快速扫描机载气象雷达多普勒解模糊算法

本文针对机载气象雷达前视快速扫描下的多普勒模糊问题,提出了两种多普勒解模糊算法：基于改进方位向波束形成算法和基于阻塞矩阵算法。基于改进方位向波束形成算法在传统的Capon波束形成的基础上,利用空间谱积分的方法对非期望信号协方差矩阵进行重构和对导向矢量进行估计,进一步提高了算法的鲁棒性,降低方位角估计误差;基于阻塞矩阵算法需要估计导向矢量,并利用导向矢量计算阻塞矩阵,将接收信号进行多普勒模糊相消预处理,阻塞每个多普勒频点的模糊多普勒分量,以达到解模糊的目的。通过仿真实验证明,两种方法均可以有效地恢复信号的多普勒信息,其中基于阻塞矩阵算法与基于改进方位向波束形成算法相比,有更优良的性能,并有更小的运算量。     

Image super resolution model enabled by wavelet lifting with optimized deep convolutional neural network

This paper plans to develop an intelligent super resolution model with the linkage of Wavelet lifting scheme and Deep learning algorithm. Before initiating the resolution procedure, the entire HR images are converted into Low Resolution (LR) images using bicubic interpolation-based downsampling and upsampling. Further, the Wavelet lifting scheme helps to generate the four subbands of each image like LR wavelet Sub-Bands for LR images, and High Resolution (HR) wavelet Sub-Bands for HR images. The residual image is generated by taking the difference between the LR wavelet Sub-Bands and HR wavelet Sub-Bands images. The proposed model involves two main phases: Training phase and Testing. The training phase trains the residual image of all images by Deep Convolutional Neural Network with LR wavelet Sub-Bands as input and residual image as target. On the other hand, in testing phase, the LR wavelet Sub-Bands query image is subjected to Deep Convolutional Neural Network, which outputs the concerned residual image. This generated residual image is summed with LR wavelet Sub-Bands image, followed by inverse wavelet lifting scheme to obtain the final super resolution image. The main contribution of this paper is to improve the conventional Deep Convolutional Neural Network by optimizing the number of hidden layer, and hidden neurons using modified Whale Optimization Algorithm called Average Fitness Enabled Whale Optimization Algorithm by considering the objective of maximizing the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Finally, the proposed method achieves an improved quality of the results which is comparable the existing models.     

Hybrid Nanoscopy of Hybrid Nanomaterials

The combination of complementary techniques to characterize materials at the nanoscale is crucial to gain a more complete picture of their structure, a key step to design and fabricate new materials with improved properties and diverse functions. Here it is shown that correlative atomic force microscopy (AFM) and localization‐based super‐resolution microscopy is a useful tool that provides insight into the structure and emissive properties of fluorescent β‐lactoglobulin (βLG) amyloid‐like fibrils. These hybrid materials are made by functionalization of βLG with organic fluorophores and quantum dots, the latter being relevant for the production of 1D inorganic nanostructures templated by self‐assembling peptides. Simultaneous functionalization of βLG fibers by QD655 and QD525 allows for correlative AFM and two‐color super‐resolution fluorescence imaging of these hybrid materials. These experiments allow the combination of information about the topography and number of filaments that compose a fibril, as well as the emissive properties and nanoscale spatial distribution of the attached fluorophores. This study represents an important step forward in the characterization of multifunctionalized hybrid materials, a key challenge in nanoscience.     

Multicolor Photo‐Crosslinkable AIEgens toward Compact Nanodots for Subcellular Imaging and STED Nanoscopy

Aggregation induced emission (AIE) has attracted considerable interest for the development of fluorescence probes. However, controlling the bioconjugation and cellular labeling of AIE dots is a challenging problem. Here, this study reports a general approach for preparing small and bioconjugated AIE dots for specific labeling of cellular targets. The strategy is based on the synthesis of oxetane‐substituted AIEgens to generate compact and ultrastable AIE dots via photo‐crosslinking. A small amount of polymer enriched with oxetane groups is cocondensed with most of the AIEgens to functionalize the nanodot surface for subsequent streptavidin bioconjugation. Due to their small sizes, good stability, and surface functionalization, the cell‐surface markers and subcellular structures are specifically labeled by the AIE dot bioconjugates. Remarkably, stimulated emission depletion imaging with AIE dots is achieved for the first time, and the spatial resolution is significantly enhanced to ≈95 nm. This study provides a general approach for small functional molecules for preparing small sized and ultrastable nanodots.     

双枝模糊集(Ⅲ)

提出双枝模糊集Ｓ的理论,本课题是［Ⅰ,Ⅱ］研究的继续．在单枝模糊集理论（Ｌ．Ａ．ＺａｄｅｈＦｕｚｚｙＳｅｔＴｈｅｏｒｙ）研究中,由于引进λ－截集Ｓλ的概念,便产生了单枝模糊集的并－普通分解定理［３］,交－普通分解定理［４］．［Ⅰ,Ⅱ］提出了双枝模糊集Ｓ,由于引进了λ－截集Ｓλ的概念,便产生了双枝模糊集Ｓ的并－普通分解定理,交－普通分解定理．人们自然提出这样的问题：双枝模糊集可以分解成若干个普通集Ｓλ;双枝模糊集Ｓ是否能分解成若干个模糊集Ｓα？本文的研究说明：双枝模糊集Ｓ可以分解成若干个模糊集Ｓα．（一个单枝模糊集Ａ也可以分解成若干个模糊集Ａα,但是在单枝模糊集理论中没有被人们去研究．）本文给出Ｓ的α－嵌入集Ｓα的概念,提出Ｓ的α－嵌入定理,Ｓ的α－嵌入模糊分解定理．     

双枝模糊集(Ⅱ)

提出双枝模糊集Ｓ的理论,是（Ｉ）研究的继续．提出双枝模糊集Ｓ的并－普通分解定理,交－普通分解定理．这些结论建立了双枝模糊集Ｓ与普通集Ｓλ之间的关系,这些结论为建立双枝模糊推理,双枝模糊控制作了理论准备．结论指出：（１）双枝模糊集Ｓ同时存在并－普通分解形式：Ｓ＝∪λ∈［－１,１］λＳλ和交－普通分解形式：Ｓ＝∩λ∈［－１,１］λＳλ;这两种分解形式是建立双枝模糊推理理论,双枝模糊控制理论的理论基础．（２）单枝模糊集Ａ（Ｌ．Ａ．ＺａｄｅｈＦｕｚｚｙＳｅｔＡ）的并－普通分解定理,交－普通分解定理是双枝模糊集Ｓ的并－普通分解定理,交－普通分解定理的特例．     

Operator context scanning to support high segmentation rates for real time license plate recognition

Introducing high definition videos and images in object recognition has provided new possibilities in the field of intelligent image processing and pattern recognition. However, due to the large amount of information that needs to be processed, the computational costs are high, making the HD systems slow. To this end, a novel algorithm applied to sliding window analysis, namely Operator Context Scanning (OCS), is proposed and tested on the license plate detection module of a License Plate Recognition (LPR) system. In the LPR system, the OCS algorithm is applied on the Sliding Concentric Windows pixel operator and has been found to improve the LPR system’s performance in terms of speed by rapidly scanning input images focusing only on regions of interest, while at the same time it does not reduce the system effectiveness. Additionally, a novel characteristic is presented, namely, the context of the image based on a sliding windows operator. This characteristic helps to quickly categorize the environmental conditions upon which the input image was taken. The algorithm is tested on a data set that includes images of various resolutions, acquired under a variety of environmental conditions.     

A conceptual framework to define the spatial resolution requirements for agricultural monitoring using remote sensing

Satellite remote sensing is an invaluable tool to monitor agricultural resources. However, spatial patterns in agricultural landscapes vary significantly across the Earth resulting in different imagery requirements depending on what part of the globe is observed. Furthermore, there is an increasing diversity of Earth observation instruments providing imagery with various configurations of spatial, temporal, spectral and angular resolutions. In terms of spatial resolution, the choice of imagery should be conditioned by knowing the appropriate spatial frequency at which the landscape must be sampled with the imaging instrument in order to provide the required information from the targeted fields. This paper presents a conceptual framework to define quantitatively such requirements for both crop area estimation and crop growth monitoring based on user-defined constraints. The methodological development is based on simulating how agricultural landscapes, and more specifically the fields covered by a crop of interest, are seen by instruments with increasingly coarser resolving power. The results are provided not only in terms of acceptable pixel size but also of pixel purity which is the degree of homogeneity with respect to the target crop. This trade-off between size and purity can be adjusted according to the end-user's requirements. The method is implemented over various agricultural landscapes with contrasting spatial patterns, demonstrating its operational applicability. This diagnostic approach can be used: (i) to guide users in choosing the most appropriate imagery for their application, (ii) to evaluate the adequacy of existing remote sensing systems for monitoring agriculture in different regions of the world and (iii) to provide guidelines for space agencies to design future instruments dedicated to agriculture monitoring.     

PM10 remote sensing from geostationary SEVIRI and polar-orbiting MODIS sensors over the complex terrain of the European Alpine region

The subject of this study is to investigate the capability of spaceborne remote sensing data to predict ground concentrations of PM₁₀ over the European Alpine region using satellite derived Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) from the geostationary Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) and the polar-orbiting MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The spatial and temporal resolutions of these aerosol products (10 km and 2 measurements per day for MODIS, ∼ 25 km and observation intervals of 15 min for SEVIRI) permit an evaluation of PM estimation from space at different spatial and temporal scales. Different empirical linear relationships between coincident AOD and PM₁₀ observations are evaluated at 13 ground-based PM measurement sites, with the assumption that aerosols are vertically homogeneously distributed below the planetary Boundary Layer Height (BLH). The BLH and Relative Humidity (RH) variability are assessed, as well as their impact on the parameterization. The BLH has a strong influence on the correlation of daily and hourly time series, whilst RH effects are less clear and smaller in magnitude. Despite its lower spatial resolution and AOD accuracy, SEVIRI shows higher correlations than MODIS (r_SEV∼ 0.7, r_MOD∼ 0.6) with regard to daily averaged PM₁₀. Advantages from MODIS arise only at hourly time scales in mountainous locations but lower correlations were found for both sensors at this time scale (r∼ 0.45). Moreover, the fraction of days in 2008 with at least one satellite observation was 27% for SEVIRI and 17% for MODIS. These results suggest that the frequency of observations plays an important role in PM monitoring, while higher spatial resolution does not generally improve the PM estimation. Ground-based Sun Photometer (SP) measurements are used to validate the satellite-based AOD in the study region and to discuss the impact of aerosols' micro-physical properties in the empirical models. A lower error limit of 30 to 60% in the PM₁₀ assessment from space is estimated in the study area as a result of AOD uncertainties, variability of aerosols properties and the heterogeneity of ground measurement sites. It is concluded that SEVIRI has a similar capacity to map PM as sensors on board polar-orbiting platforms, with the advantage of a higher number of observations. However, the accuracy represents a serious limitation to the applicability of satellites for ground PM mapping, especially in mountainous areas.