Digital signal processing and numerical analysis for radar in geophysical applications

Numerical solutions for signal processing are described in this work as a contribution to study of echo detection methods for ionospheric sounder design. The ionospheric sounder is a high frequency radar for geophysical applications. The main detection approach has been done by implementing the spread-spectrum techniques using coding methods to improve the radar’s range resolution by transmitting low power. Digital signal processing has been performed and the numerical methods were checked. An algorithm was proposed and its computational complexity was calculated.     

Systematic examination of the geomagnetic storm sudden commencement using multi resolution analysis

Geomagnetic storm sudden commencements (SSC) contain a wealth of information which is useful in many applications. It is important to point out that the SSCs used in this study are sampled at the rate of one sample per second in order get use of such high resolution data. In this paper, two studies are made on the geomagnetic SSC and an SSC onset automatic detection algorithm is introduced. The first study is about finding the relationship between the SSC rise time and its amplitude. Where it is found that there is a positive correlation between the amplitude and the amplitude gradient which is the amplitude divided by rise time. The second study is checking the spectrum of the SSC, starting from its onset until the end of the SSC rise time. This check had proved that the SSC contains both low and high frequency regions. This led us to introduce a new term, namely the SSC variation rate (VR). This VR is defined as the maximum rate of change of the field in the higher-frequency region of the SSC. These two studies were the guide to build an SSC automatic detector of one sample per second data using multi resolution analysis (MRA) of the discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The data set contains 134 SSCs with different VRs that were collected from the Circum-pan Pacific Magnetometer Network (CPMN). It is found that the standard deviation of the detection error is 41 s and that the average error is 9 s. From the calculated error distribution function, it is found that the detection error is within the range of −1.5 to 3 min. The detection process, as will be shown in the article, takes 70 s for one station and 3 min if the decision is related to the detection(s) of other stations. These results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed algorithm over other algorithms in which the detection error ranges between −8 and 5 min and the detection process takes 2–10 min. In addition to being faster and more accurate than the other algorithms, the proposed algorithm is the first algorithm that automatically detects the SSC onset times from high-resolution data unlike previous studies that focused on determining the SSC times automatically using one-minute resolution data.     

基于实时观测数据的大气密度模式修正

针对国际大气密度模式NRLMSISE-00, 以中国神舟飞船探测数据为基础, 提出一种基于实时大气密度观测数据的模式修正方法. 通过计算分析模式计算结果与探测数据的误差分布特征, 针对地磁相对平静期(Ap≤ 30)模式计算的误差特点, 建立了一种平均误差修正方法, 即认为在相对平静期, 在相同纬度和地方时, 模式误差基本相同, 某一时刻模式预测误差可以近似用与其相同纬度和地方时的平均误差来替代, 从而对模式预测结果进行修正. 以神舟4号探测数据为基础, 通过对模式预测结果采用两种方式进行修正, 可以看到模式误差得到了一定的改善. 采用误差库累积准实时修正, 修正后的误差由原来的20 %降至6 %; 采用误差库5天滑动预报修正后, 模式提前1, 2, 3天的预测误差由原来的20 %分别降至7.8 %, 9.4 %和10.5%.      

基于动态RCS的无人机航迹实时规划

传统的无人机航迹规划主要采用仅考虑无人机与雷达距离的简化雷达威胁模型,未充分考虑无人机雷达散射截面RCS(Radar Cross-Section)随自身姿态角改变而产生的动态变化.据此,提出了无人机周向动态RCS模型,并建立了综合考虑无人机动态RCS与雷达距离的探测概率模型,利用遗传算法进行了基于动态RCS的航迹实时规划,计算结果与传统航迹规划结果进行了对比.仿真结果表明该模型的可行性和有效性,能充分利用无人机自身的优势规避威胁,满足无人机的航迹实时规划的要求.      

空间色噪声下信号频域检测方法性能分析

水下小孔径阵列的应用环境是色噪声环境,针对超增益波束形成方法在色噪声环境下噪声协方差矩阵估计偏差使阵列空间增益不能达到最大的问题,提出了一种频域超增益波束形成方法(FSD, Super-Directive beamforming in Frequency domain),该方法将宽带接收数据分成多个子带,在每个子带内分别估计噪声协方差矩阵,降低了噪声协方差矩阵的估计偏差,并使用估计得到的噪声协方差矩阵对接收数据解相关.最后使用空间谱检测器检测微弱目标信号.实测噪声数据的仿真结果表明,空间有色噪声环境中FSD方法的检测性能优于传统的时域超增益波束形成方法(TSD, Super-Directive beamforming in Time domain)2 dB,优于频域最小方差无畸变响应(FMVDR, Minimum Variance Distortionless Response in Frequency domain)波束形成方法2 dB.     

深空自主导航光学敏感器及其验证

利用光学导航敏感器进行深空自主导航在国际上已成为一种发展趋势,这种方法具有自主性强、精度高、节约成本等优点,且距离地球越远越显优势.在国内首次开展了用于深空巡航段的自主光学导航敏感器设计研制和验证工作,所研制的光学导航敏感器原型样机设计技术指标为:焦距953.8mm,视场角0.8°×0.8°,探测极限灵敏度12Mv,测量精度0.5″(1σ),动态范围100∶1.试验室测试和外场观星试验的结果表明,测量精度达到0.5″(1σ),探测极限灵敏度达到12.5Mv,技术指标全部满足要求.     

空间移动小目标的检测算法

空间序列图像中移动小目标检测与轨迹提取是空间目标监视、跟踪及编目的关键技术之一.为了及时有效地处理星载可见光相机输出的多维海量数据,提出了一种基于四邻域二值量化方法和改进概率Hough变换的目标检测及轨迹提取算法.相较于美国空间目标在轨检测(MTI,moving target indicator)算法,改进算法虚警噪声点及候选路径数目明显减少,计算复杂度降低,运行效率提高.实验结果表明,算法可有效检测序列图像中快速移动的弱小目标并提取其直线运动轨迹.     

超声速横向喷流侧向控制的数值模拟

为研究来流攻角和喷流位置对横向喷流侧向控制力的影响,通过数值方法模拟了超声速条件下的横向喷流干扰流场,计算得到的壁面沿程压力分布与实验结果吻合良好.采用喷流力放大因子和实际作用位置表征喷流侧向控制力的实际作用效果,引入法向干扰力沿程增加系数来分析弹体表面的压力特征区域对侧向控制力的影响.计算结果表明:在喷流干扰下,侧向控制力大小不等于喷流设计推力,并带有绕喷流中心位置的低头力矩;低压尾迹区是影响侧向力实际作用效果的决定因素;攻角的增大和喷流位置的后移,分别有助于削弱低压尾迹区的干扰强度和作用范围,从而增强侧向控制力的实际作用效果.      

扰动形状对钝头体非对称流动的影响

通过在钝头体头部施加人工扰动块可以得到确定的大攻角下的非对称背涡结构。为了研究扰动块形状对非对称背涡结构的影响,本文在攻角50°、雷诺数Re_D=1.54×105的条件下,利用数值模拟对周向角90°、子午角10°的扰动位置的半球形、D型及方形3种扰动块形状分别进行了研究。研究发现在同一扰动位置,半球形扰动主控下的背涡结构为右涡型,而D型扰动和方形扰动主控下的背涡结构呈现左涡型,且方形扰动主控下的背涡结构的非对称性弱于其他2种扰动主控的非对称背涡。通过分析发现扰动块所引起的微流动直接影响钝头体非对称背涡结构。因此为了更精准地通过施加人工扰动得到确定的非对称背涡结构,应尽量选择形状简单、表面平滑过渡的扰动块形状。