基于计算机图形和多孔介质的树冠孔隙率反演

树冠孔隙率(GF)决定了光和气流穿过树冠与植被元素相互作用进行光合作用和蒸腾的传输情况,在多孔介质理论启发下,受计算机图形学的启发,将树冠中的植被元素定量为固体矩阵,将树冠中的缝隙作为孔隙来指导GF计算。通过从地面激光扫描数据中提取单个叶片,并采用拟合算法去除噪声和描绘叶片边缘,创新地定义了叶片卷曲和下垂程度的等效厚度,并从拟合点中计算出来。然后,用自适应尺寸分配的六边形棱镜包住每片叶子的扫描点,用圆柱体模型拟合每个枝干,以计算树冠的等效叶子和枝干体积。结果显示,分割的叶片数为紫薇(1193片)、樱花(2540片)以及含笑(379片),估计的GF分别为：紫薇0.990,樱花树0.976,含笑0.978。     

WC体积分数对WC_p/Fe复合材料组织及压缩性能的影响

为研究WC体积分数对WC_p/Fe复合材料组织、界面及压缩性能的影响,采用粉末烧结法制备了不同WC体积分数的WC_p/Fe复合材料。结果表明:在不同WC体积分数的WC_p/Fe复合材料中,WC颗粒发生了不同程度的溶解,其与基体间均呈冶金结合。随着WC体积分数的增加,WC_p/Fe复合材料的界面等效宽度呈现递减趋势,当WC体积分数为50%时,界面等效宽度最小,为39.8μm;复合材料的压缩强度呈先增大后减小趋势,当WC体积分数达到45%时,压缩强度达到最大值;复合材料的断裂方式由准解理断裂逐渐转向纯解理断裂,当WC体积分数达到50%时,WC_p/Fe复合材料的断裂方式为纯解理断裂。     

磷含量对真空蒸镀磷掺杂多晶硅薄膜的影响

采用真空蒸镀的方法制备磷掺杂多晶硅薄膜,研究了磷含量对多晶硅薄膜的表面形貌、组织结构、晶粒尺寸及晶化率的影响。结果表明:随着磷掺杂分数的增加,多晶硅薄膜的晶粒尺寸和晶化率表现出先增加后降低的趋势,当磷掺杂分数为1%时,薄膜晶粒尺寸达到最大值,为0.55μm,晶化率为96.82%,且晶粒的均匀性最佳。     

On-column solvent exchange for purified preparative fractions

On-column solvent exchange, using many of the principles of solid-phase extraction, has been implemented to significantly reduce evaporation cycle time following reverse-phase preparative HPLC. Additional benefits, such as a reduced potential for salt formation, thermal decomposition, and residual solvent, are also described. Fractions obtained from preparative separations, typically in a large volume of acetonitrile:water, are injected into the preparative HPLC and then eluted in acetonitrile, creating a new fraction in a volatile organic solvent. Minimal modification to the instrument was required, and unattended operation is possible. Acetonitrile evaporation is achieved within 3 h, compared with 17 h for aqueous-based fractions; lower temperatures can be used during the evaporation step; mobile-phase additives, likely to form salts with the target compound if concentrated in the fraction, are removed before evaporation; sample recovery and purity are unaffected.     

Remote sensing of photosynthetic light-use efficiency across two forested biomes: Spatial scaling

Eddy covariance (EC) measurements have greatly advanced our knowledge of carbon exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. However, appropriate techniques are required to upscale these spatially discrete findings globally. Satellite remote sensing provides unique opportunities in this respect, but remote sensing of the photosynthetic light-use efficiency (ε), one of the key components of Gross Primary Production, is challenging. Some progress has been made in recent years using the photochemical reflectance index, a narrow waveband index centered at 531 and 570 nm. The high sensitivity of this index to various extraneous effects such as canopy structure, and the view observer geometry has so far prevented its use at landscape and global scales. One critical aspect of upscaling PRI is the development of generic algorithms to account for structural differences in vegetation. Building on previous work, this study compares the differences in the PRI: ? relationship between a coastal Douglas-fir forest located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and a mature Aspen stand located in central Saskatchewan, Canada. Using continuous, tower-based observations acquired from an automated multi-angular spectro-radiometer (AMSPEC II) installed at each site, we demonstrate that PRI can be used to measure ? throughout the vegetation season at the DF-49 stand (r² = 0.91, p < 0.00) as well as the deciduous site (r² = 0.88, p < 0.00). It is further shown that this PRI signal can be also observed from space at both sites using daily observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) and a multi-angular implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC) (r² = 0.54 DF-49; r² = 0.63 SOA; p < 0.00). By implementing a simple hillshade model derived from airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to approximate canopy shadow fractions (α_s), it is further demonstrated that the differences observed in the relationship between PRI and ε at DF-49 and SOA can be attributed largely to differences in α_s. The findings of this study suggest that algorithms used to separate physiological from extraneous effects in PRI reflectance may be more broadly applicable and portable across these two climatically and structurally different biome types, when the differences in canopy structure are known.     

Ensemble data assimilation in the presence of cloud

In numerical weather prediction (NWP) data assimilation (DA) methods are used to combine available observations with numerical model estimates. This is done by minimising measures of error on both observations and model estimates with more weight given to data that can be more trusted. For any DA method an estimate of the initial forecast error covariance matrix is required. For convective scale data assimilation, however, the properties of the error covariances are not well understood.An effective way to investigate covariance properties in the presence of convection is to use an ensemble-based method for which an estimate of the error covariance is readily available at each time step. In this work, we investigate the performance of the ensemble square root filter (EnSRF) in the presence of cloud growth applied to an idealised 1D convective column model of the atmosphere. We show that the EnSRF performs well in capturing cloud growth, but the ensemble does not cope well with discontinuities introduced into the system by parameterised rain. The state estimates lose accuracy, and more importantly the ensemble is unable to capture the spread (variance) of the estimates correctly. We also find, counter-intuitively, that by reducing the spatial frequency of observations and/or the accuracy of the observations, the ensemble is able to capture the states and their variability successfully across all regimes.     

Amperometric biosensor for formic acid in air

The possibility of developing a simple, inexpensive and specific personal passive “real-time” air sampler incorporating a biosensor for formic acid was investigated. The sensor is based on the enzymatic reaction between formic acid and formate dehydrogenase (FDH) with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD⁺) as a co-factor and Meldola's blue as mediator. An effective way to immobilise the enzyme, co-factor and Meldola's blue on screen-printed, disposable, electrodes was found to be in a mixture of glycerol and phosphate buffer covered with a gas-permeable membrane. Steady-state current was reached after 4–15 min and the limit of detection was calculated to be below 1 mg/m³. However, the response decreased by 50% after storage at −15°C for 1 day.     

Fraction-free matrix factors: new forms for LU and QR factors

Gaussian elimination and LU factoring have been greatly studied from the algorithmic point of view, but much less from the point view of the best output format. In this paper, we give new output formats for fraction free LU factoring and for QR factoring. The formats and the algorithms used to obtain them are valid for any matrix system in which the entries are taken from an integral domain, not just for integer matrix systems. After discussing the new output format of LU factoring, the complexity analysis for the fraction free algorithm and fraction free output is given. Our new output format contains smaller entries than previously suggested forms, and it avoids the gcd computations required by some other partially fraction free computations. As applications of our fraction free algorithm and format, we demonstrate how to construct a fraction free QR factorization and how to solve linear systems within a given domain.     

低铬X70管线钢组织及其抗CO2

为了明确Cr的质量分数高低对埋地用输油输气管线钢性能的影响,设计了4种Cr的质量分数的X70管线钢,研究了不同Cr的质量分数下管线钢组织及其力学性能,并采用高温高压反应釜进行了实验钢的CO₂腐蚀试验.结果表明：钢中加入0.1%~0.8%的Cr后,其组织均由针状铁素体和准多边形铁素体构成,Cr元素均呈现明显的沿晶界分布状态;随着Cr的质量分数的增加,钢板强度随之升高,晶界中Cr分布密度随之增大,Cr（OH）₃在腐蚀产物膜中的富集量增加,促使钢板的平均腐蚀速率降低;同时由于Cr（OH）₃可以有效阻碍阴离子穿透腐蚀产物膜,因而大大减少了Cl-的催化作用导致的点蚀,使得钢板点蚀速率明显降低.