Detection of volcanic gases and particles by satellite

In this paper the detection of components of volcanic eruption has been carried out investigating, in appropriate bands of the electromagnetic spectrum (6.25, 8.7, 10.8, 12 μm), the values of the brightness temperature. The analysis has been performed in the Thermal Infrared Region (TIR) studying both the absorption–emission and scattering phenomena related to the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and volcanic emissions. The results have been achieved by means of a combined use of numerical simulations, devoted to examining the behaviour of the atmosphere gases and volcanic components, and remotely sensed satellite images. The proposed methodologies allow an estimate of the amount of gaseous and solid components, of the size of the emitted particles, of the height of the volcanic plume and of the distance of the volcanic components from the crater. The processed images come from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) sensor on board the geo-stationary satellite Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) and take into consideration an eruption of the Etna volcano as a study case (1st of April 2012, 04:30 and 05:30 UTC). The procedures are general and may therefore be extended to any other similar case.     

Using the Global Navigation Satellite System and satellite altimetry for combined Global Ionosphere Maps

For deriving global maps of the Total Electron Content (TEC) from space geodetic techniques usually observations from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are taken. However, the GNSS stations are inhomogeneously distributed, with large gaps particularly over the sea surface.     

Recovery of the Earth’s gravity field from formation-flying satellites: Temporal aliasing issues

Temporal and mean gravity field models derived from the twin-satellite, leader–follower mission GRACE have provided a new type of information for Earth sciences. In this contribution, we study the potential of various alternative satellite formations for gravity field determination in the post-GRACE era in a simulation environment. In particular, the effects of spherical harmonic truncation and of temporal aliasing in the processing of gravity products from such future formations are investigated.     

编队卫星相对运动描述方法综述

对于近地轨道卫星编队飞行的相对运动理论研究,可以采用的方法包括直角坐标法和 轨道要素法。利用直角坐标法得到的相对运动动力学方程可以用于编队队形控制研究,轨道 要素法能够给出相对运动的运动学描述,便于定量研究摄动影响和进行编队队形设计。分析 了直角坐标法在描述卫星长期编队飞行方面的局限性,综述了利用轨道要素描述编队卫星相 对运动的各种研究方法,包括轨道要素差法、相对轨道要素法和参照轨道要素法等。     

一种基于分组截短PN码的SOFDM信道估计方法

基于PN序列的信道估计方法的特点是计算过程简明,已被广泛应用在地面无线局域网系统中。在卫星正交频分多路复用传输体制(SOFDM)系统中引入传统PN序列信道估计方法的主要问题在于卫星信道的多径延时远大于SOFDM数据符号的持续时间,信道特性比较复杂,使得传统方法的估计精度严重下降。提出了一种改进的方法,根据信道的近似周期特性对数据帧进行合理的等长度分组,并把长PN序列改为短PN码来跟踪信道局部特性的变化,再对分组后的数据子帧分别进行信道估计。对该方法的设计思想进行了理论分析,并通过仿真验证了该方法的估计精度比传统方法至少提高了10倍。     

Proposal for ionospheric tomography technique using a new HF radio source

Measurements of the line integral of the electron density along satellite-to-ground ray paths (i.e. TEC) using differential phase or Doppler of two coherent VHF/UHF signals transmitted from NNSS or GPS satellite networks have been used in the ionospheric tomography for mapping large-scale ionospheric images over region of interest. In this paper, we present theoretical studies of using a new signal source HF frequency in tomographic imaging. The initial phase problem inherent in the phase measurement can be eliminated by measuring Faraday rotations. Relative rotation on two adjacent HF frequencies is used to solve the ambiguity problem. A second-order approximation of the Faraday rotation incorporated with ray-tracing technique improves the reconstruction degradation due to ionospheric refractions. CASSIOPE is a multi-purpose small satellite that receives HF signals from ground radar facilities and it is scheduled for launch in early 2008. Simulations have demonstrated the potential applications of the ionospheric tomography in CASSIOPE/e-POP satellite experiment.     

Use of two-line element data for thermosphere neutral density model calibration

Traditional empirical thermospheric density models are widely used in orbit determination and prediction of low-Earth satellites. Unfortunately, these models often exhibit large density errors of up to around 30% RMS. Density errors translate into orbit errors, adversely affecting applications such as re-entry operations, manoeuvre planning, collision avoidance and precise orbit determination for geodetic missions. The extensive database of two-line element (TLE) orbit data contains a wealth of information on satellite drag, at a sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution to allow a calibration of existing neutral density models with a latency of one to two days. In our calibration software, new TLE data for selected objects is converted to satellite drag data on a daily basis. The resulting drag data is then used in a daily adjustment of density model calibration parameters, which modify the output of an existing empirical density model with the aim of increasing its accuracy. Two different calibration schemes have been tested using TLE data for about 50 objects during the year 2000. The schemes involve either height-dependent scale factors to the density or corrections to CIRA-72 model temperatures, which affect the density output based on a physical model. Both schemes have been applied with different spherical harmonic expansions of the parameters in latitude and local solar time. Five TLE objects, varying in perigee altitude between 280 and 530 km, were deliberately not used during calibration, in order to provide independent validation. Even with a single daily parameter, the RMS density model error along their tracks can already be reduced from the 30% to the 15% level. Adding additional parameters results in RMS errors lower than 12%.     

卫星多波束天线赋形波束的最优化计算

主要介绍了卫星多波束天线的基本原理和数学模型 ;说明了卫星多波束天线赋形问题的本质是一个优化问题 ;用两种可行有效的优化方法——最小 p乘法和最小最大法分别对矩形区域和中国本土进行了赋形 ,并在最后分析了两种算法的优缺点     

现代卫星导航系统技术的研究进展

首先 ,文章详细地分析了美国GPS系统的技术特征及其现代化进程 ;然后 ,论述俄罗斯的GLONASS系统现状与不足 ,及其与GPS系统的差异 ,并介绍了欧洲的Galileo系统的建设进展及相关技术 ;最后 ,阐述北斗卫星导航系统尚不能满足中国各行业广大用户的需求 ,初步提出发展中国第二代卫星导航系统的总体构想及其关键技术     

Ka波段卫星ATM系统差错控制编码方案

Ka波段通信是当前卫星通信发展的热点 ,卫星异步传递模式 (ATM)技术代表了宽带数字卫星通信网络的研究方向 ,文章研究了适合Ka波段卫星ATM系统的差错控制编码方案。首先分析了卫星信道的特点以及对ATM信元传输所带来的影响 ,并给出了突发误码与信元丢失率 (CLR)关系的仿真曲线 ,然后讨论了六种具有代表性的卫星ATM差错控制编码方案。针对Ka波段宽带卫星通信的特点对六种方案进行了分析比较 ,其中的CASI/ALA以及RM Turbo方案为两种较好的选择。