Derivation of component aerosol direct radiative forcing at the top of atmosphere for clear-sky oceans

A two-step approach is proposed to derive component aerosol direct radiative forcing (ADRF) at the top of atmosphere (TOA) over global oceans from 60°S to 60°N for clear-sky condition by combining Terra CERES/MODIS-SSF shortwave (SW) flux and aerosol optical thickness (AOT) observations with the fractions of component AOTs from the GSFC/GOCART model. The derived global annual mean component ADRF is +0.08±0.17 W/m² for black carbon, −0.52±0.24 W/m² for organic carbon, −1.10±0.42 W/m² for sulfate, −0.99±0.37 W/m² for dust, −2.44±0.84 W/m² for sea salt, and −4.98±1.67 W/m² for total aerosols. The total ADRF has also been partitioned into anthropogenic and natural components with a value of −1.25±0.43 and −3.73±1.27 W/m², respectively. The major sources of error in the estimates have also been discussed. The analysis adds an alternative technique to narrow the large difference between current model-based and observation-based global estimates of component ADRF by combining the satellite measurement with the model simulation.     

Sensitivity of trace gas abundances retrievals from infrared limb emission spectra to simplifying approximations in radiative transfer modelling

The accuracy of trace gas abundances retrieved from spectrally resolved infrared limb emission measurements relies, among other things, on the appropriate modelling of radiative transfer through the actual atmosphere. We quantify the mapping of several commonly applied simplifications in radiative transfer modelling on the trace gas abundances retrieval error at the example of the Michelson interferometer for passive atmospheric sounding (MIPAS)/environmental satellite (ENVISAT) space borne Fourier transform infra-red limb emission experiment. The Karlsruhe optimized and precise radiative transfer algorithm (KOPRA) which was used as a tool for this study will be introduced. KOPRA supports accurate modelling of the particular instrument requirements of MIPAS and the observation scenarios during the ENVISAT mission, in particular with respect to its viewing direction and its altitude coverage of the atmosphere. We show that disregarding of horizontal temperature inhomogeneities and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium effects, insufficient accuracy in modelling of field-of-view and apodisation effects, and disregarding individual profiles of isotopic species play the key roles in radiative transfer modelling and lead to systematic retrieval errors which can by far exceed the expected random retrieval error caused by measurement noise.     

On the use of principal component analysis to speed up radiative transfer calculations

Radiative transfer is computationally expensive. However, it is essential to many applications, in particular remote sensing retrievals. Principal component analysis of the optical depth and single scattering albedo profiles has been proposed as a possible method to help ease the computational burden. Here we show how the technique could be applied to a practical problem of CO₂ retrievals from high spectral resolution measurements of reflected sunlight in three near infrared bands. We obtain a speed improvement of more than 50 fold (compared to monochromatic computations), while reproducing the radiances to better than 0.1% accuracy.     

大气气溶胶光学厚度对天基光学遥感系统成像品质的影响

由于大气环境的变化,大气气溶胶污染对光学遥感器成像品质的影响越来越受到载荷研制部门的重视。天基光学遥感系统成像过程中,受到大气气溶胶退化的影响使得光学遥感器成像品质的恶化。大气导致图像质量降低主要原因之一是气溶胶混浊介质引起的前向光散射。根据气溶胶辐射特性,利用混浊介质辐射传输方程,推导了包含气溶胶光学特性的大气点扩散函数模型。根据此模型,定量化分析与评价其对光学遥感器成像的大气模糊效应。研究发现气溶胶介质除了对遥感器成像过程中大气透过率能量衰减影响外,更重要的是由于散射对成像质量产生退化作用,大气气溶胶光学厚度的增加使得气溶胶散射强度的增强,气溶胶光学厚度的变化同样强烈的影响着点扩散函数的空间分布范围,正是因为气溶胶在空间域内对图像产生的退化作用,使得遥感图像质量降低,尤其是图像清晰度的下降。同时,该模型也为遥感图像仿真中,大气链路环节的优化与改进提供了参考依据与模型方法。     

Study on the impact of polar stratospheric clouds on high resolution mid-IR limb emission spectra

Satellite observations of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) in the mid-infrared by high resolution limb emission spectrometers like the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding have been simulated. For particles with radius the scattered tropospheric radiance accounts for a significant part of the continuum signal and leads to absorption line features overlaid over the stratospheric emission spectrum. The scattered radiance shows a strong dependence on particle size up to about radius with a maximum around 3-4. The contribution of scattered radiation depends heavily on tropospheric cloud coverage and earth surface temperature. Distinction of PSCs of different composition is possible for small particles due to differences in the imaginary part of the refractive index. For particles with radii between 1 and the simulated spectra for various PSC compositions differ due to different real parts of the refractive index. For larger particles no distinction is possible any more. Solar radiance scattered by PSCs is important for wavenumbers larger than about . For a forward scattering geometry with 30° between the position of the sun and the limb viewing direction solar contribution exceeds the terrestrial scattered radiation by about a factor of 10.     

Effect of humidity and UV-assistance on the preparation of erbium doped alumina by aerosol MOCVD process

The effect of deposition temperature, relative humidity of carrier gas and UV-assistance on the growth of Erbium-doped aluminium oxide films has been studied. The films were prepared from aluminium acetylacetonate (Al(C₅H₇O₂)₃) and erbium (III) Tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate) (Er(TMHD)₃) by UV and aerosol-assisted metal-organic chemical vapour deposition, using air with controlled humidity as carrier gas. Amorphous transparent films were deposited between 350 and 460 °C. It was observed that UV assistance allows a large decrease down to 5 kJ/mol of the activation energy of the deposition reaction for deposition temperatures lower than 420 °C. More over, depositing under high air humidity induced higher deposition rate, lower level of organic contamination and higher film density. Under these conditions Er-doped aluminium oxide films with a refractive index value of 1.71 were obtained at 460 °C.     

大气湍流对遥感系统分辨力的影响

以平面波为例,分别针对较弱和较强的湍流模型,通过计算到达角起伏讨论了高空光学遥感系统由大气湍流引起的地面图像分辨力问题。结果表明,对于给定的遥感系统口径和高度,较强湍流引起的图像分辨力的1cm左右;而较强湍流引起的图像分辨力则可达10cm量级。对于自身的地面分辨力具有m的量级的传统光学遥感系统,上述影响并不明显。对于现代高辨力光学遥感系统,这种影响便不容忽略,特别是对较强的湍流,往往需要用自适应光学等方法加以补偿。     

Sensitivity of atmospheric-surface parameters retrieval to the spectral stability of channels in thermal IR

Sensitivity of the solutions of forward and inverse problems of the atmospheric-surface parameters retrieval to spectral shifts of channels is considered. The solution of the forward problem is obtained by radiative transfer simulation. The retrieval (solution of the inverse problem) is obtained by linear (optimal interpolation) and non-linear (variational) techniques. It is shown that atmospheric temperature profiles exhibit high sensitivity to the spectral shift, while the humidity profiles are moderately sensitive while the sea surface temperatures retrievals are insensitive. Two approaches are proposed to reduce the effect of channel spectral shift, one is based on channel selection and the other approach is related to proper calibration of the cost function. We performed the numerical simulations using the parameters of AIRS spectrometer to illustrate the sensitivity of forward and inverse problems. The results of the simulation show that the inversion error can be significantly reduced by the proposed techniques.     

红外光谱遥测固体推进剂燃烧温度及有机化合物对其影响

本文用遥感FTIR光谱 ,测定了固体推进剂燃烧火焰在光谱范围为 4 5 0 0～ 70 0cm- 1 处的红外发射光谱 ,利用HCl分子转振基带 (3 4 6 μm)精细结构的P 分支光谱 ,准确测定了固体推进剂燃烧火焰温度 ,并对含有不同材料固体推进剂 ,如有机化合物对燃烧温度的影响 ,作了讨论。     

Rlationship between the aerosol scattering ratio and temperature of atmosphere and the sensitivity of a Doppler wind lidar with iodine filter

The sensitivity of Doppler wind lidar is an important parameter which affects the performance of Doppler wind lidar. Aerosol scattering ratio, atmospheric temperature, and wind speed obviously affect the mea- surement of Doppler wind lidar with iodine filter. We discuss about the relationship between the measurement sensitivity and the above atmospheric parameters. The numerical relationship between them is given through the theoretical simulation and calculation.     

Effect of microcosmic optical parameters of dopants on the signal-to-noise ratio in doubly doped LiNbO3 crystals

We propose a united theory that describes the two-center recording system by taking scattering noise into account. The temporal evolution of the signal-to-noise ratio in doubly doped photorefractive crystals is described based on jointly solving material equations and coupled-wave equations with the fourth-order Runge–Kutta method. Roles of microcosmic optical parameters of dopants on the signal-to-noise ratio are discussed in detail. The theoretical results can confirm and predict experimental results.     

Effect of global plasma parameters on the transition of edge pedestal properties in jϕ−α space

We have derived analytic expressions for the variation of the normalized pressure gradient and current density in the edge pedestal in terms of global plasma parameters. Comparison of our model with numerical results shows good agreement. Our model has been applied to explain the behavior of pedestal width and height when the plasma parameters change. The transition of the equilibrium point with the change of plasma parameters for the same pedestal width in the ${\mathit{j}}_{?}-\alpha$ space is calculated using our model. The growth or contraction of the edge pedestal can then be determined if the new stability boundary is known.     

Effect of the stagnation temperature on supersonic flow parameters: Application for air in nozzles

When the stagnation temperature of a perfect gas increases, the specific heats and their ratio do not remain constant any more and start to vary with this temperature. The gas remains perfect and its state equation always remains valid, except it will be called a calorically imperfect gas. The aim of this research is to develop the relations of the necessary thermodynamics and geometrical ratios and to study the supersonic flow at high temperature (lower than the threshold of dissociation). The results are found by the resolution of nonlinear algebraic equations and integration of complex analytical functions where the exact calculation is impossible. The dichotomy method is used to solve the nonlinear equation, and the Simpson algorithm is used for the numerical integration of the found integrals. A condensation of the nodes is used, since the functions to be integrated have a high gradient at the extremity of the interval of integration. A comparison is made with a calorifcally perfect gas to determine the error of this. An application is made for air in a supersonic nozzle. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Effect of particle size distribution and dynamics on the performance of two-dimensional packing

Extensive computer simulation is used to revisit and to generalize two classical problems: (i) the random car-parking dynamics of A. Rényi and (ii) the irreversible random sequential adsorption (RSA) of parallel squares of same size on a planar substrate of area L². In this paper, differently from the classical RSA, the squares obey the size distribution n(a)=n(1)a^−τ, where a=1,2,3,… is the area of the squares. Using this scaling distribution and three classes of packing dynamics we study the final packing fraction of particles, ?(τ,L), and in particular its thermodynamic limit L→∞. We show that the efficiency to attain a high/low packing density of particles on the substrate is strongly dependent on the value of the exponent τ and on the characteristics of the dynamics.     

Effect of uniaxial strain on the structure of self-localized excitons in alkali halide crystals

We have used luminescence spectroscopy to establish the effect of low-temperature (100 K) elastic uniaxial strain on the configuration of a self-localized exciton (SLE) in alkali halide crystals (AHCs) at the instant of radiative relaxation. In face-centered (fc) alkali halide crystals, redistribution of the luminescence intensity occurs from the asymmetric SLE configuration to the symmetric SLE configuration (type III → II → I), while conversely in body-centered (bc) alkali halide crystals the redistribution occurs in favor of the asymmetric (polarized) SLE configuration (type I → II). External strain along the 〈100〉 direction leads to effective slip of the anions in the alkali halide crystals along the 〈110〉 direction, coinciding with the direction of compression of the SLE, which promotes creation of preferentially the symmetric SLE configuration, while strain along the 〈110〉 direction, acting perpendicularly to the length of the SLE, leads to elongation of the SLE, which promotes creation of the asymmetric SLE configuration with a higher degree of polarization. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 67–72, January–February, 2007.     

Effect of oxygen diffusion on the relaxation parameters of paramagnetic centers on the surface of alumina

The present article is concerned with theoretical consideration of the effect of oxygen diffusion on the relaxation parameters of paramagnetic centers (PC) located on a surface. Proceeding from a model of dipole-dipole interaction between paramagnetic molecules of O₂ and PC that is modulated by translational diffusion motion of O₂ molecules in the volume and on surface of an adsorbent and in its pores, we give an explanation for the observed dependence of the intensity of the EPR signal on the pressure of O₂. In the present case, diffusion in the volume is the decisive factor. We also managed to explain the presence of an SHF field power threshold for the indicated phenomenon to be observed. In the calculations we used correlation functions obtained earlier for diffusion in a volume. Institute of Physicoorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 13, Surganov St., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 230–235, March–April, 1998.     

Theoretical studies on the SH parameters and local distortion structure of KCl:Ag crystal

Complete diagonalization of the energy matrix and high order perturbation formulae of spin-Hamiltonian (SH) parameters possessing D_4h symmetry for the 4d⁹ ion based on the crystal- and ligand-field theory in tetragonal symmetry are expressed and applied to the study of local distortion structure of the KCl:Ag²⁺ crystal. The calculated results agree well with experimental findings. Both complete diagonalization of energy matrix and high order perturbation approach are appropriate for the investigations of SH parameters of 4d⁹ ions in tetragonal crystals. Tetragonal distortion due to the Jahn-Teller effect for the tetragonal Ag²⁺ center at the K⁺ site of KCl crystal is also acquired from the calculations.     

Effect of the parameters on diffraction efficiency after thermal fixing for reflection geometry hologram storage in LiNbO3:Fe

For reflection geometry hologram storage in LiNbO₃:Fe, we have shown that the diffraction efficiency increases with doping level and thickness of storage material monotonically. When the acute angle between reference and z-axis is large enough for getting a relative small Bragg angle that is needed for angle multiplexing, smaller angle does good to diffraction efficiency after thermal fixing. And for absorption coefficient, there is an appropriate value responding to optimal diffraction efficiency after thermal fixing and we develop a theoretical model that predicts achievable diffraction efficiency after thermal fixing as a function of crystal thickness, doping level, acute angle between reference and z-axis and absorption coefficient. We compare this model with experiment results and get a good agreement.