‘Operational health’ monitoring for confidence in long term electric field measurements

The paper describes practical aspects of electrostatic fieldmeter instrumentation for long term monitoring of electric fields in adverse environmental conditions. Examples of applications have been in studies of tank washing on large crude oil tankers and measurement of atmospheric electric fields. Particular attention is drawn to the technique developed for continuous monitoring of operational health to justify confidence in observations.     

An alternative approach for charge decay measurement to assess the suitability of materials

A method of charge decay testing is proposed in which a localized electric field is applied by a fieldmeter to an area of the material to be tested. The variation of electric field is recorded as charge migrates across the surface. Arrangements are described for this method of testing and studies reported comparing results with corona and tribocharge decay measurements. Interesting differences are shown between the methods of testing.Induction charge decay testing is not proposed as a replacement for corona or tribocharge decay testing. It offers the opportunity for simpler instrumentation and measurement of faster charge decay times.     

Effect of orographic features on global atmospheric electrical parameters over 160 different places of United States

Global atmospheric electrical parameters like atmospheric conductivity, air-earth current density, electric field, and atmospheric potential have been estimated over different places of United States (US) assuming fair weather conditions. Results show that atmospheric electrical conductivity and current density increase with height from sea level, while electric field remains constant at all altitudes. The atmospheric potential, on the other hand, decreases in US orography. New best fit regression lines between the atmospheric electrical parameters and height from sea level have been examined for US orography in both clean and clear atmosphere.     

大气模式与气溶胶模型对辐射传输计算的影响

大气模式与气溶胶模型选择是影响定量遥感应用的辐射传输计算的重要因素。人们一般凭感性认识去进行选择,有一定随意性,对其带来的影响程度关注甚少。以太阳辐射计测量为依据,对大气模式与气溶胶模型选择方法作了研究,并利用经辐射定标过的光谱辐射计地面测量对辐射传输计算精度进行了验证。在昆明进行的试验表明,在0.50~0.68μm范围内,选择中纬度冬季大气模式和大陆型气溶胶,经辐射传输计算后得到的光谱辐射亮度与光谱辐射计测量结果一致性很好,差别在3.3%以内;变换大气模式对辐射传输计算产生明显影响,差别达10%左右;选择不同的气溶胶模型对辐射传输计算影响也很大,差别达11%左右。基于辐射计测量的大气模式与气溶胶模型选择避免了主观选择的不可靠性,有益于减少辐射传输计算或卫星遥感大气订正的误差。     

西藏地区近地晴天大气电场气象效应和时间变化研究

基于西藏羊八井宇宙线观测站在2006年3月至2011年6月期间记录的近地大气电场数据, 分析研究了该地区近地晴天大气电场气象效应和时间变化特征. 气象效应分析结果显示, 该地区近地晴天大气电场与三个气象参量(大气压强、温度和相对湿度)的长时间变化趋势基本一致, 并有明显的季节效应. 冬春季, 大气电场强度整体水平相对较低, 约为0.14 kV/m; 夏秋季, 电场强度水平相对较高, 为0.18 kV/m左右. 近地晴天大气电场强度与大气温度间的线性相关性最强, 拟合相关系数达到0.89; 与大气压强和相对湿度间的线性相关性相对较弱, 拟合相关系数依次为0.43和0.53. 傅里叶分析结果表明: 晴天大气电场时间变化受太阳日周期、半太阳日周期及其三、四次谐波分量调制作用, 调制强度依次减弱. 西藏地区近地晴天大气电场日变化特征呈大陆简单型, 即双峰双谷. 主、次峰谷分别出现在白天和夜间, 主峰谷出现的早晚因季节不同略有差异, 次峰谷出现的早晚因季节不同差异相对较大.     

曝光时间对上行传输光束强度起伏的影响

上行传输光束的闪烁起伏影响星地激光链路的稳定性,而利用时间平滑效应,增加光电探测器曝光时间是克服大气闪烁的有效途径之一。考虑曝光时间的平滑效应,分别导出了小天顶角和大天顶角下的时间平滑因子表达式,在此基础上,分析了接收终端离地高度和天顶角对时间平滑效应的影响。研究结果表明,随着曝光时间的增大,上行传输光束的闪烁强度显著降低;随着接收终端离地高度和天顶角的增大,大气闪烁时间平滑作用降低。     

9.5 m高水平极化有界波电磁脉冲模拟器内场分布特性的初步实验研究

测量了9.5 m高的水平极化有界波电磁脉冲模拟器的内部场,并根据实验测量结果分析了该模拟器内场分布特性,包括一定区域内场均匀性的定量分析及模拟器内部有效测试空间的确定方法,进而对最低位置为距离地面2 m的有效测试空间进行了预估。实验结果表明:位于该模拟器双锥中心正下方且距离该中心5.5～7.5 m的测点场的峰值基本按照测点与双锥中心间距的倒数衰减,且随着测点与双锥中心间距的增大,因锥与极板不连续结构导致的波形变化在时间轴上滞后,而因地面影响导致的波形变化在时间轴上提前;在距离地面比较高的水平面上,两极板之间场的外泄方向场的衰减比双锥中轴线方向场的衰减更慢;该模拟器内部距离地面2 m的水平面上12 m×12 m的区域内所取测点的归一化场平均峰值约为0.678,归一化场平均峰值的标准偏差约为0.068 9,场的均匀性约为2.039 dB。     

基于原子的微波场测量

本文分别综述了基于热原子、冷原子体系的微波场测量的研究进展,以及基于纠缠原子的高灵敏微波电场测量的最新结果。文中详细介绍了基于原子的微波场测量与实验进展,内容主要包括:热原子样品中,利用里德堡原子的电磁感应透明效应和Autler-Townes效应,实现微波电场的场强测量和微波电场空间分布特征的亚波长空间高分辨率成像。冷原子样品中,介绍了相邻里德堡态与微波的相干耦合强度受微波功率的影响,以及通过铷原子基态超精细能级与微波相干耦合振荡,实现基于原子的新型微波功率标准的研究。此外,利用冷原子探针实现微米级空间分辨率的二维微波场场强分布测量。最后我们对采用原子的量子纠缠态提高微波场强探测灵敏度的技术方案进行了讨论,量子纠缠的引入将有望使微波探测的灵敏度突破标准量子极限,获得优于传统雷达探测灵敏度的测量结果。     

Experimental study of the effect of wind on positive and negative corona from a sharp point in a thunderstorm

Corona discharge measurements made during a thunderstorm on a mountain at an altitude of almost 3300 m above sea level were analyzed for their dependence on the ambient electric field and the local wind speed. The corona current data were taken from an earthed needle point mounted at a height of 3 m above the ground. The coronating point was exposed to natural wind speeds of up to 14 m/s. Comparisons are made with empirical relationships dating back to the mid-1900s and new formulae are provided to describe the effect of wind on the magnitude of corona current measured under natural conditions.     

湍流大气中激光上行和下行传输时相位奇点的演化

利用激光大气传输四维程序数值模拟了激光在湍流大气中上行和下行传输时产生的相位奇点的变化过程。由模拟结果可知,当光束自地面向空中垂直上行传输时,相位奇点数密度随传输高度的变化有一个从无到有、从快速增加到缓慢增加、达到峰值后又减小的过程;湍流越强,畸变光场中产生的相位奇点数密度越大,达到的峰值越高,且达到峰值后减小的幅度也越大,但达到峰值时对应的传输高度越低;当激光自空中某一位置垂直下行传输时,相位奇点数密度随传输距离的增加有一个从无到有、从缓慢增加到快速增加且在接近地平面处急剧增加的过程。另外,通过对模拟结果的曲线拟合发现,激光在湍流大气中上行传输时产生的相位奇点数密度与传输高度的关系符合黑体辐射公式;当激光在湍流大气中下行传输时,相位奇点数密度随传输距离的增加呈指数增加。     

地面附近的高空核爆电磁脉冲环境

 主要研究在高空核爆的双指数类型电磁脉冲平面波入射时，地面附近的电磁脉冲环境。计算给出了在不同入射波状态，不同地表介质电气特性和距地面不同高度等条件下的电磁脉冲环境参数，归纳了一些规律性认识。结果显示：地面附近的电场会随距地面高度的不同而发生显著的变化，对于水平场分量，其反射场总是试图抵消入射场，而对于垂直场分量，其反射场叠加在入射场上，使得地面附近的垂直场强幅值一般大于入射波场强幅值；当入射波仰角增大时，合成电场波形的脉冲宽度会变宽；地表介质的电气特性参数不同也会对地面附近电场的波形和幅值造成一定的影响。     

多波长发光二极管光源雷达系统与近地面低层大气气溶胶探测

设计并研制了一台多波长发光二极管(LED)光源雷达系统,用于探测近地面低层大气气溶胶特性.介绍了LED光源雷达系统的组成及工作原理,计算分析了系统几何重叠因子,从而确定了LED光源雷达系统的最低探测高度为60 m.研究了LED光源雷达散射回波信号的数据反演方法,根据LED光源雷达适合近距离探测的特点,采用了Fernald前向积分反演算法,并以地面能见度仪数据为基础,确定了气溶胶消光系数的边界值.利用所设计的475, 530和625 nm三个波长的LED光源雷达系统,分别在轻度污染、中度污染和重度污染天气情况下,对西安夜晚城区上空低层大气气溶胶进行了探测,获得了近300 m高度内三个波长的大气气溶胶消光系数高度分布曲线,并对近地面低层大气气溶胶的垂直分布与变化特征进行了探讨.     

Flux variations of cosmic ray air showers detected by LHAASO-KM2A during a thunderstorm on June 10, 2021

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has three sub-arrays, KM2A, WCDA, and WFCTA. The flux variations of cosmic ray air showers were studied by analyzing the KM2A data during a thunderstorm on June 10, 2021. The number of shower events that meet the trigger conditions increases significantly in atmospheric electric fields, with a maximum fractional increase of 20%. The variations in trigger rates (increases or decreases) were found to be strongly dependent on the primary zenith angle. The flux of secondary particles increased significantly, following a trend similar to that of shower events. To better understand the observed behavior, Monte Carlo simulations were performed with CORSIKA and G4KM2A (a code based on GEANT4). We found that the experimental data (in saturated negative fields) were in good agreement with the simulations, assuming the presence of a uniform electric field of -700 V/cm with a thickness of 1500 m in the atmosphere above the observation level. Due to the acceleration/deceleration by the atmospheric electric field, the number of secondary particles with energy above the detector threshold was modified, resulting in the changes in shower detection rate.     

PM2.5质量浓度廓线的激光雷达反演研究

针对PM2.5质量浓度在空间不同高度上的分布测量较难这一问题,采用激光雷达和大气透射仪以及粒径谱仪进行联合探测,反演PM2.5质量浓度廓线.考虑相对湿度等因素的影响,通过大气透射仪和粒径谱仪建立地面PM2.5质量浓度与大气透过率之间的函数关系.以大气透射仪所测地面大气透过率值为基准,修正激光雷达大气透过率在高空的边界值,结合Fernald后向积分法反演出大气透过率的垂直分布.依据建立的函数关系和大气透过率垂直分布,得到PM2.5质量浓度廓线,并采用HYSPLIT后向轨迹分析不同高度层气溶胶的输送和动态变化.通过激光雷达、大气透射仪和粒径谱仪的联合探测实验,结果表明:经大气透射仪修正后,大气透过率垂直分布精度得到了提高,PM2.5质量浓度廓线很好的反映了气溶胶垂直分布的微物理变化特征.     

Coherence function and mean field of plane and spherical sound waves propagating through inhomogeneous anisotropic turbulence

Inhomogeneity and anisotropy are intrinsic characteristics of daytime and nighttime atmospheric turbulence. For example, turbulent eddies are often stretched in the direction of the mean wind, and the turbulence statistics depends on the height above the ground. Recent studies have shown that the log-amplitude and phase fluctuations of plane and spherical sound waves are significantly affected by turbulence inhomogeneity and anisotropy. The present paper is devoted to studies of the mean sound field and the coherence functions of plane and spherical sound waves propagating through inhomogeneous anisotropic turbulence with temperature and velocity fluctuations. These statistical moments of a sound field are important in many practical applications, e.g., for source detection, ranging, and recognition. Formulas are derived for the mean sound field and coherence function of initially arbitrary waveform. Using the latter formula, we also obtained formulas for the coherence functions of plane and spherical sound waves. All these formulas coincide with those known in the literature for two limiting cases: homogeneous isotropic turbulence with temperature and wind velocity fluctuations, and inhomogeneous anisotropic turbulence with temperature fluctuations only. Using the formulas obtained, we have numerically shown that turbulence inhomogeneity significantly affects the coherence functions of plane and spherical sound waves.     

A new electrostatic field measurement method: The coherent-notch field mill

Conventional electric field mill designs are not able to measure quasi-static atmospheric electric fields in the vicinity of high-voltage power systems. The electric fields generated by such power systems produce severe perturbations to the quasi-static background electric field. Filtering of these perturbations by the field mill circuitry seems to be easy because of their periodically alternating character. However, the operation of a field mill involves an effective signal filtering method, as presented in this paper. Because field mill operation gives rise to amplitude modulation of the incident electric field under measurement, a new technique based on coherent demodulation and notch filtering is proposed. Simulation and experimental results validate the excellent performance of the proposed method for measuring sudden step functions in electric field in presence of a severely perturbed ambient.     

外电场下L-茶氨酸分子的结构特征与光谱性质

L-茶氨酸(N-乙基-L-谷氨酰胺)是一类具有降压、抗氧化的非蛋白氨基酸,研究外场下它的结构和光谱特征有助于人们更好地认识L-茶氨酸分子的性质.基于密度泛函理论,利用B3LYP方法,在6-311g(d,p)基组水平上对L-茶氨酸分子进行几何构型优化,在此基础上计算L-茶氨酸分子在不同外电场下(0～0.0125 a.u.)的分子各键长与振动频率,得到对应的红外光谱.同时,在相同的基组下采用含时密度泛函方法(TD-DFT)计算外电场对分子的激发态、前线轨道和能隙的影响.结果表明:分子结构及其紫外、红外光谱都随外电场强度发生变化.随外电场的增加,伸缩振动频率红移,弯曲振动频率蓝移;最高占据轨道的能量(E_(HOMO))与最低空轨道的能量(E_(LUMO))发生改变,前线轨道能隙先小幅增加后随电场减小,分子活性先减小后增强;紫外吸收光谱先蓝移后红移.本研究对L-茶氨酸分子的检测、合成及其生物活性的研究可提供理论依据.     

The effect of the thunderstorm activity on the tien shan neutron monitor data

Variations in the neutron monitor counting rate at the at the mountain level (3340 m above sea level) during the passage of electrically charged clouds above the installation have been investigated. It is established that the decrease in the counting rate with respect to fair-weather level is due to positive values of the atmospheric electric field (～40–50 kV m^?1). This effect is observed in the low-energy part of the neutron component intensity and is absent in the high-energy part (neutron emission multiplicity exceeds 6).     

接大地的双绞线负载响应简化模型

电子设备电源线一般为双绞线,由于结构特殊,在计算其受辐射负载响应时非常繁琐。很多情况下,电源线中有一条是连接大地的地线,且离地高度远大于绞线间距。针对该类双绞线受辐射时的负载响应计算问题,从Taylor模型出发,提出一种分析接地平行双线负载响应的简化模型,并推广至双绞线。该模型是将接地双绞线等效成电流为两倍的理想导电平面上的单导线模型,通过求解单线模型的BLT方程,计算其负载响应。与CST仿真结果的比较证明了该模型的有效性。     

外场下丙烯酸甲酯的激发特性研究

采用密度泛函B3LYP方法在6-311+ +G* *基组上优化了不同外电场作用下丙烯酸甲酯分子的基态几何结构、电偶极矩和分子的总能量,并且分析了分子的HOMO-3到LUMO+3轨道的能量变化,然后利用杂化CIS-DFT方法(CIS-B3LYP)在相同基组下探讨了无电场时丙烯酸甲酯分子前9个激发态的激发能、波长和振子强度和外电场对丙烯酸甲酯分子激发态的影响规律.结果表明,分子的几何构型与外电场大小有着较强的依赖关系.随着外电场的增大,分子总能量先增大后减小,电偶极矩μ先减小后增大,激发能随电场 关键词： 丙烯酸甲酯 外电场 振子强度 激发能