First spaceborne demonstration of BeiDou-3 signals for GNSS reflectometry from CYGNSS constellation

The full constellation of Chinese Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) BeiDou-3 has been deployed completely and started fully operational service. In addition to providing global Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services, the BeiDou-3 satellites transmissions can also be used as the sources of illumination for Earth Observation (EO) with a bistatic radar configuration. This innovative EO concept, known as GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), allows to measure the Earth surface characteristics at high resolution via the reflected L-band radar signals collected by a constellation of small, low cost and low Earth orbiting satellites. For the first time in orbit, earth reflected BeiDou-3 signal has been detected from the limited sets of raw data collected by the NASA’s Cyclone GNSS (CYGNSS) constellation. The feasibility of spaceborne BeiDou-3 reflections on two typical applications, including sea surface wind and flooding inundation detection, has been demonstrated. The methodology and results give new strength to the prospect of new spaceborne GNSS-R instruments and missions, which can make multi-GNSS reflectometry observations available to better capture rapidly changing weather systems at better spatio-temporal scales.     

Examining the use of the NeQuick bottomside and topside parameterizations at high latitudes

An examination of the high latitude performance of the bottomside and topside F-layer parameterizations of the NeQuick electron density model is presented using measurements from high latitude ionosonde and Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) facilities.For the bottomside, we present a comparison between modeled and measured B2Bot thickness parameter. In this comparison, it is seen that the use of the NeQuick parameterization at high latitudes results in significantly underestimated bottomside thicknesses, regularly exceeding 50%. We show that these errors can be attributed to two main issues in the NeQuick parameterization:(1) through the relationship relating foF2 and M3000F2 to the maximum derivative of F2 electron density, which is used to derive the bottomside thickness, and (2) through a fundamental inability of a constant thickness parameter, semi-Epstein shape function to fit the curvature of the high latitude F-region electron density profile.For the topside, a comparison is undertaken between the NeQuick topside thickness parameterization, using measured and CCIR-modeled ionospheric parameters, and that derived from fitting the NeQuick topside function to Incoherent Scatter Radar-measured topside electron density profiles. Through this comparison, we show that using CCIR-derived foF2 and M3000F2, used in both the NeQuick and IRI, results in significantly underestimated topside thickness during summer periods, overestimated thickness during winter periods, and an overall tendency to underestimate diurnal, seasonal, and solar cycle variability. These issues see no improvement through the use of measured foF2 and M(3000)F2 values. Such measured parameters result in a tendency for the parametrization to produce a declining trend in topside thickness with increasing solar activity, to produce damped seasonal variations, and to produce significantly overestimated topside thickness during winter periods.     

Seasonal,annual, and interannual variability in MLT quasi-two-day waves over the low-latitude region Kolhapur (16.8°N; 74.2°E)

This study presents the quasi-two-day wave (Q2DW) characteristics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region obtained by taking hourly mean values of horizontal wind velocities for 4? years (August 2013–July 2017) through continuous measurements using a medium-frequency (MF) radar (operating frequency – 1.98?MHz) located at the low-latitude Indian station Kolhapur (16.8°N; 74.2°E). The MF radar located at Kolhapur was upgraded in 2013, and these results of Q2DW have been reported for the first time after upgrading. The present study investigated variability in seasonal, annual, interannual, and solar indices of Q2DWs traveling in zonal (EW) and meridional (NS) components in the MLT region. The Q2DW activity is observed to be stronger during austral summer (January–February) (EW?=?～5?m/s and NS?=?～8–10?m/s) than during boreal summer (June–July) (EW = ～5 m/s and NS = ～6–8?m/s). The Q2DW amplitudes are larger in the meridional component than in the zonal one. A strong semiannual oscillation (SAO) has been observed in Q2DWs, with peak during January–February and June–July. In addition, small enhancement is seen in meridional Q2DW in October (～5–6?m/s). It is observed that the entire spectrum (40–60?h) measured between 86 and 94?km contributes to the SAO amplitudes during January–February and June–July, whereas the waves measured between 42?h and 52?h contribute to enhancement in October similar to that reported elsewhere. In general, the Q2DW amplitude shows large interannual variability. The easterlies developed in the global circulation model in Northern hemisphere during May intensify up to around summer solstice. Q2DW activity peaks during westerly shear zone and intensifies with time at a lower thermospheric altitude (above 90?km). Small positive correlations (r?=?0.2 for sunspot number and r?=?0.1 for 10.7?cm solar flux) have been observed between Q2DW amplitudes and solar activity.     

相控阵雷达长时跟踪波束调度与波形优化策略

针对相控阵雷达多目标跟踪波束调度和波形参数优化控制的问题，本文提出了一种基于马尔可夫决策过程（MDP）的相控阵雷达跟踪波束调度与波形参数优化策略，该方法以无迹卡尔曼滤波（UKF）算法为基础来估计目标的状态。首先将本文的序列决策问题建模为马尔可夫决策过程，定义了资源的效费比和长期回报率，然后与当前实际跟踪误差综合考虑作为MDP的回报函数，进而给出了调度的优化模型，最后将长时决策问题转化为动态规划算法结构进行求解，并且提出了一种并行混合遗传粒子群优化算法来求解各决策时刻的最优策略。仿真结果表明了长时策略的先进性以及寻优算法的优越性，与传统的短时策略相比，跟踪精度可提高11.17%。     

基于变参数广义结构的距离扩展目标检测方法

针对特定杂波背景下的最优或次优检测器结构难以适应过渡杂波环境的问题，首先，给出基于变参数广义结构的距离扩展目标检测器，通过调整参数来适应杂波特性。其次，确定检测器最佳参数的经验公式，经验公式符合数值结果。最后，利用仿真试验分析检测器的检测性能。仿真结果表明，在介于高斯和复合高斯杂波之间的过渡环境中，提出的检测器比现有检测器具有更加优异的目标检测性能，对杂波非高斯程度时空渐变性具有较强的适应能力。     

The evaluation of damped Newton variational ocean wind retrieval method

This paper researches on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ocean wind retrieval approach, evaluates the method of Damped Newton VARiational method (DNVAR) and the direct method (DIRECT) using two years’ real SAR data and different background winds. Experiments are carried out using SENTINEL-1 SAR information as observation, National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy data as in-situ data, Global Forecast System (GFS), Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT), WindSAT, and Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) wind products as background data. Thousands of match-ups are extracted. Results show that DNVAR can improve the wind field accuracy when the background data is ASCAT and CCMP. Especially, DNVAR wind speed results are much better than the official product of SENTINEL-1 wind data. The background data is crucial to the wind field retrieval results, so high accuracy of background data could lead to high accuracy results.     

基于多载频MIMO雷达的Radon-Fourier变换盲速旁瓣抑制

 长时间相干积累方法Radon-Fourier变换(RFT)中盲速旁瓣(BSSL)现象会导致雷达虚警增加、目标检测性能降低。针对BSSL问题,给出了一种基于多输入多输出(MIMO)雷达多载频设计的BSSL抑制方法。首先根据载频与BSSL分布的关系,详细推导了BSSL不交叠的约束条件;然后基于该约束条件给出了具体的载频设计公式。利用设计的载频可得到具有不交叠BSSL的两个RFT输出,通过联合处理这两个RFT输出,可实现BSSL抑制。给出了BSSL抑制性能的评价方法。理论分析和数值实验结果表明,本文算法能够在不降低RFT相干积累性能的同时,有效实现BSSL抑制。     

复合高斯杂波中距离扩展目标的迭代近似GLRT检测器

 研究了结构化的复合高斯杂波(CGC)背景中距离扩展目标自适应检测问题。针对异质杂波背景中的近似广义似然比检验(AGLRT-HTG)检测器应用于CGC背景中时存在一定的信杂比损失问题,结构化的复合高斯杂波采用自回归过程建模,结合近似广义似然比检验(AGLRT)方法和迭代估计思想,提出了CGC背景中距离扩展目标的迭代近似广义似然比检测器(RAGLRT-CGC)。从理论上分析了极限情况下RAGLRT-CGC虚警概率与检测门限关系的解析表达式。仿真结果表明,在CGC背景中,RAGLRT-CGC对不同多主散射点目标具有较好的鲁棒性,并且检测性能明显优于AGLRT-HTG。     

利用信号特征的风电场对二次雷达影响评估

研究表明风力发电场可能会影响航管雷达系统,导致其工作性能下降,因此准确评估风电场对航管雷达的影响具有重要意义。利用二次雷达信号特征给出了一种风电场对二次雷达影响的评估方法。首先根据二次雷达信号特征从风电场反射信号干扰方面分析了风电场对航管二次雷达可能产生的影响．然后阐述了以反射信号的时延来划分风电场影响区域的评估方法。最后通过在DEM（digital elevation model数字高程模型）数据上的仿真实验来验证本文评估方法。     

基于超声波测距汽车倒车防撞雷达研究

通过声音或更直观的显示告知驾驶员周围障碍物的位置情况,帮助驾驶员扫除视野的死角和视线模糊的缺陷。介绍了一种低成本、高精度、微型化,并有数字显示和声光报警功能的倒车雷达,该倒车雷达根据超声波测距原理研制,采用温度补偿技术、开机自检技术和优化的软硬件技术,将测得的结果送至数码管显示,进行三级声光报警。使驾驶员做到心里有数,提高了泊车和倒车时的安全和效率。