Study on Recognition Method of Similar Weather Scenes in Terminal Area

Weather is a key factor affecting the control of air traffic. Accurate recognition and classification of similar weather scenes in the terminal area is helpful for rapid decision-making in air traffic flow management. Current researches mostly use traditional machine learning methods to extract features of weather scenes, and clustering algorithms to divide similar scenes. Inspired by the excellent performance of deep learning in image recognition, this paper proposes a terminal area similar weather scene classification method based on improved deep convolution embedded clustering (IDCEC), which uses the combination of the encoding layer and the decoding layer to reduce the dimensionality of the weather image, retaining useful information to the greatest extent, and then uses the combination of the pre-trained encoding layer and the clustering layer to train the clustering model of the similar scenes in the terminal area. Finally, terminal area of Guangzhou Airport is selected as the research object, the method proposed in this article is used to classify historical weather data in similar scenes, and the performance is compared with other state-of-the-art methods. The experimental results show that the proposed IDCEC method can identify similar scenes more accurately based on the spatial distribution characteristics and severity of weather; at the same time, compared with the actual flight volume in the Guangzhou terminal area, IDCEC's recognition results of similar weather scenes are consistent with the recognition of experts in the field.     

Air pollution modelling using a Graphics Processing Unit with CUDA

The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a powerful tool for parallel computing. In the past years the performance and capabilities of GPUs have increased, and the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) - a parallel computing architecture - has been developed by NVIDIA to utilize this performance in general purpose computations. Here we show for the first time a possible application of GPU for environmental studies serving as a basement for decision making strategies. A stochastic Lagrangian particle model has been developed on CUDA to estimate the transport and the transformation of the radionuclides from a single point source during an accidental release. Our results show that parallel implementation achieves typical acceleration values in the order of 80-120 times compared to CPU using a single-threaded implementation on a 2.33 GHz desktop computer. Only very small differences have been found between the results obtained from GPU and CPU simulations, which are comparable with the effect of stochastic transport phenomena in atmosphere. The relatively high speedup with no additional costs to maintain this parallel architecture could result in a wide usage of GPU for diversified environmental applications in the near future.     

基于远程冰蓄冷空调机房的自动控制设计

为了解决"电力告急,电量有余的状态",争取将用电低谷时期电力填补到高峰时的电力不足。而"移峰填谷"式的蓄冰空调逐渐成为中央空调发展的一个趋势。实现冰蓄冷机房的控制是用WebAccess组态软件完成设定、监控和故障报警等,对冰蓄冷机房进行各种水温、水压、流量和空气温度、湿度、风量、压力、风阀开度等参数进行监控,并且通过通讯实现预测空调负荷从而确定系统工作模式、改变控制策略,这样可提高冰蓄冷空调的运行水平。     

Energy optimal spacecraft attitude control subject to convergence rate constraints

Attitude control of operational satellites is still predominantly performed by standard controllers such as Proportional plus Derivative (PD) control laws, which are still preferred for implementation to the computationally intensive nonlinear optimal control techniques, representing higher implementation complexity. In this paper, an inverse optimal control approach based on phase space geometry is presented, which is easy to implement and free from numerical and computational issues. The optimal control objective is to minimize a norm of the control torque subject to a rapidity constraint on the convergence rate of a Lyapunov function, under the effect of a benchmark controller. The proposed optimization method is shown to significantly enhance the torque-rapidity trade-off compared to the benchmark controller, chosen to be a PD law then a sliding mode controller. The inverse optimal control scheme is implemented on an air bearing table experimental platform.     

Solar or surplus heat-driven actuators using metal hydride alloys

A metal hydride (MH) actuator provides mechanical work by applying the hydrogen pressure transition that originates from the reversible reaction of the MH alloy as it absorbs and desorbs hydrogen gas. The MH actuators that have been reported employ a Peltier element or an electrical heating resistance wire as a heat source. This paper describes the design of an MH actuator that is driven by low-quality heat sources, such as solar heat or surplus heat. A certain composition of a LaNi₅-based alloy that produces desorbing and absorbing reactions through a low-temperature difference is specified. This alloy composition can provide a large amount of hydrogen desorption using solar heat or surplus heated water and a large amount of hydrogen absorption by natural air cooling in an adequate reaction time. To improve the moving speed and to control the performance, a reciprocating air compressor that applies this solar or surplus heat-driven MH actuator is proposed. These findings support the efficacy of an MH actuator operating without electric or fossil fuel energy consumption.     

一种宽带信号调理通道设计

在高速数据采集系统中,对模拟信号调理通道带宽的要求越来越高。本文结合无源衰减网络、高增益可变增益放大器（VGA）、高速电流反馈放大器（CFA）,设计并实现了一种宽带模拟信号调理电路,并给出了实验结果与分析。该电路具有高带宽、动态范围大、低噪声等特性,能满足数据采集系统高带宽的要求,也可以应用于宽带电子测量仪器的前端信号调理电路。     

一种面向汽车电子的配置界面动态生成方法

汽车电子的开发需要根据特定硬件平台资源情况对基础软件功能进行裁剪,而汽车电子的基础软件模块具有配置需求量大、复杂度高等特点。因此,设计一种具有高可配置性、通用的配置工具原型,具有非常重要的应用推广价值。针对汽车电子基础软件的实际需求,提出一种动态生成配置界面的方法。该方法分离配置参数与配置界面,从而极大提高配置工具的可扩展和可维护性。实验结果显示该方法是可行且有效的。     

Air temperature estimation with MSG-SEVIRI data: Calibration and validation of the TVX algorithm for the Iberian Peninsula

Air temperature can be estimated from remote sensing by combining information in thermal infrared and optical wavelengths. The empirical TVX algorithm is based on an estimated linear relationship between observed Land Surface Temperature (LST) and a Spectral Vegetation Index (NDVI). Air temperature is assumed to be equal to the LST corresponding to the effective full vegetation cover, and is found by extrapolating the line to a maximum value of NDVI_max. The algorithm has been tested and reported in the literature previously. However, the effect of vegetation types and climates and the potential variation in NDVI of the effective full cover has not been subject for investigation. The present study proposes a novel methodology to estimate NDVI_max that uses observed air temperature to calibrate the NDVI_max for each vegetation type. To assess the validity of this methodology, we have compared the accuracy of estimates using the new NDVI_max and the previous NDVI_max that have been proposed in literature with MSG-SEVIRI images in Spain during the year 2005. In addition, a spatio-temporal assessment of residuals has been performed to evaluate the accuracy of retrievals in terms of daily and seasonal variation, land cover, landscape heterogeneity and topography. Results showed that the new calibrated NDVI_max perform well, with a Mean Absolute Error ranging between 2.8 °C and 4 °C. In addition, vegetation-specific NDVI_max improve the accuracy compared with a unique NDVI_max.     

半透膜仪采集空气中多氯联苯采样速度与其结构和性质定量构效关系研究

根据MOPAC2009软件包中PM6算法得到的分子描述符研究半透膜仪(SPMDs)采集大气中多氯联苯(PCBs)采样速度(R_(air))的定量构效关系(QSPR)模型,并分析影响R_(air)的关键因素。以半经验PM6算法得到的分子量子化学描述符作为预测变量,采用偏最小二乘算法(PLS)构建了R_(air)的QSPR模型。根据交叉验证,所得到的最佳模型中PLS成分解释的因变量的累积变异(Q~2_(cum))为0.683,这表明该模型具有良好的预测能力和稳健性。通过外部验证和将实验测得的R_(air)与预测得到的R_(air)进行比较,对所构建模型的稳定性和可靠性进行了验证,结果表明无论是训练组还是预测组,其预测值与实测值间均具有较好的线性关系,线性相关系数均大于0.8376。对PCBs采样速度R_(air)的主要影响因素为PCBs与SPMDs中甘油三油酸酯分子间的相互作用大小和为将PCBs溶解在甘油三油酸酯中形成洞穴所需能量要求。     

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.