Conditional sea surface statistics and their impact on geophysical sea surface parameters retrieved from SAR altimetry signals

In this study we present an analytical formulation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) altimetry signals including narrow banded nonlinear wave fields and conditional statistics between wave elevation displacements, horizontal wave slopes and vertical wave particle velocities. Considering the wave elevation displacements coskewness with respect to horizontal slopes leads to an analytical formulation of the electromagnetic bias within a SAR-mode altimeter stack. This formulation can be either parametrized by the significant wave height (SWH) and mean wave steepness, or in terms of the variance of vertical wave velocities. The effect of conditional vertical wave particle velocity variances with respect to the observed horizontal wave slopes close to nadir incidence angles leads to an effective reduction of the azimuth blurring of SAR-mode stacks. We present here a formulation of this effect by examining JONSWAP ocean wave spectra. In most cases this effect reduces the azimuth blurring by 10% to 30%. Additionally we investigate the effect of a nonlinear wave elevation displacement probability density function (PDF) on estimated geophysical parameters. We were able to show that including an elevation displacement skewness of 0.13 improves significantly the SWH consistency between altimetry and ECMWF Reanalysis v5 ERA5 results.All of these effects are validated with respect to ERA5 model data in the North East Atlantic region and in situ data located in the German Bight and Baltic Sea.The developed model can be used in both SAR and conventional altimetry retrackers.     

Impact of rain on wave retrieval from Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar images in tropical cyclones

The main objective of our work was to investigate the impact of rain on wave observations from C-band (~5.3 GHz) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in tropical cyclones. In this study, 10 Sentinel-1 SAR images were available from the Satellite Hurricane Observation Campaign, which were taken under cyclonic conditions during the 2016 hurricane season. The third-generation wave model, known as Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) (version 41.31), was used to simulate the wave fields corresponding to these Sentinel-1 SAR images. In addition, rainfall data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite passing over the spatial coverage of the Sentinel-1 SAR images were collected. The simulated results were validated against significant wave heights (SWHs) from the Jason-2 altimeter and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts data, revealing a root mean square error (RMSE) of ~0.5 m with a 0.25 scatter index. Winds retrieved from the VH-polarized Sentinel-1 SAR images using the Sentinel-1 Extra Wide-swath Mode Wind Speed Retrieval Model after Noise Removal were taken as prior information for wave retrieval. It was discovered that rain did indeed affect the SAR wave retrieval, as evidenced by the 3.21-m RMSE of SWHs between the SAR images and the SWAN model, which was obtained for the ~1000 match-ups with raindrops. The raindrops dampened the wave retrieval when the rain rate was < ~5 mm/hr; however, they enhanced wave retrieval for higher rain rates. It was also found that the portion of the rain-induced ring wave with a wave number > 0.05 rad/m (~125 m wavelength) was clearly observed in the SAR-derived wave spectra.     

Stellar infrared astronomy with EDISON

In this review the IR emission from circumstellar material is discussed, both of ionized gas and dust grains, and the astrophysical information that can be extracted from such observations. Some emphasis is placed on the possibilities of stellar IR astronomy using a large space-borne telescope, especially with respect to the much better spatial and spectral resolution of such a telescope compared to the current generation of ground-based and space IR telescopes.     

工程陶瓷的加工技术

主要介绍了国内外工程陶瓷特种和常规加工技术的开发及应用近况。     

多孔高氯酸铵的制备及其对固体推进剂燃速的影响

介绍美国和台湾用对流炉和沸腾床制备多孔高氯酸铵(PAP)及包覆法。同时介绍了用PAP部分取代HTPB体系推进剂中的AP和全部取代双基推进剂中的超细AP的燃烧性能研究。结果表明,用包覆的PAP取代超细AP是提高燃速的较好途径。     

阻尼材料在飞机炮振减振上的应用

阻尼材料在飞机结构上的应用是一个新课题。在飞机炮舱区应用新型阻尼材料,组成一个全新的阻尼结构系统来吸收由航炮射击时产生的冲击能量,以实现减振的设计目的,进而改善其炮击的振动环境。通过理论计算和地面试验实测,证明了应用新型阻尼材料可使炮舱区的动应力下降近30％。     

液体压力激波加工技术研究

机械产品的零部件，通常需要通过成形与改性才具有所需形状及实用功能，本文提出了一种新型材料成形与改性加工的方法——液体压力激波加工。采用脉冲超声波聚焦技术，通过压电陶瓷激波发生器在液体介质中产生高能瞬时压力激波，对材料进行冲击，产生变形或表面改性。经过理论研究和试验验证，初步掌握了液体压力激波的产生、激波能量的控制和激波加工的动力学机制。这种加工方法具有能量可控性好、成本低廉和安全高效等优点，非常适合具有复杂结构和型面的中小零件加工，是一种颇具竞争力的先进制造技术手段。     

从应变计现状看电阻式传感器的前景

电阻式传感器的核心部件——电阻应变计是目前最常用的应力分析的敏感元件。也常用于测量力、压力、扭矩和加速度等物理量。作者简要回顾了电阻应变计的发展历史，介绍了电阻应变计的结构、分类及现状，展望了电阻式传感器的前景。     

低地球轨道环境原子氧对航天器表面材料聚酰亚胺作用的数值模拟

在建立数学物理模型的基础上，对氏地球轨道环境和地面实验环境下，有无保护层的聚酰亚胺所受原子氧冲蚀作用进行了进行了成功的数值模拟，获得了具有工程应用价值的数值计算结果，并讨论了数学物理模型中各参数对基蚀曲线形状的影响。从数值模拟结果和美国太空实验结果的比较可以看出，本文数据模拟的结果是正确的。该项工作对航天器的设计具有重要指导意义。     

FRP固体火箭发动机壳体的非线性FW线型分析

对纤维增强复合材料（FRP）固体火箭发动机壳体的纤维缠绕（FW）线型进行了简要地分析。鉴于封头曲面上FW线型稳定性对于线型参数变化十分敏感，分析封头FW线型时，本文仍从测地线方面来考虑。依此，两赤道圆处FW角必须以左右封头几何尺寸及测地线FW条件来确定。在对筒身段非测地线FW可行性讨论中，提出了筒身段实现非测地线FW的条件，同时推导出了筒身段非测定地线FW运动控制的一般数学模型。