A direct position determination method with combined TDOA and FDOA based on particle filter

The localization of a stationary transmitter using moving receivers is considered. The original Direct Position Determination (DPD) methods, with combined Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA), do not perform well under low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), and worse still, the computation cost is difficult to accept when the computational capabilities are limited. To get better positioning performance, we present a new DPD algorithm that proves to be more computationally efficient and more precise for weak signals than the conventional approach. The algorithm partitions the signal received with the same receiver into multiple non-overlapping short-time signal segments, and then uses the TDOA, the FDOA and the coherency among the short-time signals to locate the target. The fast maximum likelihood estimation, one iterative method based on particle filter, is designed to solve the problem of high computation load. A secondary but important result is a derivation of closed-form expressions of the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB). The simulation results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper outperforms the traditional DPD algorithms with more accurate results and higher computational efficiency, and especially at low SNR, it is more close to the CRLB.     

末端能量管理段迭代校正轨道算法研究

针对航天器进入末端能量管理段接口处时位置和航迹偏角存在大范围摄动的问题，提出一种使用迭代校正法的轨道快速生成算法。该算法可以根据航天器的具体初始状态，自动选择直接进场或者间接进场策略，快速生成可行的参考轨迹。首先通过跟踪轨迹地面投影实现侧向制导；根据末端能量管理段的起始点与终点的高度与速度约束生成参考动压-高度剖面，并跟踪此剖面实现纵向制导。然后采用迭代校正计算快速确定航向校准柱的位置与最终半径两个参数用以调整航程，保证航天器在末端的所有状态满足自动着陆段接口的边界约束。仿真结果校验了该算法可以根据航天器的具体状态快速生成符合约束条件的末端能量管理段飞行轨道，具有很好的鲁棒控制性能。     

Coastal coverage of ESA’ Sentinel 2 mission

Climatologic and anthropogenic pressures in coastal areas affect the coastal zone at different scales. With the development of new missions in open-access, satellites now represent an attractive solution for a broad public to capture local-scale coastal impacts at large scales. Here, the capability of the Sentinel 2 constellation to cover coastal areas and measure coastal processes –physical and biological. We show that Sentinel 2 enables high-frequency measurements across the globe. Cloud coverage at higher latitudes is overcome by decrease revisit time-intervals. Only around the equator, the longest revisit intervals and high cloud cover probability limits coastal measurements there. Sentinel 2 based methods are capable of estimating Digital Elevation Models for mid- to high-latitude coastal zones and sporadic spots for lower latitudes where 2 orbit swaths overlap. For the majority of the world’s coastal bathymetries can be obtained with the Sentinel 2 imagery surpassing the depth of closure (beyond this offshore limit sediment transport is limited). Only in sheltered areas, wave-based bathymetry inversion is limited but at these areas inversion through colouring (light penetration) prevails. This works shows that Sentinel 2 enables coastal monitoring as never before, large spatial scale with revisits of a few days at most of the world.     

去中心化时差频差直接定位方法

针对原始利用时差频差的直接定位(DPD)方法存在数据传输量和计算量大的瓶颈,提出了两种去中心化直接定位方法。第1种方法采用去中心化配对方案,只将各观测站截获信号在站间进行一次传输,将数据传输和计算分散到各观测站间并行计算互模糊函数(CAF),构造仅满足满秩条件的互模糊矩阵(CAM)。第2种方法根据推导的任意互模糊函数间关系公式,采用归约方式去中心化的在各观测站并行计算余下互模糊函数,补全互模糊矩阵。两种方法都降低了直接定位数据传输量,提高了计算效率。性能分析和仿真实验表明本文两种方法精度性能优于两步定位方法,在低信噪比时两种方法都可达到比较理想的精度性能,在高信噪比时第2种方法与原始直接定位方法的精度性能相当。     

数据链试飞电波传播衰减计算

数据链作用距离的试飞结果受试验区电波传播衰减影响很大,需要对其进行精确计算,为分析试飞结果提供支持.Fock级数法是计算电波衰减的一种精确方法,本文详细讨论了应用该方法求解试验区电波传播衰减的工程计算问题.     

在轨卫星异常报警和故障诊断方法研究

及时发现卫星出现的异常是卫星在轨管理的一项重要工作，它关系到卫星在轨使用寿命。能够及时发现并判断卫星异常的方法有很多，本文对这些方法进行了研究，并将其归纳为2类，一类是基于遥测参数超限报警方法，另一类是故障诊断方法。分别对这2类方法从功能、效果、软件实现的难度进行比较，结果表明，在不同的管理和实现难度要求下，这些方法完成卫星管理的效果不同。另外，本文还提出了一种遥测参数相对判断算法，简化了报警门限设置，能够及时发现卫星任何参数突跳，是一种有效的卫星异常报警方法。     

Saw-tooth substorms: Inconsistency of repetitive bay-like magnetic disturbances with behavior of aurora

The relationships between the magnetic disturbance onsets, aurora dynamics and particles injections at the geostationary orbit have been analyzed in detail for 25 sawtooth substorms. It is shown that inconsistency between the above signatures of the substorms onset is typical of the powerful sawtooth substorms, unlike the isolated (“classical”) magnetospheric substorms. The distinguishing feature of the aurora in case of saw-tooth substorms is permanently high level of auroral activity irrespective of the magnetic disturbance onsets and the double oval structure of the aurora display. The close relationship between the aurora behavior and the particle injections at geostationary orbit is also broken. The conclusion is made, that the classical concept of the substorm development, put forward by Akasofu (1964) for isolated substorms, is not workable in cases of the sawtooth disturbances, when the powerful solar wind energy pumping into the magnetosphere provides a permanent powerful aurora particle precipitation into the auroral zone.     

一种负极性直流高压线性电源设计

本文提出了一种基于光耦反馈调整的负极性高压线性电源解决方案，使用NPN型三极管作为功率调整管的前提下，实现了负1200V直流电压输出。本文对提出的电源方案建立了小信号传递函数模型，在传递函数模型的基础上论证了所提出的电源系统具有稳定性高、噪声低等优点。     

Coastal sea level changes in Europe from GPS,tide gauge,satellite altimetry and GRACE, 1993–2011

Sea level changes are threatening the human living environments, particularly along the European Coasts with highly dense population. In this paper, coastal sea level changes in western and southern Europe are investigated for the period 1993–2011 using Global Positioning System (GPS), Tide Gauge (TG), Satellite Altimetry (SA), Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and geophysical models. The mean secular trend is 2.26 ± 0.52 mm/y from satellite altimetry, 2.43 ± 0.61 mm/y from TG+GPS and 1.99 ± 0.67 mm/y from GRACE mass plus steric components, which have a remarkably good agreement. For the seasonal variations, annual amplitudes of satellite altimetry and TG+GPS results are almost similar, while GRACE Mass+Steric results are a little smaller. The annual phases agree remarkably well for three independent techniques. The annual cycle is mainly driven by the steric contributions, while the annual phases of non-steric (mass component) sea level changes are almost a half year later than the steric sea level changes.     

How Galactic Cosmic Ray models affect the estimation of radiation exposure in space

The radiation environment in space is a major concern for human spaceflight because of the adverse effects of high levels of radiation on astronauts’ health. Therefore, it is essential to perform radiation risk assessments already during the concept studies of a manned mission. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) have been identified to be one of the primary sources of radiation exposure in space.