Gyres off the Somali coast and western boundary currents in the Bay of Bengal during the south-west monsoon

Satellite remotely-sensed sea surface temperature (SST) data were obtained during the initial phase of the onset of the south-west monsoon in the north-western Indian Ocean for the years 1987and 1988. Large wedge-like areas of upwelled water during 1988 were observed at 5°Nand 10°N after the Somali current spinup, indicative of a two-gyre circulation in the Somali current system. Satellite infrared observations of the Bay of Bengal during the early February 1990revealed the existenceof two bands of warm water that resembled a western boundary current (WBC) along the east coast of India. A warm core eddy, with a major axis of nearly 120km, appeared at 89°E and 19°N at the end of the axis of the current. The existence of the two gyre system ofT the Somali coast and the presence or absence of the WBC in the Bay of Bengal in response to the onset of the summer monsoon has been discussed in detail.     

Frequency dependence of polarization phase difference

Polarimetric AIRSAR data of 13 July 1990 acquired over Mahantango watershed area were processed for the identification of cornfields and forested areas. Polarization Phase Difference (PPD) values were computed for the cornfields at P-, L- and C- bands and studied as a function of frequency. The results compare well with the model calculations at 24° incidence angle, whereas the locations of cornfields were computed to be at 35° incidence angle. The discrepancy is attributed to a lack of accurate ground truth and the undulating topography of the cornfields. Another study reported here deals with the usefulness of the Polarization Index (PI) for the study of vegetation. PI was found to be dependent on the frequency for the cornfields, whereas for forest trees no such dependence was noticed. PI _HH,HV is a more useful parameter than PI _HH,HV even for the study of cornfields.     

Stability of a class of coupled non-linear time-varying systemsf†

The paper describes a two-stage method for the design of proportional-derivative output feedback for pole placement in multivariable systems. In the first stage, a number of poles are assigned by means of proportional output feedback. In the second stage, the assigned poles are preserved and a number of additional poles are positioned using proportional-derivative output feedback. The method is extended to the design of proportional-multiple-derivative output feedback and is illustrated by a numerical example.     

Purification of cadmium by selective volatilization in vacuum in presence of oxide phase on its melt

Purification of cadmium in the presence of a thin (~0·001?mm) oxide layer on the surface of the molten metal was carried out using a simple system designed and fabricated locally. The analytical results revealed that the distillation through oxide layer gave better separation for Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag, Sn, Hg and Tl, when compared to the distillation without oxide layer. This was attributed due to the impurity metal oxide phases formation on the surface of the molten metal. The influence of oxygen flow time on the distillation rate of cadmium was established. There was no excess oxygen (O) retained in the distillate after two consecutive vacuum distillations through oxide route. The experiments were conducted at the level of nearly 1·5?kg a batch to study the impurities behaviour due to upscaling. The detailed chemical analysis of 58 impurity elements in Cd in presence and absence of oxide layer was carried out by glow discharge mass spectrometry (GDMS).     

±800kV特高压直流输电标准体系及主设备标准的探讨

目前国内外尚未有±800 kV直流输电设备和设计标准体系。基于我国在特高压直流技术理论研究和工程实践,兼顾已有的±500 kV标准,文章探讨了±800 kV特高压直流输电标准体系的构建原则,并着重介绍了在国际上先行的±800 kV主设备相关标准,包括换流变压器、换流阀、平波电抗器、套管和绝缘子。     

截面折变非对称型长周期光栅高温应变特性

研究了基于高频CO_2激光脉冲单侧写入的截面折变非对称型长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)高温特性及其在高温环境中的轴向应变特性。理论和实验表明在200～1000℃之间长周期光纤光栅的谐振峰漂移呈线性趋势;同时,在高温环境中其谐振峰随轴向应变也呈线性漂移,且不同谐振峰的温度和应变灵敏度也不同。利用这种新型长周期光纤光栅独特的高温应变特性可用一根光纤光栅实现对高温和应变的同时测量。     

现代大气光学及其应用

简要介绍了现代大气光学的概念和内容,从大气分子吸收、大气气溶胶粒子光散射、大气湍流光学特性等方面阐述了现代大气光学的研究和应用状况。     

基于强化学习的立体全景视频自适应流

针对当前立体全景视频传输缺少有效的流自适应方法,且传统全景视频流自适应策略传输双目立体全景视频使得传输数据加倍,所需带宽巨大的问题,该文提出一种基于多智能体强化学习的立体全景视频非对称传输自适应流方法,以实时应对网络带宽波动。首先,根据人眼对视频显著性区域的偏爱,左右视点中每个瓦片(tile)对立体视频的感知质量的贡献度不同,提出一个基于tiles的左右视点观看概率预测方法。其次,设计了一种基于策略-评价(Actor-Critic)的多智能体强化学习框架,对左右视点进行联合码率控制。最后,根据模型结构和双目抑制原理,设计合理的奖励函数。实验结果表明,与传统流自适应传输策略相比,该文所提方法更加适用于基于tiles的立体全景视频传输,实现在有限带宽下提高用户的体验质量(QoE),为立体全景视频联合码率控制提供了一种全新的方法和思路。     

基于光散射技术的两种能见度探测方法的比较分析

为了提高大气能见度的仪器探测水平,并验证自行研制的车载式拉曼激光雷达探测大气水平能见度的可靠性,使用1种基于可见光波段的前向散射能见度仪,与基于后向散射原理的拉曼激光雷达进行了联合试验,对两者测量结果,进行了分析和讨论,结果表明这两种探测手段具有较高的相关性.同时,通过对前向散射原理的探讨,为能见度仪的国产化提供了参考,也检验了国内首台车载式拉曼激光雷达在测量能见度方面的可靠性,扩展了它的应用领域.     

激光引偏干扰中漫反射板假目标的布设方法

激光引偏干扰是一种对抗半主动激光制导武器的有效手段,漫反射板假目标是激光引偏干扰系统的标准配置设备,为了提高漫反射板假目标在激光引偏干扰中的诱偏效果,研究了漫反射板的布设方法。根据半主动激光制导武器的来袭威胁信息和漫反射板的反射特性,分析了漫反射板假目标的布设位置、漫反射面的朝向和多个假目标布设的具体要求,给出了量化的约束关系式,并指出了实际布设过程中的近似处理方法。研究结果对于漫反射板假目标的布设具有理论指导意义。