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Resolution Needed for an Adequate Determination of the Mean Ocean Circulation from Altimetry and an Improved Geoid 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The sea surface topography observed by satellite altimetry is a combination of the geoid and of the ocean dynamic topography.
Satellite altimetry has thus the potential to supply quasi-global maps of mean sea surface heights from which the mean geostrophic
surface ocean currents can be derived, provided that the geoid is known with a sufficient absolute accuracy. At present, however,
given the limited accuracy of the best available geoid, altimetric mean sea surface topographies have been derived only up
to degree 15 or so, i.e. for wavelengths of approximately 2000 km and larger. CHAMP, GRACE, and the future GOCE missions are
dedicated to the improvement of the Earth's gravity field from space. Several studies have recently investigated the impact
of these improvements for oceanography, concluding to reductions of uncertainties on the oceanic flux estimates as large as
a factor of 2 in the regions of intense an narrow currents. The aim of this paper is to focus on what are the typical horizontal
scales of the mean dynamic topography of the ocean, and to compare their characteristics to the error estimates expected from
altimetry and these future geoids. It gives also an illustration of the oceanic features that will be resolved by the combination
of altimetry and the GRACE and GOCE geoids. It further reassesses the very demanding requirements in term of accuracy and
resolution agreed in the design of these new gravity missions for ocean science applications. The present study relies on
recent very high-resolution numerical Ocean General Circulation Model simulations.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Parts of geodesy and physical oceanography are about to mature into a single modeling problem involving the simultaneous estimation
of the marine geoid and the general circulation. Both fields will benefit. To this end, we present an ocean state estimation
(data assimilation) framework which is designed to obtain a dynamically consistent picture of the changing ocean circulation
by combining global ocean data sets of arbitrary type with a general circulation model (GCM). The impact of geoid measurements
on such estimates of the ocean circulation are numerous. For the mean circulation, a precise geoid describes the reference
frame for dynamical signals in altimetric sea surface height observations. For the time-varying ocean signal, changing geoid
information might be a valuable new information about correcting the changing flow field on time scales from a few month to
a year, but the quantitative utility of such information has not yet been demonstrated. For a consistent estimate, some knowledge
of the prior error covariances of all data fields is required. The final result must be consistent with prior error estimates
for the data. State estimation is thus one of the few quantitative consistency checks for new geoid measurements anticipated
from forthcoming space missions. Practical quantitative methods will yield a best possible estimate of the dynamical sea surface
which, when combined with satellite altimetric surfaces, will produce a best-estimate marine geoid. The anticipated accuracy
and precision of such estimates raises some novel modeling error issues which have not conventionally been of concern (the
Boussinesq approximation, self-attraction and loading). Model skill at very high frequencies is a major concern because of
the need to de-alias the data obtained by the inevitable oceanic temporal undersampling dictated by realistic satellite orbit
configurations.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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This paper presents a review of geoid error characteristics of three satellite gravity missions in view of the general problem
of separating scientifically interesting signals from various noise sources. The problem is reviewed from the point of view
of two proposed applications of gravity missions, one is the observation of the mean oceanic circulation whereby an improved
geoid model is used as a reference surface against the long term mean sea level observed by altimetry. In this case we consider
the presence of mesoscale variability during assimilation of derived surface currents in inverse models. The other experiment
deals with temporal changes in the gravity field observed by GRACE in which case a proposed experiment is to monitor changes
in the geoid in order to detect geophysical interesting signals such as variations in the continental hydrology and non-steric
ocean processes. For this experiment we will address the problem of geophysical signal contamination and the way it potentially
affects monthly geoid solutions of GRACE.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Tidal Models in a New Era of Satellite Gravimetry 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The high precision gravity measurements to be made by recently launched (and recently approved) satellites place new demands
on models of Earth, atmospheric, and oceanic tides. The latter is the most problematic. The ocean tides induce variations
in the Earth's geoid by amounts that far exceed the new satellite sensitivities, and tidal models must be used to correct
for this. Two methods are used here to determine the standard errors in current ocean tide models. At long wavelengths these
errors exceed the sensitivity of the GRACE mission. Tidal errors will not prevent the new satellite missions from improving
our knowledge of the geopotential by orders of magnitude, but the errors may well contaminate GRACE estimates of temporal
variations in gravity. Solar tides are especially problematic because of their long alias periods. The satellite data may
be used to improve tidal models once a sufficiently long time series is obtained. Improvements in the long-wavelength components
of lunar tides are especially promising.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Imawaki Shiro Uchida Hiroshi Ichikawa Kaoru Ambe Daisuke 《Space Science Reviews》2003,108(1-2):195-204
The mean sea-surface height obtained from satellite altimeters is different from the geoid by the amount of mean sea-surface
dynamic topography associated with ocean currents. Assuming geostrophy at the sea surface, the mean sea-surface dynamic topography
can be obtained from the mean sea-surface velocity field. This field is derived by combining anomalies (i.e., deviations from
the mean) of sea-surface velocity obtained from altimeter data and in situ surface velocities estimated from trajectories of surface drifting-buoys (hereafter, drifters). Where a drifter measured
the surface velocity, the temporal mean velocity can be estimated by subtracting the altimeter-derived velocity anomaly at
that time from the drifter-measured surface velocity. The method is applied to the surface flow field of the North Pacific,
using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1/2 altimeter data, and WOCE-TOGA surface drifter data obtained from October 1992 through December
2000. The temporal mean velocity field is estimated with a resolution of quarter degrees in both latitude and longitude. The
obtained mean velocity field clearly shows the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension, which are narrower and stronger than the climatological
mean features derived from historical hydrographic data averaged over several decades. Instantaneous velocities are estimated
by summing up these temporal mean velocities and anomalies, every ten days during the eight years. They compare well with
in situ velocities measured by the surface drifters. The instantaneous velocity field shows energetic fluctuation of the Kuroshio
Extension vividly.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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V: SEA LEVEL: Benefits of GRACE and GOCE to sea level studies 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The recently published Third Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have underlined the scientific
interest in, and practical importance of past and potential future sea level changes. Space gravity missions will provide
major benefits to the understanding of the past, and, thereby, in the prediction of future, sea level changes in many ways.
The proposal for the GOCE mission described well the improvements to be expected from improved gravity field and geoid models
in oceanography (for example, in the measurement of the time-averaged, or ‘steady state’, ocean surface circulation and better
estimation of ocean transports), in geophysics (in the improvement of geodynamic models for vertical land movements), in geodesy
(in positioning of tide gauge data into the same reference frame as altimeter data, and in improvement of altimeter satellite
orbits), and possibly in glaciology (in improved knowledge of bedrock topography and ice sheet mass fluxes). GRACE will make
many important steps towards these ‘steady state’ aims. However, its main purpose is the provision of oceanographic (and hydrological
and meteorological) temporally-varying gravity information, and should in effect function as a global ‘bottom pressure recorder’,
providing further insight into the 3-D temporal variation of the ocean circulation, and of the global water budget in general.
This paper summaries several of these issues, pointing the way towards improved accuracy of prediction of future sea level
change.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Needs and Tools for Future Gravity Measuring Missions 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This paper compares the requirements that can be expected of gravity measuring missions with respect to the status of the
instrumentation and satellite technologies. The error sources of gravity gradiometry and satellite-to-satellite tracking are
analysed and the elements limiting the accuracy are identified. Proposed and approved future missions that will fly technologies
of interest for gravity sensing are recalled. Areas of technical development of interest are reviewed. The article finishes
with two possible conceptual missions presented as examples and with a chapter of conclusions.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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An algorithm, combining velocity/height estimates, obtained from an airborne body fixed image shift estimator with auxiliary on-board measurements and sparsely stored terrain profile information constitutes an entirely passive autonomous navigation system suitable for moderate-g flight missions. Two versions are addressed. The "naive estimator," in which altitude estimates are multiplied by velocity/height estimaters, yields ground velocity. Position, obtained by integration, diverges with time. The "extended Kalman filter" (EKF) version, in which velocity and position are defined as state space components, locks on the stored terrain profile and does not diverge with time. It degenerates into the "naive estimator" if the terrain is completely flat. Numerical examples indicate excellent performance potential of the EKF estimator. 相似文献
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Haines K. Hipkin R. Beggan C. Bingley R. Hernandez F. Holt J. Baker T. Bingham R.J. 《Space Science Reviews》2003,108(1-2):205-216
Accurate local geoids derived from in situ gravity data will be valuable in the validation of GOCE results. In addition it will be a challenge to use GOCE data in an
optimal way, in combination with in situ gravity, to produce better local geoid solutions. This paper discusses the derivation of a new geoid over the NW European
shelf, and its comparison with both tide gauge and altimetric sea level data, and with data from ocean models. It is hoped
that over the next few years local geoid methods such as these can be extended to cover larger areas and to incorporate both
in situ and satellite measured gravity data.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Marcia Neugebauer 《Space Science Reviews》1975,17(2-4):221-254
This paper summarizes space probe observations relevant to the determination of the large-scale, three-dimensional structure of the solar wind and its solar cycle variations. Observations between 0.6 and 5 AU reveal very little change in the average solar-wind velocity, but a pronounced decrease in the spread of velocities about the average. The velocity changes may be accompanied by a transfer of energy from the electrons to the protons. The mass flux falls off approximately as the inverse square of distance as expected for spherically symmetric flow. Measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field show that the spiral angle is well defined over this entire range of distances, but there is some evidence that the spiral may wind up more slowly with distance from the Sun than predicted by Parker's model. The variances or noise in the field and plasma have also been measured as a function of radial distance.During the rising portion of the solar-activity cycle, the solar-wind velocity showed a pronounced positive correlation with solar latitude over the range ±7°. Several other plasma parameters which have been found generally to correlate (or anticorrelate) with velocity also showed a latitude variation; these parameters include the density, percent helium, and azimuthal flow direction. The average polarity and the north-south component of the magnetic field depend on the solar hemisphere in which the measurements are made.Dependence on the phase of the solar-activity cycle can be found in the data on the number of high speed streams, the proton density, the percent helium, and the magnetic-field strength and polarity. 相似文献
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Lombardini F. Bordoni F. Gini F. Verrazzani L. 《IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems》2004,40(2):417-433
An open problem of along-track interferometry (ATI) for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensing of ocean surface currents is the need of ancillary wind information for inversion of Doppler centroid measurements, that have to be compensated for the propagation velocity of advancing and/or receding Bragg scatterers. We propose three classes of estimators which exploit multibaseline (MB) ATI acquisition and Doppler resolution for robust data inversion under different degrees of a priori information about the wind direction and the value of the characteristic Bragg frequency. Performance analysis and comparison with conventional ATI show that the proposed MB estimators can produce accurate velocity estimates in the absence of detailed ancillary data. 相似文献
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With a precise geoid, GOCE will allow an estimation of absolute dynamic topography from altimetry. The projected benefits
to operational oceanography and its applications are analyzed herein. After a brief overview of operational oceanography,
we explain how the new geoids will be used in the future to improve real time altimeter products and to better constrain modelling
and data assimilation systems. A significant impact is expected both for mesoscale (e.g. better estimations and forecasts of currents for pollution monitoring, marine safety, offshore industry) and climate (better
initialization of coupled ocean/atmosphere models) applications.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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《Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE》2002,17(8):28-33
Summarizes important developments relating to power for deep space missions. The important alternatives to thermocouples for converting radioisotope heat into electric power are Stirling engines, alkali-metal thermal-to-electric converters (AMTEC), thermionic converters, and thermo-photovoltaic converters. The operating principles and limitations of these converters are described. 相似文献
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Geodetic Methods for Calibration of GRACE and GOCE 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
It is beyond doubt that calibration and validation are essential tools in the process of reaching the goals of gravity missions
like GRACE and GOCE and to obtain results of the highest possible quality. Both tools, although general and obvious instruments
for any mission, have specific features for gravity missions. Therefore, it is necessary to define exactly what is expected
(and what cannot be expected) from calibration and what from validation and how these tools should work in our case. The general
calibration and validation schemes for GRACE and GOCE are outlined. Calibration will be linked directly to the instrument
and the measurements whereas validation will be linked to data derived from the original measurements. Calibration includes
on-ground, internal, and external calibration as well as error assessment. The calibration phase results in corrected measurements
along with an a posteriori error model. Validation of e.g. calibrated measurements or geoid heights means checking against
independent data to assess whether there are no systematic errors left and/or whether the error model describes the true error
reasonably well. Geodetic methods for calibration typically refer to external calibration and error assessment, and will be
illustrated with an example.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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针对传统位姿分离式铺丝机械手灵活性不足的特点,为了提高航空复合材料铺丝过程的灵活性和避障碍能力,提出一种位姿耦合式冗余铺丝机械手自运动流形的新算法。由于冗余铺丝机械手各关节之间的强耦合性增加了逆解的求解难度,该算法将冗余铺丝机械手的关节逆解分解为已知的Paden-Kahan旋量子问题以及由位置关节组成的特殊旋量子问题,并针对特殊旋量子问题进行求解得到冗余铺丝机械手全部逆解,这样相对于位姿分离式解法有效提高了冗余铺丝机械手逆解的求解效率以及求解直观性。由于冗余铺丝机械手的逆解呈现出流形的结构,所以根据冗余铺丝机械手自运动流形的多维特性,将冗余铺丝机械手的自运动流形分别映射到位置关节空间和姿态关节空间得到其三维仿真曲线。由于冗余铺丝机械手逆解流形中的优化流形在实际控制中更具应用价值,所以在铺丝机械手末端执行器沿芯模轨迹运动速度平稳的前提下为了使机械手各关节速度变化最小,提出以冗余铺丝机械手关节速度组成的约束泛函为目标得到相应的运动学优化流形,并为后续的最优控制奠定了基础。最后以某型号飞机S形进气道为例验证了所提方法的可行性。 相似文献
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《Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE》2000,15(10):19-26
Energy sources for aerospace systems include electrochemicals, mechanical rotation, solar illumination, radioisotopes, and nuclear reactors. Energy is converted to power with engines, turbines, photovoltaics, thermoelectric and thermionic devices, and electrochemical processes. Although some early spacecraft flew with battery power, for longer flights the choice has been either solar or nuclear. Manned spacecraft must have power for the total mission duration including boost into orbit, on-orbit, and subsequent re-entry. Batteries are too heavy for extended manned space missions; tradeoff study alternatives range from radioisotope heated thermionic converters to hyperbolic-fueled engines. Arrays of solar cells are the obvious choice for powering space stations and for other extended-duration missions. This article emphasizes developments for space and airplane power systems. Enabling technologies are described along with significant spin-offs and future systems 相似文献
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It is necessary to identify a gaseous pollutant source rapidly so that prompt actions can be taken, but this is one of the difficulties in the inverse problem areas. In this paper, an approach to identifying a sudden continuous emission pollutant source based on single sensor information is developed to locate a source in an enclosed space with a steady velocity field. Because the gravity has a very important influence on the gaseous pollutant transport and the source identification, its influence is analyzed theoretically and a conclusion is drawn that the velocity of fluid is a key factor to effectively help weaken the gravitational influence. Further studies for a given 2-D case by using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method show that when the velocity of inlet is less than one certain value, the influence of gravity on the pollutant transport is very significant, which will change the velocity field obviously. In order to quantitatively judge the practical applicability of identification approach, a synergy degree of the velocity fields before and after a source appearing is proposed as a condition for considering the influence of gravity. An experimental device simulating pollutant transmission was set up and some experiments were conducted to verify the practical application of the above studies in the actual gravitational environment. The results show that the proposed approach can successfully locate the sudden constant source when the experimental situations meet the identified conditions. 相似文献
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针对载人航天任务中高精度测速雷达在实时多主站外弹道融合时仅能采用单通道应答数据参与处理,获得的弹道精度较差,且测速雷达数据利用率仅有50%的问题,提出利用多普勒效应和应答机遥测参数两种方法对测速雷达跟踪模式进行实时准确识别,首先得到测速雷达双通道的应答数据,然后通过改进的非线性滤波+机动模型算法对火箭上升段外弹道测量数据进行高精度融合。最后采用仿真数据对传统方法和新方法的外弹道融合精度进行了比对分析。该方法的应用可有效提高测速雷达测元利用率和载人航天任务火箭上升段外弹道精度,具有较强的工程应用价值。 相似文献