Total electron content of the ionosphere at two stations in East Africa during the 24–25 October 2011 geomagnetic storm

The equatorial ionosphere has been known to become highly disturbed and thus rendering space-based navigation unreliable during space weather events, such as geomagnetic storms. Modern navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) use radio-wave signals that reflect from or propagate through the ionosphere as a means of determining range or distance. Such systems are vulnerable to effects caused by geomagnetic storms, and their performance can be severely degraded. This paper analyses total electron content (TEC) and the corresponding GPS scintillations using two GPS SCINDA receivers located at Makerere University, Uganda (Lat: 0.3^o N; Lon: 32.5^o E) and at the University of Nairobi, Kenya (Lat: 1.3^o S; Lon: 36.8^o E), both in East Africa. The analysis shows that the scintillations actually correspond to plasma bubbles. The occurrence of plasma bubbles at one station was correlated with those at the other station by using observations from the same satellite. It was noted that some bubbles develop at one station and presumably “die off” before reaching the other station. The paper also discusses the effects of the geomagnetic storm of the 24–25 October 2011 on the ionospheric TEC at the two East African stations. Reductions in the diurnal TEC at the two stations during the period of the storm were observed and the TEC depletions observed during that period showed much deeper depletions than on the non-storm days. The effects during the storm have been attributed to the uplift of the ionospheric plasma, which was then transported away from this region by diffusion along magnetic field lines.     

基于梯度方向二值模式特征的飞机翼尖跟踪技术

研究基于视频图像分析与定位的飞机翼尖跟踪技术,为飞机地面移动提供安全保障.现有图像特征进行翼尖跟踪经常失效且计算效率低下,本文结合纹理和轮廓信息,提出以梯度方向二值模式( OG_ LBP)为特征的粒子滤波跟踪算法,降低特征维数的同时建立局部和全局的翼尖特征直方图描述,提高识别效果.同时,该算法在粒子滤波基本框架之下,结...     

一种凹多边形凸分解的全局剖分算法

提出了一种凹多边形凸分解的全局剖分算法。首先对局部剖分算法的原理及存在的问题进行了阐述,并对基于正负法搜索可视点串的算法进行了更正和改进,然后利用改进的权函数从全局剖分的角度选择最优的剖分点进行剖分。同局部剖分算法相比,提高了剖分后所得的多边形形态质量。该算法主要作为轮廓偏置算法的前期处理算法,对原轮廓进行分解,提高了原轮廓多边形进行轮廓偏置算法的运行效率。     

CubeSail: A low cost CubeSat based solar sail demonstration mission

CubeSail is a nano-solar sail mission based on the 3U CubeSat standard, which is currently being designed and built at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. CubeSail will have a total mass of around 3 kg and will deploy a 5 × 5 m sail in low Earth orbit. The primary aim of the mission is to demonstrate the concept of solar sailing and end-of-life de-orbiting using the sail membrane as a drag-sail. The spacecraft will have a compact 3-axis stabilised attitude control system, which uses three magnetic torquers aligned with the spacecraft principle axis as well as a novel two-dimensional translation stage separating the spacecraft bus from the sail. CubeSail’s deployment mechanism consists of four novel booms and four-quadrant sail membranes. The proposed booms are made from tape-spring blades and will deploy the sail membrane from a 2U CubeSat standard structure. This paper presents a systems level overview of the CubeSat mission, focusing on the mission orbit and de-orbiting, in addition to the deployment, attitude control and the satellite bus.     

Pre-storm behaviour of NmF2 and TEC (GPS) over equatorial and low latitude stations in the Indian sector

The pre-storm behavior of NmF₂ and TEC over an equatorial station, Trivandrum (8.47°N, 76.91°E, dip 0.6°S) and a low latitude station, Waltair (17.7°N,83.3°E, dip 20°N) has been studied for a total of 18 strong geomagnetic storms with DST ? −100 nT. The simultaneous measurements of GPS-TEC and NmF₂ over Trivandrum and Waltair during the period 2000–2005 have been considered for the present study. It is found that there is a substantial increase in NmF₂ and TEC before the onset of the storm over Waltair, while the increase is not present at Trivandrum. The origin of pre-storm enhancements in electron density still remains unresolved owing to several conditions in their potential sources and occurrence mechanisms. In the present study an attempt is made to identify the possible mechanisms responsible for such enhancements in electron density of the F-region.     

P2P MMOG中一种基于事件分类的本地滞后技术

根据P2P MMOG中状态一致的要求提出一种基于事件分类的本地滞后技术。通过检测网络的负载状况动态调整关键事件的本地滞后时间,在状态一致和响应时间之间进行灵活折衷,并对非关键事件进行静态滞后,同时结合事件过时机制减少数据传输量。实验结果表明,该方法能有效减少游戏状态的回滚次数,降低游戏结点的处理开销,适合于P2P模式下MMOG的不同游戏终端需求。     

地磁Ap指数滞后太阳周循环分析

把1932-2006年地磁Ap指数12个月流动均值分解成为(Ap)R和(Ap)I.其中(Ap)R为太阳黑子数R的线性函数,与太阳黑子数R相位相同,可能对应于日冕物质抛射(CME)等地磁控制因素. (Ap)I分量与太阳黑子数R相位相差约180°,该分量可能对应于极冕洞变化(从太阳峰年开始,由日面极区逐渐向赤道延伸).以地磁Ap指数与太阳黑子数R滞后非常严重的第20太阳周为例,证实了(Ap)I分量与极冕洞向赤道延伸循环变化相对应.因此极冕洞循环变化可能是导致地磁扰动指数与太阳周循环相位不一致,出现滞后现象的一个十分重要原因.      

局部概率传播译码的非系统低密度卷积码

低密度卷积码(LDCC)是低密度码(LDPC)经由其产生矩阵的侧滑变换成为带状产生矩阵而得到的,具有LDPC和卷积码的误码性能好等一些共同特征。LDCC码的和积算法译码方法可以进一步改进为局部概率传播译码方法。采用流水线结构的局部概率传播译码方法用于LDCC码得到了接近和积算法的译码性能,而且译码延迟比LDPC大为降低,译码器更为简单,便于实时工作。