 SLSTR LST products over the study area in different seasons from 2018 to 2019. The validation method was based on the absolute (direct) evaluation of this product with field data and comparison (indirect) evaluation with the MODIS LST product and the estimated LST using the non-linear split-window (NSW) algorithm. Also, two emissivity estimation methods, (1) NDVI thresholding method (NDVI-THM) and (2) classification-based emissivity method (CBEM), were used to estimate the LST using the NSW method according to the two thermal bands of Sentinel-3 images. Then, the accuracy of these methods in estimating LST was evaluated using field data and temporal changes of vegetation, which the NDVI-THM method generated better results. For indirect evaluation between the Sentinel-3 LST product, MODIS LST product, and LST estimated using NSW, four filters based on spatial and temporal separates between pairs of pixels and pixel quality were used to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the compared pairs of a pixel. In general, the accuracy results of the LST products of MODIS and Sentinel-3, and LST estimated using NSW showed a similar trend for LST changes during the seasons. With respect to the two absolute and comparative validations for the Sentinel-3 LST products, summer with the highest values of bias (?1.24 K), standard deviation (StDv = 2.66 K), and RMSE (2.43 K), and winter with the lowest ones (bias of 0.14 K, StDv of 1.13 K, and RMSE of 1.12 K) provided the worst and best results for the seasons in the period of 2018–2019, respectively. According to both absolute and comparative evaluation results, the Sentinel-3 SLSTR LST products provided reliable results for all seasons on a large temporal and spatial scale over our studied area.     

Orbit determination of BDS-3 satellite based on regional ground tracking station and inter-satellite link observations

The BeiDou global navigation satellite system (BDS-3) has established the Ka-band inter-satellite link (ISL) to realize a two-way ranging function between satellites, which provides a new observation technology for the orbit determination of BDS-3 satellites. Therefore, this study presents a BDS satellite orbit determination model based on ground tracking station (GTS) observations and ISL ranging observations firstly to analyze the impact of the ISL ranging observations on the orbit determination of BDS-3 satellites. Subsequently, considering the data fusion processing, the variance component estimation (VCE) algorithm is applied to the parameter estimation process of the satellite orbit determination. Finally, using the measured data from China’s regional GTS observations and BDS-3 ISL ranging observations, the effects of ISL ranging observations on the orbit determination accuracy of BDS-3 satellites are analyzed. Moreover, the impact of the VCE algorithm on the fusion data processing is evaluated from the aspects of orbit determination accuracy, Ka-band hardware delay parameter stability, and ISL ranging observation residuals. The results show that for China’s regional GTSs, the addition of BDS-3 ISL ranging observations can significantly improve the orbit determination accuracy of BDS-3 satellites. The observed orbit determination accuracy of satellite radial component is improved from 48 cm to 4.1 cm. In addition, when the initial weight ratio between GTS observations and ISL ranging observations is not appropriate, the various indicators which include orbit determination accuracy, ISL hardware delay, and ISL observation residuals were observed to have improved after the adjustment of the VCE algorithm. These results validate the effectiveness of the VCE algorithm for the fusion data processing of the GTS observations and ISL ranging observations.     

A comparative study of ionospheric IRIEup and ISP assimilative models during some intense and severe geomagnetic storms

Three-dimensional (3-D) electron density matrices, computed in the Mediterranean area by the IRI climatological model and IRIEup and ISP nowcasting models, during some intense and severe geomagnetic-ionospheric storms, were ingested by the ray tracing software tool IONORT, to synthesize quasi-vertical ionograms. IRIEup model was run in different operational modes: (1) assimilating validated autoscaled electron density profiles only from a limited area which, in our case, is the Mediterranean sector (IRIEup_re(V) mode); (2) assimilating electron density profiles from a larger region including several stations spread across Europe: (a) without taking care of validating the autoscaled data in the assimilation process (IRIEup(NV)); (b) validating carefully the autoscaled electron density profiles before their assimilation (IRIEup(V)).The comparative analysis was carried out comparing IRI, IRIEup_re(V), ISP, IRIEup(NV), and IRIEup(V) foF2 synthesized values, with corresponding foF2 measurements autoscaled by ARTIST, and then validated, at the truth sites of Roquetes (40.80°N, 0.50°E, Spain), San Vito (40.60°N, 17.80°E, Italy), Athens (38.00°N, 23.50°E, Greece), and Nicosia, (35.03°N, 33.16°E, Cyprus). The outcomes demonstrate that: (1) IRIEup_re(V), performs better than ISP in the western Mediterranean (around Roquetes); (2) ISP performs slightly better than IRIEup_re(V) in the central part of Mediterranean (around Athens and San Vito); (3) ISP performance is better than the IRIEup_re(V) one in the eastern Mediterranean (around Nicosia); (4) IRIEup(NV) performance is worse than the IRIEup(V) one; (5) in the central Mediterranean area, IRIEup(V) performance is better than the IRIEup_re(V) one, and it is practically the same for the western and eastern sectors.Concerning the overall performance, nowcasting models proved to be considerably more reliable than the climatological IRI model to represent the ionosphere behaviour during geomagnetic-ionospheric storm conditions; ISP and IRIEup(V) provided the best performance, but neither of them has clearly prevailed over the other one.     

Relative equilibria in quasi-homogeneous planar three body problems

In this paper we find the families of relative equilibria for the three body problem in the plane, when the interaction between the bodies is given by a quasi-homogeneous potential. The number of the relative equilibria depends on the values of the masses and on the size of the system, measured by the moment of inertia.     

基于流管试验的管道声传播预测

通过平板声衬流管试验，测试了管道内无流动和有流动下不同入射声波频率的管道壁面复声压，并基于试验模型与数据分别开展了二维和三维管道声传播预测，将试验测量结果与预测结果进行了对比。结果表明:二维和三维的预测结果非常吻合，尤其是在无流动条件下；在不同流动条件和不同频率下，声传播预测给出了与试验数据较为吻合的结果，壁面声压级的趋势与试验结果一致，基本验证了管道声传播预测模型的准确性；对比不同流动条件和频率点，有流动下预测的壁面声压级的误差比无流动更大，低频下预测的壁面声压级的误差比高频更大。      

基于多尺度 3D-2D卷积神经网络的高光谱图像分类

设计提出了 1种针对高光谱图像分类任务的 3D-MSCNN模型。在 PCA降维的基础上,利用 3D空谱特征提 取网络和 2D多尺度特征提取网络实现高光谱图像特征提取,充分发挥高光谱图像空谱信息价值,增强对不同尺度 地表覆盖的表达能力。最后,利用 Softmax分类损失函数实现高光谱图像分类任务。实验结果表明,本文算法在 In. dian Pines和 Pavia University数据集上都取得了较好的分类效果。与 CD-CNN、3D-CNN、SS-Net和 HybirdSN等方法相 比,本文算法能够有效提升总体精度、平均精度和 Kappa系数等客观评价指标。     

超临界RP-3航空煤油喷嘴内部流动与相变特性研究

未来航空燃气轮机采用燃油作为冷却剂,对发动机冷却空气及热端部件进行冷却,使得燃油在进入燃烧室之前超过其热力学临界点,燃油的热力学性质发生巨大变化,将对燃油在喷嘴内的流动和喷嘴下游的喷射掺混过程产生重要的影响,因此有必要对超临界RP-3在喷嘴内的流动与相变特性展开研究。本文采用自主设计的喷嘴内部收缩通道模拟试验件,对超临界RP-3在喷嘴内的沿程压力分布进行测量,并采用基于一维等熵假设的计算方法进行数值模拟。试验首次获得了超临界航空煤油RP-3在喷嘴收缩通道内的沿程静压分布随喷射压力、温度变化的规律。通过与模型对比,发现未发生相变时,计算结果与试验值拟合精度较高,可以较好地预测RP-3在喷嘴内的流动参数,喷嘴内的静压分布也趋于一致;发生冷凝相变时,计算结果与试验值产生误差较大,喷射参数对于静压分布存在着较大的影响。本文试验获得的超临界RP-3航空煤油在喷嘴内的流动与相变特性,为航空发动机超临界RP-3喷射的喷嘴设计提供了重要的设计依据。     

侧板边界层对正激波/边界层干扰特性影响的数值模拟研究

为了研究外压式进气道处于临界工况时结尾正激波同时与压缩面和侧板上边界层的相互干扰,专门设计了三组具有不同前伸长度侧板的简化构型作为研究对象,利用数值模拟手段评估了侧板边界层厚度对正激波/边界层干扰特性的影响。仿真结果表明,当没有侧板边界层参与干扰时流动呈现较好的准二维特性,但当侧板边界层参与干扰后将形成较强的角区干扰结构,该角区三维干扰结构与对称面上的准二维干扰结构存在此消彼长的关系。此外,波系的空间形态也将由“准二维λ波”结构变为“双λ波+角区压缩波”结构,波系形态的改变则进一步导致壁面回流区分布以及摩擦力线拓扑结构变得更加复杂。     

碳纤维增强复合材料车削表面质量分析

以PCD刀具车削加工短切碳纤维/酚醛复合材料的表观质量为研究对象,通过开展正交试验,采用三维测量技术,研究切削三要素和刀尖圆弧半径对工件加工质量的影响;通过Design Expert软件,对加工因素的显著性进行分析。结果表明,随着切削速度v和进给量f的增大,表面粗糙度Ra逐渐增大,随着切削深度a_p和刀尖圆弧半径r的增大,Ra逐渐变小;试验显著因素为刀尖圆弧和进给量;最佳加工参数为：v=160 r/min、f=0.15 mm/r、a_p=0.6 mm、r=0.6 mm;通过加工试验和建模分析验证,结论可靠。     

结构光三维视觉系统研究

介绍了结构光三维视觉原理,在广义坐标系中采用投影和透视变换理论建立了结构光三维视觉模型。在此基础上,提出了基于非线性最小二乘法的模型参数标定方法,并建立了结构光三维视觉系统,给出了实验结果。