Exploring the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on urban cooling: A tale of three cities

COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on our society, environment and public health, in both positive and negative ways. The main aim of this study is to monitor the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on urban cooling. To do so, satellite images of Landsat 8 for Milan and Rome in Italy, and Wuhan in China were used to look at pre-lockdown and during the lockdown. First, the surface biophysical characteristics for the pre-lockdown and within-lockdown dates of COVID-19 were calculated. Then, the land surface temperature (LST) retrieved from Landsat thermal data was normalized based on cold pixels LST and statistical parameters of normalized LST (NLST) were calculated. Thereafter, the correlation coefficient (r) between the NLST and index-based built-up index (IBI) was estimated. Finally, the surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) of different cities on the lockdown and pre-lockdown periods was compared with each other. The mean NLST of built-up lands in Milan (from 7.71 °C to 2.32 °C), Rome (from 5.05 °C to 3.54 °C) and Wuhan (from 3.57 °C to 1.77 °C) decreased during the lockdown dates compared to pre-lockdown dates. The r (absolute value) between NLST and IBI for Milan, Rome and Wuhan decreased from 0.43, 0.41 and 0.16 in the pre-lockdown dates to 0.25, 0.24, and 0.12 during lockdown dates respectively, which shows a large decrease for all cities. Analysis of SUHI for these cities showed that SUHII during the lockdown dates compared to pre-lockdown dates decreased by 0.89 °C, 1.78 °C, and 1.07 °C respectively. The results indicated a high and substantial impact of anthropogenic activities and anthropogenic heat flux (AHF) on the SUHI due to the substantial reduction of huge anthropogenic pressure in cities. Our conclusions draw attention to the contribution of COVID-19 lockdowns (reducing the anthropogenic activities) to creating cooler cities.     

遥感卫星多路数据传输系统同频共用方法

为节省频率资源，遥感卫星通常采用扩频体制实现多路数据的同频共用传输，针对通道间容易引起相互干扰的问题进行了研究，通过改进码分多址干扰估算模型，对采用平衡Gold码序列扩频系统抗干扰容限上界进行预测。在满足国际电信联盟（ITU）对卫星辐射功率通量密度约束条件下，提出了一种基于直接序列扩频体制的两路业务数据同频共用传输方法。仿真结果表明：当载波频率2GHz左右，两路辐射源的EIRP之差不大于8～15dBw时可以实现同频共用传输；如对信号扩频带宽进行差异化处理，则其相互兼容性还可进一步提高。     

状态/输入约束下飞-推一体化的保性能安全控制

基于飞行-推力一体化思想提出了一种针对搭载超燃冲压发动机的吸气式高超声速飞行器速度通道的状态/输入约束自适应鲁棒保性能安全控制方案。首先根据超燃冲压发动机的机理分析与计算流体动力模型数据，建立了安全子系统与性能子系统面向控制的仿射非线性模型。之后基于障碍Lyapunov理论与动态面设计方法设计了一套安全子系统状态约束控制器，从理论上保证了飞行器在跟踪指令的全过程中，发动机相关状态不会触碰安全边界，并结合自适应技术与辅助系统提高了该控制系统的鲁棒性。针对性能子系统设计了一套鲁棒自抗扰控制器，达到“保证安全的前提下不折损性能”的目的。仿真结果表明所设计的控制系统可以在保障安全的同时达到预想的性能，并显著放宽了超燃冲压发动机对飞行器飞行姿态的约束，保证了高超声速飞行器的机动灵活性。     

导弹滑模抗干扰自动驾驶仪设计

针对拦截弹的抗干扰控制问题，设计了一种基于扩张状态观测器和快速滑模控制的三通道自动驾驶仪。首先建立考虑有界未知不确定性和外界干扰的拦截弹系统模型，构建扩张状态观测器对有界未知不确定性和外界干扰进行估计；在此基础上，根据自动驾驶仪系统特性，设计了一种快速滑模控制算法使得系统在受到有界未知不确定性和外界干扰的情况下仍然能精准快速跟踪指令信号，并基于李雅普诺夫函数证明了其稳定性。仿真结果验证了所设计控制算法的有效性。     

陶瓷基复合材料旋转爆震燃烧室壁面冷却研究

为了降低旋转爆震发动机燃烧室壁面温度，设计了陶瓷基复合材料燃烧室主动冷却结构。对燃烧室主动冷却结构的传热特性进行数值模拟，获得主动冷却燃烧室壁面温度响应和温度分布规律。对燃烧室主动冷却结构进行了模型简化，将模拟旋转爆震波获得的不同壁面温度下的热流密度参数加载在冷却模型上，提高了壁面温度模拟的计算效率。结果表明：燃烧室内壁面热流密度随着壁面温度的升高而降低，扩散区的平均热流密度最大；陶瓷基复合材料燃烧室主动冷却结构可以有效降低燃烧室壁面温度，在相同冷却流量下，矩形冷却截面的冷却效果优于圆形冷却截面，可以将燃烧室壁面的温度降到1 200 K以下；燃烧室壁面最高温度在燃烧室中段区域。