海杂波后向散射频谱的研究

为研究导弹跟踪海面目标时的海杂波多径干扰,建立了用于数值仿真和半实物仿真的目标回波与海面杂波的多普勒频率及功率模型。理论仿真计算值与飞行试验数据的比较表明,所建的海面后向散射海杂波模型正确,可用于背景模型仿真。最后给出了一低空远界理论弹道主瓣杂波功率的仿真样例。     

基于改进ALO-RBF的高频地波雷达海杂波预测模型

高频地波雷达是海上动目标检测的重要手段,其中海杂波是影响海面目标检测性能的主要因素。为了提高海杂波的预测精度进而有效抑制海杂波,本文提出了一种基于改进蚁狮算法（Ant Lion Optimizer,ALO）优化RBF神经网络的海杂波预测模型（MGPALO-RBF,Multiple elites dynamic guidance Ant Lion Optimizer based on Gaussian difference variation-based learning with Perturbation factor-radial basis function）。由于标准蚁狮算法具有易陷入局部最优且收敛速度慢的缺点,本文在蚂蚁进行随机行走的过程中加入扰动因子以增加种群的活跃性和多样性,并提出多个精英动态引导机制,强化算法前期的探索能力和后期的开发能力,同时对种群中较差蚁狮进行高斯差分变异以提高算法的收敛速度。仿真结果表明：改进的蚁狮算法在对比算法中具有更高的收敛精度和收敛速度,MGPALO-RBF模型具有更好的海杂波预测性能。     

Integrating Non-Tidal Sea Level data from altimetry and tide gauges for coastal sea level prediction

The main objective of this paper is to integrate Non-Tidal Sea Level (NSL) from the joint TOPEX, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellite altimetry with tide gauge data at the west and north coast of the United Kingdom for coastal sea level prediction. The temporal correlation coefficient between altimetric NSLs and tide gauge data reaches a maximum higher than 90% for each gauge. The results show that the multivariate regression approach can efficiently integrate the two types of data in the coastal waters of the area. The Multivariate Regression Model is established by integrating the along-track NSL from the joint TOPEX/Jason-1/Jason-2 altimeters with that from eleven tide gauges. The model results give a maximum hindcast skill of 0.95, which means maximum 95% of NSL variance can be explained by the model. The minimum Root Mean Square Error (RMSe) between altimetric observations and model predictions is 4.99 cm in the area. The validation of the model using Envisat satellite altimetric data gives a maximum temporal correlation coefficient of 0.96 and a minimum RMSe of 4.39 cm between altimetric observations and model predictions, respectively. The model is furthermore used to predict high frequency NSL variation (i.e., every 15 min) during a storm surge event at an independent tide gauge station at the Northeast of the UK (Aberdeen).     

Vertical crustal motion derived from satellite altimetry and tide gauges,and comparisons with DORIS measurements

A somewhat unorthodox method for determining vertical crustal motion at a tide-gauge location is to difference the sea level time series with an equivalent time series determined from satellite altimetry. To the extent that both instruments measure an identical ocean signal, the difference will be dominated by vertical land motion at the gauge. We revisit this technique by analyzing sea level signals at 28 tide gauges that are colocated with DORIS geodetic stations. Comparisons of altimeter-gauge vertical rates with DORIS rates yield a median difference of 1.8 mm yr⁻¹ and a weighted root-mean-square difference of 2.7 mm yr⁻¹. The latter suggests that our uncertainty estimates, which are primarily based on an assumed AR(1) noise process in all time series, underestimates the true errors. Several sources of additional error are discussed, including possible scale errors in the terrestrial reference frame to which altimeter-gauge rates are mostly insensitive. One of our stations, Malè, Maldives, which has been the subject of some uninformed arguments about sea-level rise, is found to have almost no vertical motion, and thus is vulnerable to rising sea levels.     

Spaceborne quantitative assessment of dissolved organic carbon fluxes in the Kara Sea

An advanced algorithm for retrieval of phytoplankton chlorophyll (CHL) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations from MERIS images of the Kara Sea is presented. The supply of DOC of terrestrial origin into the Kara Sea is numerically assessed from satellite data on DOC and historical records of river discharge rates. It exceeds the historical in situ values only by 25%. Satellite data on CHL were exploited for calculating the phytoplankton columnar biomass and the total phytoplankton biomass in the Kara Sea. Remote sensing and in situ data were used to calculate the value of the coefficient (K_PH) for calculation from phytoplankton biomass of autochthonous production of DOC. K_PH proved to be 142 ± 8 gC/gPH/month and exhibited only slight interannual variations. The coefficient K_PH was employed for the first time to evaluate the production of autochthonous DOC in the Kara Sea and to correct the value of the allochthonous DOC flux initially retrieved from space across the Kara Sea.     

ASAR imaging for coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea

Analysis of Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) and Aqua/Terra Moderate Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) infrared (IR) imagery of coastal upwelling in the southeastern Baltic Sea is presented. It is found that upwelling features are well distinct in the SAR images, and the leading imaging mechanism appears to be the change of the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) stratification over the sea surface temperature (SST) front. This finding is supported by model calculations of the MABL transformation supplemented with the SAR backscatter calculations based on the CMOD4 model. In addition an empirical dependence of the SAR contrasts over the upwelling region on the wind speed and the SST drop is suggested. Finally, surface slicks accumulated in the sea surface current convergence zones generate additional distinct features in SAR imagery. This effect is interpreted within the framework of the coastal current circulation model based on analysis of the SST snapshot.     

相参相关Weibull分布海杂波建模与仿真

介绍了一种用零记忆非线性变换(ZMNL)模拟具高斯谱特性的相参相关Weibull分布海杂波的方法。由正交白高斯噪声序列经线性滤波器产生相关的正交高斯序列,用ZMNL将该序列通过非线性变换为相参相关Weibull杂波。仿真结果表明,该法形成的海杂波信号与理论值吻合较好,方法可行。     

海杂波FRFT谱的近似分形特性与目标检测

主要介绍了海杂波分数阶Fourier变换（FRFT）谱的近似分形特性及其在海杂波目标检测中的应用。根据FRFT的尺度变换性质,研究了自相似过程FRFT谱的近似分形特性,然后将近似分形分析方法引入到实测海杂波FRFT谱分析中,发现在特定变换阶数下得到的海杂波FRFT谱间存在近似分形特性,且目标回波可使近似分形特性描述参数——FRFT域Hurst指数发生变化。因此,可利用FRFT域Hurst指数设计恒虚警率（CFAR）检测方法。经X波段和C波段雷达实测数据验证,所提方法的检测性能明显优于经典的利用时域Hurst指数的目标检测方法。     

Ship detection and classification from optical remote sensing images: A survey

Considering the important applications in the military and the civilian domain, ship detection and classification based on optical remote sensing images raise considerable attention in the sea surface remote sensing filed. This article collects the methods of ship detection and classification for practically testing in optical remote sensing images, and provides their corresponding feature extraction strategies and statistical data. Basic feature extraction strategies and algorithms are analyzed associated with their performance and application in ship detection and classification. Furthermore, publicly available datasets that can be applied as the benchmarks to verify the effectiveness and the objectiveness of ship detection and classification methods are summarized in this paper. Based on the analysis, the remaining problems and future development trends are provided for ship detection and classification methods based on optical remote sensing images.     

Response of dissolved oxygen and related marine ecological parameters to a tropical cyclone in the South China Sea

It is well known that tropical cyclones can cause upwelling, decrease of sea surface temperature, increase of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration and enhancement of primary production. But little is known about the response of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration to a typhoon in the open ocean. This paper investigates the impact of a typhoon on DO concentration and related ecological parameters using in situ and remote sensing data. The in situ data were collected 1 week after the passage of the super-typhoon Nanmadol in the northern South China Sea in 2011. An increase in DO concentration, accompanied by a decrease in water temperature and an increase in salinity and Chl-a concentration, was measured at sampling stations close to the typhoon track. At these stations, maximum DO concentration was found at a depth of around 5 m and maximum Chl-a concentration at depths between 50 and 75 m. The layer of high DO concentration extends from the surface to a depth of 35 m and the concentrations stay almost constant down to this depth. Due to the passage of the typhoon, also a large sea level anomaly (21.6 cm) and a high value of Ekman pumping velocity (4.0 × 10⁻⁴ m s⁻¹) are observed, indicating upwelling phenomenon. At the same time, also intrusion of Kuroshio waters in the form of a loop current into the South China Sea (SCS) was observed. We attribute the increase of DO concentration after the passage of the typhoon to three effects: (1) entrainment of oxygen from the air into the upper water layer and strong vertical mixing of the water body due to the typhoon winds, (2) upwelling of cold nutrient-rich water which stimulates photosynthesis of phytoplankton and thus the generation of oxygen, which also increases the DO concentration due to cold water since the solubility of oxygen increase with decreasing water temperature, and, possibly, (3) transport of DO enriched waters from the Western Pacific to the SCS via the intrusion of Kuroshio waters.