Variations in Spectral Slope in Lake Taihu,a Large Subtropical Shallow Lake in China

Spectral slope (S), describing the exponential decrease of the absorption spectrum over a given wavelength range, is an important parameter in the study of of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) dynamics, and also an essential input parameter in remote sensing models. Furthermore, S is often used as a proxy for CDOM composition, including the ratio of fulvic to humic acids and molecular weight. The relative broad range in S values reported in the literature can be explained by the different spectral ranges and fitting methods used. A single exponential model is used to fit the S values for 17 investigations involving 458 samples in Lake Taihu from January to October in 2004. The average S value was 15.18 ± 1.39 μm⁻¹ for the range of 280–500 nm, which fell within the range reported in the literature. The frequency distribution of S value basically obeyed a normal distribution. Significant differences in S values between summer and other seasons showed that phytoplankton degradation was one of the important sources of CDOM in summer, whereas CDOM mainly came from the river input in other seasons. Furthermore, the estimated S value decreased with increasing wavelength range used in regression. The maximum and minimum values derived from the regression were 17.89 ± 1.25 μm⁻¹ and 13.62 ± 2.11 μm⁻¹ for the wavelength ranges of 280–380 nm and 400–500 nm, respectively, a decrease of 23.9%. S values significantly decreased with the increase of CDOM absorption coefficients. CDOM absorption coefficients could be more appropriately estimated from exponential model introducing the variation of S with absorption coefficients, making them useful for a remote sensing bio-optical model of Lake Taihu. DOC-specific absorption coefficient a*(λ) and the parameter M describing molecular size of the humic molecules could also be used as a proxy for the sources and types of CDOM. A general relationship was found between S and a*(λ), and M values. S increased with the decrease of DOC-specific absorption coefficient and the increase of M corresponding to the decrease of molecular weight.     

A novel associative memory approach to speech enhancement in a vehicular environment

Numerous attempts have been undertaken to apply the spectral subtraction method to cancel noise perturbations but these efforts have yet to produce an algorithm that is able to adapt well to the environmental changes in the perturbations. In addition, the variants of the spectral subtraction method so far proposed in the literature would require a non-voice activity detector (NVAD), for a single microphone system, to store the perturbation. This is used as an estimate for the reference signal. Inaccuracy in the perturbation estimates causes the cleaned speech to be corrupted by musical artifacts, which is unacceptable. Post processing of signals corrupted by the musical artifacts is very costly. This paper provides an alternative approach that employs associative memory for speech enhancement. Extensive comparison is made using the soft computing approaches for noise cancellation based on associative memories. A set of stereo microphones captures the corrupted speech in a vehicle and is used to point to the closest associative memory location. The Wiener filter approach is used to cancel the noise. The paper discusses novel examples of the associative memories using the cerebellum model for noise modeling. Experimental results show the potential of these novel soft computing architectures in generating and adapting the required Weiner filters to cancel perturbation even at signal to noise ratio (SNR) of less than −13 dB.     

Incompressible Navier–Stokes solutions by a triangular spectral/p element projection method

The application of the fractional step projection method recently proposed by Guermond and Quartapelle to the numerical approximation of unsteady Navier–Stokes solutions by means of a spectral/p element method is considered. In particular we illustrate the second-order pressure correction technique and evaluate its accuracy properties in some test cases. Stability with respect to the compatibility condition between the approximation spaces for velocity and pressure is also addressed. The high (spectral) accuracy in space and the second-order accuracy in time are verified by two simple test cases with analytical solution. A more interesting problem is solved showing the ability of the method to produce very accurate results also for problems in complex geometries.     

Some spectral response characteristics of ZnTe thin films

Zinc telluride thin films have been grown at room temperature and higher temperature substrates by thermal evaporation technique in a vacuum of 10^-6 torr. A main peak in the photocurrent is observed at 781 nm (1.58 eV) with two lower amplitude peaks on the lower wavelength side and one on higher wavelength side. The evaluated thermal activation energy is found to correspond well with the main spectral peak. From these studies it can be inferred that temperatures up to 453 K is still in the extrinsic conductivity region of the studied ZnTe thin films. The paper was presented at the 6th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference (6th ATPC), held at Gauhati University, during 8–11 October 2001.     

Conjugate filters with spectral-like resolution for 2D incompressible flows

A conjugate filter oscillation reduction scheme originally developed for compressible flows and in general for hyperbolic conservation laws is applied to the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation with periodic boundary conditions. Conjugate low-pass and high-pass filters are constructed by using a local spectral method, the discrete singular convolution algorithm. A spectral-like resolution, i.e., near the machine precision obtained at a sampling rate close to the Nyquist limit (2 points per wavelength), is achieved in treating a smooth initial value problem which admits an exact solution. The spectral-like resolution is enhanced by the use of conjugate low-pass filters in treating the double shear layer and multi-shear layer problems, which exhibit extremely small flow features.     

系数矩阵含参数分裂形式的SOR迭代法收敛性分析

给出预条件方后线性方程组的系数矩阵的一类含参数的分裂形式,使系数矩阵的分裂更加一般化,同时讨论在该形式下的SOR迭代法的收敛性,并与一般的预条件方法进行比较分析,说明这种方法收敛性更好,最后找到参数的最优选取.     

嵌入式数据库SQLite在核仪器数据管理中的应用

针对核仪器中采用文件方式管理二进制谱线数据块时操作繁杂、格式不一、升级困难等问题,本项目通过嵌入体积小、速度快、稳定可靠的SQLite数据库,采用BLOB类型存储二进制谱线数据块,利用事务传输批量数据,提高了谱线数据管理性能与安全性。根据谱线数据管理要求,设计实用的谱线数据管理系统,验证SQLite数据库在核仪器数据管理中高效、便捷、可靠等优势。     

Life Prediction Based on Transient Dynamics Analysis of Van Semi-trailer with Air Suspension System

The early fatigue damage in the van-body of the semi-trailer is often caused by the unique mechanical characteristics and the dynamic impact of the loads.The traditional finite element method with static strength analysis cannot support the fatigue design of van-body;thus,the dynamics analysis should be adopted for the endurance performance.The accurate dynamics model to describe the transient impacts of all kinds of uneven road and the proper system transfer functions to calculate the load transfer effects...     

金属阴极真空型紫外探测器光谱响应测试研究

紫外探测相比红外探测的一个重要优势是背景干净,信噪比高.这一优势充分体现的前提是其日盲特性.本文利用光谱测试系统对制作的金属阴极真空紫外探测器的光谱响应进行测试,并将测试结果与传统的碲铷阴极紫外探测器的光谱响应曲线进行对比,比较了这两类器件的紫外日盲特性,发现金属阴极在日盲特性方面有一定的优势,最终指出该类型器件在某些特殊场合的潜在应用.