Geomagnetic observatory data are crucial for all branches of geophysics because they can contribute to earthquake research by detecting anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field.Recently,data records from the Misallat(...Geomagnetic observatory data are crucial for all branches of geophysics because they can contribute to earthquake research by detecting anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field.Recently,data records from the Misallat(MLT)and Abu Simbel(ABS)Egyptian geomagnetic observatories were processed and found to be of good quality.In this study,Egyptian observatory data were tested during both quiet and disturbed events and compared with data from INTERMAGNET observatories worldwide at different latitudes and within a narrow range of longitudes in both hemispheres.This study investigated the relationships between magnetic field components from Egyptian observatories and those from INTERMAGNET observatories using graphical representations of the X components;Pearson’s correlation for the X,Y,Z,and F components;cross-correlation for the X component;and wavelet coherence for the F component.The results of this study showed a high correlation between Egyptian observatories and all utilized INTERMAGNET stations,except those located at high latitudes,during both quiet and disturbed events.Additionally,the study confirmed the observed consistency between Egyptian observatories and selected INTERMAGNET stations.Therefore,Egyptian observatories can feasibly fill the gap in the Middle East and North Africa.展开更多
The Low Earth Orbit(LEO)geomagnetic satellites provide a large number of high-precision measurements,which are crucial for researching the Secular Variation(SV)of the geomagnetic field.We employ the combined constella...The Low Earth Orbit(LEO)geomagnetic satellites provide a large number of high-precision measurements,which are crucial for researching the Secular Variation(SV)of the geomagnetic field.We employ the combined constellation data from the Chinese Seismo-Electromagnet Satellite(CSES)and Swarm satellites to extract the SV in China and surrounding areas,based on the Geomagnetic Virtual Observatory(GVO)method.On this basis,we have developed two GVO products:the core field,and the SV series.The accuracies of these products are assessed using ground observatories measurements and geomagnetic field model.Moreover,the results indicate that the GVO products align well with the series from ground observatories and the CHAOS model.The majority of root-mean-square deviation(RMSE)values of the core field series are less than 5 nT,consistent with the INTERMAGNET standards for quasi-definitive data.In the GVO core field series,the maximum accuracy of one-month and four-month intervals are 2.24 nT and 1.16 nT,respectively.In the GVO SV series,the maximum accuracy of one-month and four-month intervals are 2.03 nT/yr and 1.36 nT/yr,respectively.The GVO SV series effectively capture geomagnetic jerks without losing temporal resolution comparing with the recording of ground observatories.We demonstrate that the GVO method serves as an effective and precise tool for extracting SV information of geomagnetic fields.In the GVO products,the RMSE of the horizontal component exceeds that of the vertical component,and the magnitude of RMSE deviation correlates with solar activity levels.With more and more geomagnetic satellites in orbit,we wish to use multi-constellation magnetic satellite data to assess the geomagnetic field more accurately.展开更多
Institutions of astronomic research within theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are among thefirst to gain the access to the pilot project of the na-tional knowledge innovation program (KIP) carriedout at CAS. The ope...Institutions of astronomic research within theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are among thefirst to gain the access to the pilot project of the na-tional knowledge innovation program (KIP) carriedout at CAS. The operating mechanism reform at Na-tional Astronomic Observatories (NAO) includes theestablishment of research teams and the introductionof a new system in which R&D projects are in展开更多
A geomagnetic observatory was established at Karachi （geog coord： 24.95°N, 167.14° E）, Pakistan in 1983 which comprised of AMOS-Ⅲ （Automatic Magnetic Observatory System）. In 2006 SUPARCO （Space and Up...A geomagnetic observatory was established at Karachi （geog coord： 24.95°N, 167.14° E）, Pakistan in 1983 which comprised of AMOS-Ⅲ （Automatic Magnetic Observatory System）. In 2006 SUPARCO （Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission） planned to upgrade the old observatory of Karachi in order to qualify it as an IMO （Intermagnet Magnetic Observatory）. Dr. Jean Rasson agreed to give support and assist us in the upgradation. BGS （British Geological Survey） provided a complete observatory instrument setup. Due to perturbations traceable to the increased urbanization, the observatory has been shifted to a site ＂Sonmiani＂, 80 km north-west of Karachi, where long term protection from cultural noise is offered. This site in a sparsely built research complex was selected after a magnetic survey. A new observatory has also been established at Islamabad （geog cord： 33.75° N, 72.87° E） which is mountainous region. SUPARCO purchased new equipment for the establishment of new observatories. Plan of upgradation of observatory at Quetta is also under consideration in order to improve the monitoring of geomagnetic field on the western part of Pakistan. Repeat station work has been done for the northern part of Pakistan with the collaboration of IRM, Belgium. The obtained results also compared with the global geomagnetic model （IGRF）.展开更多
A detector's nondestructive readout mode allows its pixels to be read multiple times during integration,enabling generation of a series of"up-the-ramp"images that continuously accumulate photons between ...A detector's nondestructive readout mode allows its pixels to be read multiple times during integration,enabling generation of a series of"up-the-ramp"images that continuously accumulate photons between successive frames.Because noise is correlated across these images,optimal stacking generally requires the images to be weighted unequally to achieve the best possible target signal-to-noise ratio(SNR).Objects in the sky present wildly varied brightness characteristics,and the counts in individual pixels of the same object can also span wide ranges.Therefore,a single set of weights cannot be optimal in all cases.To ensure that the stacked image is easily calibratable,we apply the same weight to all pixels within the same frame.In practice,results for high-SNR cases degraded only slightly when we used weights derived for low-SNR cases,whereas the low-SNR cases remained more sensitive to the weights.Therefore,we propose a quasi-optimal stacking method that maximizes the stacked SNR for the case where the RSN=1 per pixel in the last frame and use simulated data to demonstrate that this approach enhances the SNR more strongly than the equal-weight stacking and ramp fitting methods.Furthermore,we estimate the improvements in the limiting magnitudes for the China Space Station Telescope using the proposed method.When compared with the conventional readout mode,which is equivalent to selecting the last frame from the nondestructive readout,stacking 30 up-the-ramp images can improve the limiting magnitude by approximately 0.5 mag for the telescope's near-infrared observations,effectively reducing readout noise by approximately 62%.展开更多
Cabled seafloor observatories play an important role in ocean exploration for its long-term, real-time, and in-situ observation characteristics. In establishing a permanent, reliable, and robust seafloor observatory, ...Cabled seafloor observatories play an important role in ocean exploration for its long-term, real-time, and in-situ observation characteristics. In establishing a permanent, reliable, and robust seafloor observatory, a highly reliable cable switching and fault isolation method is essential. After reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of existing switching methods, we propose a novel active switching method for network configuration. Without additional communication path requirements, the switching method provides a way to communicate with a shore station through an existing power transmission path. A coded voltage signal with a distinct sequence is employed as the communication medium to transmit commands. The analysis of the maximum bit frequency of the voltage signals guarantees the accuracy of command recognition. A prototype based on the switching method is built and tested in a laboratory environment, which validated the functionality and reliability of the method.展开更多
The Lembang Fault is a major geological feature in West Java that borders the northern edge of Bandung(one of Indonesia’s largest cities).It lies just south of the active Tangkuban Perahu Volcano,exhibiting clear geo...The Lembang Fault is a major geological feature in West Java that borders the northern edge of Bandung(one of Indonesia’s largest cities).It lies just south of the active Tangkuban Perahu Volcano,exhibiting clear geomorphic signs of recent activity,and has been scientifically confirmed as active through geological and geophysical studies.In this work,we describe an Integrated along the Lembang Fault,which can be used for geodynamic research in Indonesia.We discuss the design of a seismic and Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)array sensor network for continuous monitoring,and report the status of monitoring stations that periodically collect highly accurate,continuous seismographic and GNSS readings,transmitting these data to a central server in Bandung for post-processing.Solutions from the array data are used to provide precise measurements of the deformation of the Earth’s surface over large distances,allowing for spatio-temporal tracking of tectonic movement,and resulting in a better understanding of seismic events in the region.In this study,our investigation revealed a significant compression rate of an estimated 13 microstrain/yr along the Lembang Fault,whereas the strain rate is much smaller farther south of the fault.This study presents the design of a seismo-geodetic observatory network that can be implemented in earthquake-prone regions for mitigation purposes,with particular utility for studying other active faults that also traverse populated areas in Indonesia.展开更多
This paper presents an analysis of an equilateral triangular array formation initialization for space-based gravitational wave observatory(GWO)near Lagrange points in the circular-restricted three-body problem.A stabl...This paper presents an analysis of an equilateral triangular array formation initialization for space-based gravitational wave observatory(GWO)near Lagrange points in the circular-restricted three-body problem.A stable configuration is essential for the continuous observation of gravitational waves(GWs).However,the motion near the collinear libration points is highly unstable.This problem is examined by output regulation theory.Using the tracking aspect,the equilateral triangular array formation is established in two periods and the fuel consumption is calculated.Furthermore,the natural evolution of the formation without control input is analyzed,and the effective stability duration is quantified to determine the timing of control interventions.Finally,to observe the GWs in same direction with different frequency bands,scale reconfiguration is employed.展开更多
Background The Global Cancer Observatory(GLOBOCAN)2022 and the Global Burden of Disease(GBD)2021 are two primary databases for assessing the global cancer burden.This study aimed to compare the incidence and mortality...Background The Global Cancer Observatory(GLOBOCAN)2022 and the Global Burden of Disease(GBD)2021 are two primary databases for assessing the global cancer burden.This study aimed to compare the incidence and mortality rates of tracheal,bronchus,and lung(TBL)cancer reported in these databases and to analyze the observed discrepancies.Methods Age-standardized rates(ASRs),including age-standardized incidence rates and age-standardized mortality rates for TBL cancer,were obtained from GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021 for the most recent available year.Differences in ASRs at the national level between the two databases were quantified using pairwise differences,calculated as the absolute difference in ASRs divided by the mean of the ASRs from both sources.Correlations between macroeconomic factors and pairwise differences in ASRs were evaluated,and country features correlated with high pairwise differences were assessed.The data sources and methods used in the two databases were also compared.Results Strong correlations were identified between ASRs reported by GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021;however,significant differences were observed between estimates from the two data sources.African countries commonly exhibited larger pairwise differences in ASRs,whereas European countries demonstrated smaller pairwise differences in ASRs.Additionally,some populous developing countries,including China,South Africa,Brazil and India,showed smaller differences in ASRs.Countries lacking vital registration systems or high-quality population-based cancer registries displayed larger differences in ASRs.Furthermore,differences in ASRs were negatively correlated with macroeconomic factors.The data sources and estimation methods used by the two databases were inconsistent.Conclusions Discrepancies in TBL cancer incidence and mortality were observed between GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021.While differences in sources and methods partially explain these discrepancies,a country's cancer surveillance maturity and economic status also correlate with the accuracy of the estimates.Estimating the cancer burden in less wealthy countries remains a substantial challenge,necessitating long-term assistance and investment.展开更多
Constant current power transmission is considered a good choice for subsea observatories due to its high resistance to shunt faults. A constant current subsea observatory is planned to be constructed in the East China...Constant current power transmission is considered a good choice for subsea observatories due to its high resistance to shunt faults. A constant current subsea observatory is planned to be constructed in the East China Sea. We discuss a constant current subsea observatory system used for scientific experiments. The power system and its heat dissipation system are carefully designed. The power conversion method is challenging due to the use of constant current power, which is considerably different from traditional power systems. Thus, we adopt power compensation circuits in the conversion system to obtain a constant 48-V output for science users. A power management system that performs overvoltage protection and real-time monitoring and control of junction box is discussed. An innovative heat dissipation structure of a junction box is designed in consideration of a sealed working environment to extend the useful life of the junction box. Simulations and experiments reveal that the system has high efficiency and stability, especially in long-term applications.展开更多
SATech-01 is an experimental satellite for space science exploration and on-orbit demonstration of advanced technologies.The satellite is equipped with 16 experimental payloads and supports multiple working modes to m...SATech-01 is an experimental satellite for space science exploration and on-orbit demonstration of advanced technologies.The satellite is equipped with 16 experimental payloads and supports multiple working modes to meet the observation requirements of various payloads.Due to the limitation of platform power supply and data storage systems,proposing reasonable mission planning schemes to improve scientific revenue of the payloads becomes a critical issue.In this article,we formulate the integrated task scheduling of SATech-01 as a multi-objective optimization problem and propose a novel Fair Integrated Scheduling with Proximal Policy Optimization(FIS-PPO)algorithm to solve it.We use multiple decision heads to generate decisions for each task and design the action mask to ensure the schedule meeting the platform constraints.Experimental results show that FIS-PPO could push the capability of the platform to the limit and improve the overall observation efficiency by 31.5%compared to rule-based plans currently used.Moreover,fairness is considered in the reward design and our method achieves much better performance in terms of equal task opportunities.Because of its low computational complexity,our task scheduling algorithm has the potential to be directly deployed on board for real-time task scheduling in future space projects.展开更多
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Lunar Laser Ranging(LLR),covering key components such as ground observatories,lunar retro-reflectors,and data formats.The paper details the evolution ...This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Lunar Laser Ranging(LLR),covering key components such as ground observatories,lunar retro-reflectors,and data formats.The paper details the evolution of LLR experiments conducted by some major world-class observatories,with a particular focus on addressing critical issues associated with LLR technology.Additionally,the article highlights the latest advancements in the field,elucidating scientific achievements derived from LLR data,including its contributions to gravitational theory,Earth Orientation Parameters,lunar physics exploration,and lunar librations.The review summarizes new challenges in LLR modeling and concludes with prospects for the future development of LLR.展开更多
Strong atmospheric turbulence reduces astronomical seeing,causing speckle images acquired by ground-based solar telescopes to become blurred and distorted.Severe distortion in speckle images impedes image phase deviat...Strong atmospheric turbulence reduces astronomical seeing,causing speckle images acquired by ground-based solar telescopes to become blurred and distorted.Severe distortion in speckle images impedes image phase deviation in the speckle masking reconstruction method,leading to the appearance of spurious imaging artifacts.Relying only on linear image degradation principles to reconstruct solar images is insufficient.To solve this problem,we propose the multiframe blind deconvolution combined with non-rigid alignment(MFBD-CNRA)method for solar image reconstruction.We consider image distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence and use non-rigid alignment to correct pixel-level distortion,thereby achieving nonlinear constraints to complement image intensity changes.After creating the corrected speckle image,we use the linear method to solve the wavefront phase,obtaining the target image.We verify the effectiveness of our method results,compared with others,using solar observation data from the 1 m new vacuum solar telescope(NVST).This new method successfully reconstructs high-resolution images of solar observations with a Fried parameter r0 of approximately 10 cm,and enhances images at high frequency.When r0 is approximately 5 cm,the new method is even more effective.It reconstructs the edges of solar graining and sunspots,and is greatly enhanced at mid and high frequency compared with other methods.Comparisons confirm the effectiveness of this method,with respect to both nonlinear and linear constraints in solar image reconstruction.This provides a suitable solution for image reconstruction in ground-based solar observations under strong atmospheric turbulence.展开更多
Astronomical knowledge entities,such as celestial object identifiers,are crucial for literature retrieval and knowledge graph construction,and other research and applications in the field of astronomy.Traditional meth...Astronomical knowledge entities,such as celestial object identifiers,are crucial for literature retrieval and knowledge graph construction,and other research and applications in the field of astronomy.Traditional methods of extracting knowledge entities from texts face numerous challenging obstacles that are difficult to overcome.Consequently,there is a pressing need for improved methods to efficiently extract them.This study explores the potential of pre-trained Large Language Models(LLMs)to perform astronomical knowledge entity extraction(KEE)task from astrophysical journal articles using prompts.We propose a prompting strategy called PromptKEE,which includes five prompt elements,and design eight combination prompts based on them.We select four representative LLMs(Llama-2-70B,GPT-3.5,GPT-4,and Claude 2)and attempt to extract the most typical astronomical knowledge entities,celestial object identifiers and telescope names,from astronomical journal articles using these eight combination prompts.To accommodate their token limitations,we construct two data sets:the full texts and paragraph collections of 30 articles.Leveraging the eight prompts,we test on full texts with GPT-4and Claude 2,on paragraph collections with all LLMs.The experimental results demonstrate that pre-trained LLMs show significant potential in performing KEE tasks,but their performance varies on the two data sets.Furthermore,we analyze some important factors that influence the performance of LLMs in entity extraction and provide insights for future KEE tasks in astrophysical articles using LLMs.Finally,compared to other methods of KEE,LLMs exhibit strong competitiveness in multiple aspects.展开更多
The water-drop-shaped pressure hull has a good streamline,which has good application prospect in the underwater observatory.Therefore,this study conducted analytical,experimental and numerical investigation of the buc...The water-drop-shaped pressure hull has a good streamline,which has good application prospect in the underwater observatory.Therefore,this study conducted analytical,experimental and numerical investigation of the buckling properties of water-drop-shaped pressure hulls under hydrostatic pressure.A water-drop experiment was conducted to design water-drop-shaped pressure hulls with various shape indices.The critical loads for the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls were resolved by using Mushtari’s formula.Several numerical simulations including linear buckling analysis and nonlinear buckling analysis including eigenmode imperfections were performed.The results indicated that the critical loads resolved by Mushtari's formula were in good agreement with the linear buckling loads from the numerical simulations.This formula can be extended to estimate the buckling capacity of water-drop-shaped pressure hulls.In addition,three groups of pressure hulls were fabricated by using stereolithography,a rapid prototyping technique.Subsequently,three groups of the pressure hulls were subjected to ultrasonic measurements,optical scanning,hydrostatic testing and numerical analysis.The experimental results were consistent with the numerical results.The results indicate that the sharp end of the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls exhibited instability compared with the blunt end.This paper provides a new solution to the limitations of experimental studies on the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls as well as a new configuration and evaluation method for underwater observatories.展开更多
Configuration stability is essential for a space-based Gravitational-Wave(GW)observatory,which can be impacted by orbit insertion uncertainties.Configuration uncertainty propagation is vital for investigating the infl...Configuration stability is essential for a space-based Gravitational-Wave(GW)observatory,which can be impacted by orbit insertion uncertainties.Configuration uncertainty propagation is vital for investigating the influences of uncertainties on configuration stability and can be potentially useful in the navigation and control of GW observatories.Current methods suffer from drawbacks related to high computational burden.To this end,a Radial-Tangential-Ddirectional State Transition Tensor(RT-DSTT)-based configuration uncertainty propagation method is proposed.First,two sensitive directions are found by capturing the dominant secular terms.Considering the orbit insertion errors along the two sensitive directions only,a reduced-order RT-DSTT model is developed for orbital uncertainty propagation.Then,the relationship between the uncertainties in the orbital states and the uncertainties in the configuration stability indexes is mapped using highorder derivatives.The result is a semi-analytical solution that can predict the deviations in the configuration stability indexes given orbit insertion errors.The potential application of the proposed RT-DSTT-based method in calculating the feasible domain is presented.The performance of the proposed method is validated on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna(LISA)project.Simulations show that the proposed method can provide similar results to the STT-based method but requires only half of the computational time.展开更多
Cross-matching is a key technique to achieve fusion of multi-band astronomical catalogs. Due to different equipment such as various astronomical telescopes, the existence of measurement errors, and proper motions of t...Cross-matching is a key technique to achieve fusion of multi-band astronomical catalogs. Due to different equipment such as various astronomical telescopes, the existence of measurement errors, and proper motions of the celestial bodies, the same celestial object will have different positions in different catalogs, making it difficult to integrate multi-band or full-band astronomical data. In this study, we propose an online cross-matching method based on pseudo-spherical indexing techniques and develop a service combining with high performance computing system(Taurus) to improve cross-matching efficiency, which is designed for the Data Center of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. Specifically, we use Quad Tree Cube to divide the spherical blocks of the celestial object and map the 2D space composed of R.A. and decl. to 1D space and achieve correspondence between real celestial objects and spherical patches. Finally, we verify the performance of the service using Gaia 3 and PPMXL catalogs. Meanwhile, we send the matching results to VO tools-Topcat and Aladin respectively to get visual results. The experimental results show that the service effectively solves the speed bottleneck problem of crossmatching caused by frequent I/O, and significantly improves the retrieval and matching speed of massive astronomical data.展开更多
Research on the solar magnetic field and its effects on solar dynamo mechanisms and space weather events has benefited from the continual improvements in instrument resolution and measurement frequency.The augmentatio...Research on the solar magnetic field and its effects on solar dynamo mechanisms and space weather events has benefited from the continual improvements in instrument resolution and measurement frequency.The augmentation and assimilation of historical observational data timelines also play a significant role in understanding the patterns of solar magnetic field variation.Within the realm of astronomical data processing,super-resolution(SR)reconstruction refers to the process of using a substantial corpus of training data to learn the nonlinear mapping between low-resolution(LR)and high-resolution(HR)images,thereby achieving higherresolution astronomical images.This paper is an application study in high-dimensional nonlinear regression.Deep learning models were employed to perform SR modeling on SOHO/MDI magnetograms and SDO/HMI magnetograms,thus reliably achieving resolution enhancement of full-disk SOHO/MDI magnetograms and enhancing the image resolution to obtain more detailed information.For this study,a data set comprising 9717pairs of data from 2010 April to 2011 February was used as the training set,1332 pairs from 2011 March were used as the validation set and 1034 pairs from 2011 April were used as the test set.After data preprocessing,we randomly cropped 128×128 sub-images as the LR cases from the full-disk MDI magnetograms,and the corresponding 512×512 sub-images as HR ones from the HMI full-disk magnetograms for model training.The tests conducted have shown that the study successfully produced reliable 4×SR reconstruction of full-disk MDI magnetograms.The MESR model's results(0.911)were highly correlated with the target HMI magnetographs as indicated by the correlation coefficient values.Furthermore,the method achieved the best PSNR,SSIM,MAE and RMSE values,indicating that the MESR model can effectively reconstruct magnetograms.展开更多
Although Nigeria is not located within the major seismic zones of the world; over the years,several minor earthquakes have been experienced in some parts of the country.The first widely reported occurrence of an Earth...Although Nigeria is not located within the major seismic zones of the world; over the years,several minor earthquakes have been experienced in some parts of the country.The first widely reported occurrence of an Earth tremor in Nigeria was in 1933.Other events were reported in 1939,1964,1984,1990,1994,1997,2000 and 2006.The intensities of these events ranged from III to VI based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.Of these events,only the 1984,1990,1994 and 2000 events were instrumentally recorded.They had body wave magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to 4.5,local magnitudes between 3.7 and 4.2,and surface wave magnitudes of 3.7 to 3.9.When these events occurred,there were no functional seismological observatories in Nigeria.However,that has now changed with the establishment of a seismographic network managed by the Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics（CGG）,Toro,Nigeria.Presently,the network has four operational stations equipped with 24-bit 4-channel recorders and broadband 30-second seismometers.Efforts are being made to establish more stations and migrate to real-time collection of seismic data using the general packet radio service（GPRS） technology as well as automatic location of events.Remote sensing,geological and geophysical studies have revealed the presence of a NNE-SSW trending Ifewara-Zungeru fault zone which has been shown to be linked with the Atlantic fracture system.The dynamics of the Atlantic fracture zones have been suggested to be responsible for the seismic activities experienced in the areas.展开更多
文摘Geomagnetic observatory data are crucial for all branches of geophysics because they can contribute to earthquake research by detecting anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field.Recently,data records from the Misallat(MLT)and Abu Simbel(ABS)Egyptian geomagnetic observatories were processed and found to be of good quality.In this study,Egyptian observatory data were tested during both quiet and disturbed events and compared with data from INTERMAGNET observatories worldwide at different latitudes and within a narrow range of longitudes in both hemispheres.This study investigated the relationships between magnetic field components from Egyptian observatories and those from INTERMAGNET observatories using graphical representations of the X components;Pearson’s correlation for the X,Y,Z,and F components;cross-correlation for the X component;and wavelet coherence for the F component.The results of this study showed a high correlation between Egyptian observatories and all utilized INTERMAGNET stations,except those located at high latitudes,during both quiet and disturbed events.Additionally,the study confirmed the observed consistency between Egyptian observatories and selected INTERMAGNET stations.Therefore,Egyptian observatories can feasibly fill the gap in the Middle East and North Africa.
基金supported by the Special Fund of the Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration(grant no.DQJB24X25).
文摘The Low Earth Orbit(LEO)geomagnetic satellites provide a large number of high-precision measurements,which are crucial for researching the Secular Variation(SV)of the geomagnetic field.We employ the combined constellation data from the Chinese Seismo-Electromagnet Satellite(CSES)and Swarm satellites to extract the SV in China and surrounding areas,based on the Geomagnetic Virtual Observatory(GVO)method.On this basis,we have developed two GVO products:the core field,and the SV series.The accuracies of these products are assessed using ground observatories measurements and geomagnetic field model.Moreover,the results indicate that the GVO products align well with the series from ground observatories and the CHAOS model.The majority of root-mean-square deviation(RMSE)values of the core field series are less than 5 nT,consistent with the INTERMAGNET standards for quasi-definitive data.In the GVO core field series,the maximum accuracy of one-month and four-month intervals are 2.24 nT and 1.16 nT,respectively.In the GVO SV series,the maximum accuracy of one-month and four-month intervals are 2.03 nT/yr and 1.36 nT/yr,respectively.The GVO SV series effectively capture geomagnetic jerks without losing temporal resolution comparing with the recording of ground observatories.We demonstrate that the GVO method serves as an effective and precise tool for extracting SV information of geomagnetic fields.In the GVO products,the RMSE of the horizontal component exceeds that of the vertical component,and the magnitude of RMSE deviation correlates with solar activity levels.With more and more geomagnetic satellites in orbit,we wish to use multi-constellation magnetic satellite data to assess the geomagnetic field more accurately.
文摘Institutions of astronomic research within theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are among thefirst to gain the access to the pilot project of the na-tional knowledge innovation program (KIP) carriedout at CAS. The operating mechanism reform at Na-tional Astronomic Observatories (NAO) includes theestablishment of research teams and the introductionof a new system in which R&D projects are in
文摘A geomagnetic observatory was established at Karachi （geog coord： 24.95°N, 167.14° E）, Pakistan in 1983 which comprised of AMOS-Ⅲ （Automatic Magnetic Observatory System）. In 2006 SUPARCO （Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission） planned to upgrade the old observatory of Karachi in order to qualify it as an IMO （Intermagnet Magnetic Observatory）. Dr. Jean Rasson agreed to give support and assist us in the upgradation. BGS （British Geological Survey） provided a complete observatory instrument setup. Due to perturbations traceable to the increased urbanization, the observatory has been shifted to a site ＂Sonmiani＂, 80 km north-west of Karachi, where long term protection from cultural noise is offered. This site in a sparsely built research complex was selected after a magnetic survey. A new observatory has also been established at Islamabad （geog cord： 33.75° N, 72.87° E） which is mountainous region. SUPARCO purchased new equipment for the establishment of new observatories. Plan of upgradation of observatory at Quetta is also under consideration in order to improve the monitoring of geomagnetic field on the western part of Pakistan. Repeat station work has been done for the northern part of Pakistan with the collaboration of IRM, Belgium. The obtained results also compared with the global geomagnetic model （IGRF）.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFF0503400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China grant (U1931208)China Manned Space Program through its Space Application System.
文摘A detector's nondestructive readout mode allows its pixels to be read multiple times during integration,enabling generation of a series of"up-the-ramp"images that continuously accumulate photons between successive frames.Because noise is correlated across these images,optimal stacking generally requires the images to be weighted unequally to achieve the best possible target signal-to-noise ratio(SNR).Objects in the sky present wildly varied brightness characteristics,and the counts in individual pixels of the same object can also span wide ranges.Therefore,a single set of weights cannot be optimal in all cases.To ensure that the stacked image is easily calibratable,we apply the same weight to all pixels within the same frame.In practice,results for high-SNR cases degraded only slightly when we used weights derived for low-SNR cases,whereas the low-SNR cases remained more sensitive to the weights.Therefore,we propose a quasi-optimal stacking method that maximizes the stacked SNR for the case where the RSN=1 per pixel in the last frame and use simulated data to demonstrate that this approach enhances the SNR more strongly than the equal-weight stacking and ramp fitting methods.Furthermore,we estimate the improvements in the limiting magnitudes for the China Space Station Telescope using the proposed method.When compared with the conventional readout mode,which is equivalent to selecting the last frame from the nondestructive readout,stacking 30 up-the-ramp images can improve the limiting magnitude by approximately 0.5 mag for the telescope's near-infrared observations,effectively reducing readout noise by approximately 62%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51409229,41676089,and 51521064)the National High-Tech R&D Program(863)of China(No.2012AA09A410)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LQ14E070002)
文摘Cabled seafloor observatories play an important role in ocean exploration for its long-term, real-time, and in-situ observation characteristics. In establishing a permanent, reliable, and robust seafloor observatory, a highly reliable cable switching and fault isolation method is essential. After reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of existing switching methods, we propose a novel active switching method for network configuration. Without additional communication path requirements, the switching method provides a way to communicate with a shore station through an existing power transmission path. A coded voltage signal with a distinct sequence is employed as the communication medium to transmit commands. The analysis of the maximum bit frequency of the voltage signals guarantees the accuracy of command recognition. A prototype based on the switching method is built and tested in a laboratory environment, which validated the functionality and reliability of the method.
基金the National Research and InnovationAgency of Indonesia (BRIN) under research grant Rumah Program Kebencanaan 2022-2025support from the Earth Observatory Singapore (EOS)supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science,and Technology, and Institut Teknologi Bandung through the Indonesian Collaborative Research Program.
文摘The Lembang Fault is a major geological feature in West Java that borders the northern edge of Bandung(one of Indonesia’s largest cities).It lies just south of the active Tangkuban Perahu Volcano,exhibiting clear geomorphic signs of recent activity,and has been scientifically confirmed as active through geological and geophysical studies.In this work,we describe an Integrated along the Lembang Fault,which can be used for geodynamic research in Indonesia.We discuss the design of a seismic and Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)array sensor network for continuous monitoring,and report the status of monitoring stations that periodically collect highly accurate,continuous seismographic and GNSS readings,transmitting these data to a central server in Bandung for post-processing.Solutions from the array data are used to provide precise measurements of the deformation of the Earth’s surface over large distances,allowing for spatio-temporal tracking of tectonic movement,and resulting in a better understanding of seismic events in the region.In this study,our investigation revealed a significant compression rate of an estimated 13 microstrain/yr along the Lembang Fault,whereas the strain rate is much smaller farther south of the fault.This study presents the design of a seismo-geodetic observatory network that can be implemented in earthquake-prone regions for mitigation purposes,with particular utility for studying other active faults that also traverse populated areas in Indonesia.
基金supported by the China Scholarship Council(CSC)(No.202206290131)。
文摘This paper presents an analysis of an equilateral triangular array formation initialization for space-based gravitational wave observatory(GWO)near Lagrange points in the circular-restricted three-body problem.A stable configuration is essential for the continuous observation of gravitational waves(GWs).However,the motion near the collinear libration points is highly unstable.This problem is examined by output regulation theory.Using the tracking aspect,the equilateral triangular array formation is established in two periods and the fuel consumption is calculated.Furthermore,the natural evolution of the formation without control input is analyzed,and the effective stability duration is quantified to determine the timing of control interventions.Finally,to observe the GWs in same direction with different frequency bands,scale reconfiguration is employed.
基金supported by the Major Program of Scientific and Technical Innovation 2030(grant number:2020AAA0109504)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Beijing City(grant number:Z191100006619116).
文摘Background The Global Cancer Observatory(GLOBOCAN)2022 and the Global Burden of Disease(GBD)2021 are two primary databases for assessing the global cancer burden.This study aimed to compare the incidence and mortality rates of tracheal,bronchus,and lung(TBL)cancer reported in these databases and to analyze the observed discrepancies.Methods Age-standardized rates(ASRs),including age-standardized incidence rates and age-standardized mortality rates for TBL cancer,were obtained from GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021 for the most recent available year.Differences in ASRs at the national level between the two databases were quantified using pairwise differences,calculated as the absolute difference in ASRs divided by the mean of the ASRs from both sources.Correlations between macroeconomic factors and pairwise differences in ASRs were evaluated,and country features correlated with high pairwise differences were assessed.The data sources and methods used in the two databases were also compared.Results Strong correlations were identified between ASRs reported by GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021;however,significant differences were observed between estimates from the two data sources.African countries commonly exhibited larger pairwise differences in ASRs,whereas European countries demonstrated smaller pairwise differences in ASRs.Additionally,some populous developing countries,including China,South Africa,Brazil and India,showed smaller differences in ASRs.Countries lacking vital registration systems or high-quality population-based cancer registries displayed larger differences in ASRs.Furthermore,differences in ASRs were negatively correlated with macroeconomic factors.The data sources and estimation methods used by the two databases were inconsistent.Conclusions Discrepancies in TBL cancer incidence and mortality were observed between GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021.While differences in sources and methods partially explain these discrepancies,a country's cancer surveillance maturity and economic status also correlate with the accuracy of the estimates.Estimating the cancer burden in less wealthy countries remains a substantial challenge,necessitating long-term assistance and investment.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41676089),the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China(No.LY18E090003)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.2018QNA4005)。
文摘Constant current power transmission is considered a good choice for subsea observatories due to its high resistance to shunt faults. A constant current subsea observatory is planned to be constructed in the East China Sea. We discuss a constant current subsea observatory system used for scientific experiments. The power system and its heat dissipation system are carefully designed. The power conversion method is challenging due to the use of constant current power, which is considerably different from traditional power systems. Thus, we adopt power compensation circuits in the conversion system to obtain a constant 48-V output for science users. A power management system that performs overvoltage protection and real-time monitoring and control of junction box is discussed. An innovative heat dissipation structure of a junction box is designed in consideration of a sealed working environment to extend the useful life of the junction box. Simulations and experiments reveal that the system has high efficiency and stability, especially in long-term applications.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences。
文摘SATech-01 is an experimental satellite for space science exploration and on-orbit demonstration of advanced technologies.The satellite is equipped with 16 experimental payloads and supports multiple working modes to meet the observation requirements of various payloads.Due to the limitation of platform power supply and data storage systems,proposing reasonable mission planning schemes to improve scientific revenue of the payloads becomes a critical issue.In this article,we formulate the integrated task scheduling of SATech-01 as a multi-objective optimization problem and propose a novel Fair Integrated Scheduling with Proximal Policy Optimization(FIS-PPO)algorithm to solve it.We use multiple decision heads to generate decisions for each task and design the action mask to ensure the schedule meeting the platform constraints.Experimental results show that FIS-PPO could push the capability of the platform to the limit and improve the overall observation efficiency by 31.5%compared to rule-based plans currently used.Moreover,fairness is considered in the reward design and our method achieves much better performance in terms of equal task opportunities.Because of its low computational complexity,our task scheduling algorithm has the potential to be directly deployed on board for real-time task scheduling in future space projects.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFA0715101)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12033009, 12103087)+4 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA0350300)the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (020GJHZ2022034FN)the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (202201AU070225, 202301AT070328, 202401AT070141)the Young Talent Project of Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Programsupported by ESA (European Space Agency) under the ESA-INFN contract n. 4000133721/21/NL/CR and by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) under the Research Agreement n. 2019-15-HH.0
文摘This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Lunar Laser Ranging(LLR),covering key components such as ground observatories,lunar retro-reflectors,and data formats.The paper details the evolution of LLR experiments conducted by some major world-class observatories,with a particular focus on addressing critical issues associated with LLR technology.Additionally,the article highlights the latest advancements in the field,elucidating scientific achievements derived from LLR data,including its contributions to gravitational theory,Earth Orientation Parameters,lunar physics exploration,and lunar librations.The review summarizes new challenges in LLR modeling and concludes with prospects for the future development of LLR.
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under the grant numbers(11773073,11873027,U2031140,11833010)Yunnan Key Laboratory of Solar Physics and Space Science under the number 202205AG070009+1 种基金Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(202103AD50013,202105AB160001,202305AH340002)the GHfund A202302013242 and CAS“Light of West China”Program 202305AS350029.
文摘Strong atmospheric turbulence reduces astronomical seeing,causing speckle images acquired by ground-based solar telescopes to become blurred and distorted.Severe distortion in speckle images impedes image phase deviation in the speckle masking reconstruction method,leading to the appearance of spurious imaging artifacts.Relying only on linear image degradation principles to reconstruct solar images is insufficient.To solve this problem,we propose the multiframe blind deconvolution combined with non-rigid alignment(MFBD-CNRA)method for solar image reconstruction.We consider image distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence and use non-rigid alignment to correct pixel-level distortion,thereby achieving nonlinear constraints to complement image intensity changes.After creating the corrected speckle image,we use the linear method to solve the wavefront phase,obtaining the target image.We verify the effectiveness of our method results,compared with others,using solar observation data from the 1 m new vacuum solar telescope(NVST).This new method successfully reconstructs high-resolution images of solar observations with a Fried parameter r0 of approximately 10 cm,and enhances images at high frequency.When r0 is approximately 5 cm,the new method is even more effective.It reconstructs the edges of solar graining and sunspots,and is greatly enhanced at mid and high frequency compared with other methods.Comparisons confirm the effectiveness of this method,with respect to both nonlinear and linear constraints in solar image reconstruction.This provides a suitable solution for image reconstruction in ground-based solar observations under strong atmospheric turbulence.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant Nos.12273077,72101068,12373110,and 12103070)National Key Research and Development Program of China under grants(2022YFF0712400,2022YFF0711500)+2 种基金the 14th Five-year Informatization Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS-WX2021SF-0204)supported by Astronomical Big Data Joint Research Centerco-founded by National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Alibaba Cloud。
文摘Astronomical knowledge entities,such as celestial object identifiers,are crucial for literature retrieval and knowledge graph construction,and other research and applications in the field of astronomy.Traditional methods of extracting knowledge entities from texts face numerous challenging obstacles that are difficult to overcome.Consequently,there is a pressing need for improved methods to efficiently extract them.This study explores the potential of pre-trained Large Language Models(LLMs)to perform astronomical knowledge entity extraction(KEE)task from astrophysical journal articles using prompts.We propose a prompting strategy called PromptKEE,which includes five prompt elements,and design eight combination prompts based on them.We select four representative LLMs(Llama-2-70B,GPT-3.5,GPT-4,and Claude 2)and attempt to extract the most typical astronomical knowledge entities,celestial object identifiers and telescope names,from astronomical journal articles using these eight combination prompts.To accommodate their token limitations,we construct two data sets:the full texts and paragraph collections of 30 articles.Leveraging the eight prompts,we test on full texts with GPT-4and Claude 2,on paragraph collections with all LLMs.The experimental results demonstrate that pre-trained LLMs show significant potential in performing KEE tasks,but their performance varies on the two data sets.Furthermore,we analyze some important factors that influence the performance of LLMs in entity extraction and provide insights for future KEE tasks in astrophysical articles using LLMs.Finally,compared to other methods of KEE,LLMs exhibit strong competitiveness in multiple aspects.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52071160 and 52071203)the 333-Key-Industry Talent Project of Jiangsu Scientific Committee(Grant No.JTO 2022-21).
文摘The water-drop-shaped pressure hull has a good streamline,which has good application prospect in the underwater observatory.Therefore,this study conducted analytical,experimental and numerical investigation of the buckling properties of water-drop-shaped pressure hulls under hydrostatic pressure.A water-drop experiment was conducted to design water-drop-shaped pressure hulls with various shape indices.The critical loads for the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls were resolved by using Mushtari’s formula.Several numerical simulations including linear buckling analysis and nonlinear buckling analysis including eigenmode imperfections were performed.The results indicated that the critical loads resolved by Mushtari's formula were in good agreement with the linear buckling loads from the numerical simulations.This formula can be extended to estimate the buckling capacity of water-drop-shaped pressure hulls.In addition,three groups of pressure hulls were fabricated by using stereolithography,a rapid prototyping technique.Subsequently,three groups of the pressure hulls were subjected to ultrasonic measurements,optical scanning,hydrostatic testing and numerical analysis.The experimental results were consistent with the numerical results.The results indicate that the sharp end of the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls exhibited instability compared with the blunt end.This paper provides a new solution to the limitations of experimental studies on the water-drop-shaped pressure hulls as well as a new configuration and evaluation method for underwater observatories.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFC2201200).
文摘Configuration stability is essential for a space-based Gravitational-Wave(GW)observatory,which can be impacted by orbit insertion uncertainties.Configuration uncertainty propagation is vital for investigating the influences of uncertainties on configuration stability and can be potentially useful in the navigation and control of GW observatories.Current methods suffer from drawbacks related to high computational burden.To this end,a Radial-Tangential-Ddirectional State Transition Tensor(RT-DSTT)-based configuration uncertainty propagation method is proposed.First,two sensitive directions are found by capturing the dominant secular terms.Considering the orbit insertion errors along the two sensitive directions only,a reduced-order RT-DSTT model is developed for orbital uncertainty propagation.Then,the relationship between the uncertainties in the orbital states and the uncertainties in the configuration stability indexes is mapped using highorder derivatives.The result is a semi-analytical solution that can predict the deviations in the configuration stability indexes given orbit insertion errors.The potential application of the proposed RT-DSTT-based method in calculating the feasible domain is presented.The performance of the proposed method is validated on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna(LISA)project.Simulations show that the proposed method can provide similar results to the STT-based method but requires only half of the computational time.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2022YFF0711502 and 2021YFC2203502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(12173077 and 12003062)+6 种基金the Tianshan Innovation Team Plan of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2022D14020)the Tianshan Talent Project of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(2022TSYCCX0095)the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant No. PTYQ2022YZZD01)China National Astronomical Data Center (NADC)the Operation,Maintenance and Upgrading Fund for Astronomical Telescopes and Facility Instruments,budgeted from the Ministry of Finance of China (MOF)and administrated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2022D01A360)supported by Astronomical Big Data Joint Research Center,co-founded by National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences。
文摘Cross-matching is a key technique to achieve fusion of multi-band astronomical catalogs. Due to different equipment such as various astronomical telescopes, the existence of measurement errors, and proper motions of the celestial bodies, the same celestial object will have different positions in different catalogs, making it difficult to integrate multi-band or full-band astronomical data. In this study, we propose an online cross-matching method based on pseudo-spherical indexing techniques and develop a service combining with high performance computing system(Taurus) to improve cross-matching efficiency, which is designed for the Data Center of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. Specifically, we use Quad Tree Cube to divide the spherical blocks of the celestial object and map the 2D space composed of R.A. and decl. to 1D space and achieve correspondence between real celestial objects and spherical patches. Finally, we verify the performance of the service using Gaia 3 and PPMXL catalogs. Meanwhile, we send the matching results to VO tools-Topcat and Aladin respectively to get visual results. The experimental results show that the service effectively solves the speed bottleneck problem of crossmatching caused by frequent I/O, and significantly improves the retrieval and matching speed of massive astronomical data.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant No.12003068)Yunnan Key Laboratory of Solar Physics and Space Science under the number 202205AG070009。
文摘Research on the solar magnetic field and its effects on solar dynamo mechanisms and space weather events has benefited from the continual improvements in instrument resolution and measurement frequency.The augmentation and assimilation of historical observational data timelines also play a significant role in understanding the patterns of solar magnetic field variation.Within the realm of astronomical data processing,super-resolution(SR)reconstruction refers to the process of using a substantial corpus of training data to learn the nonlinear mapping between low-resolution(LR)and high-resolution(HR)images,thereby achieving higherresolution astronomical images.This paper is an application study in high-dimensional nonlinear regression.Deep learning models were employed to perform SR modeling on SOHO/MDI magnetograms and SDO/HMI magnetograms,thus reliably achieving resolution enhancement of full-disk SOHO/MDI magnetograms and enhancing the image resolution to obtain more detailed information.For this study,a data set comprising 9717pairs of data from 2010 April to 2011 February was used as the training set,1332 pairs from 2011 March were used as the validation set and 1034 pairs from 2011 April were used as the test set.After data preprocessing,we randomly cropped 128×128 sub-images as the LR cases from the full-disk MDI magnetograms,and the corresponding 512×512 sub-images as HR ones from the HMI full-disk magnetograms for model training.The tests conducted have shown that the study successfully produced reliable 4×SR reconstruction of full-disk MDI magnetograms.The MESR model's results(0.911)were highly correlated with the target HMI magnetographs as indicated by the correlation coefficient values.Furthermore,the method achieved the best PSNR,SSIM,MAE and RMSE values,indicating that the MESR model can effectively reconstruct magnetograms.
文摘Although Nigeria is not located within the major seismic zones of the world; over the years,several minor earthquakes have been experienced in some parts of the country.The first widely reported occurrence of an Earth tremor in Nigeria was in 1933.Other events were reported in 1939,1964,1984,1990,1994,1997,2000 and 2006.The intensities of these events ranged from III to VI based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.Of these events,only the 1984,1990,1994 and 2000 events were instrumentally recorded.They had body wave magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to 4.5,local magnitudes between 3.7 and 4.2,and surface wave magnitudes of 3.7 to 3.9.When these events occurred,there were no functional seismological observatories in Nigeria.However,that has now changed with the establishment of a seismographic network managed by the Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics（CGG）,Toro,Nigeria.Presently,the network has four operational stations equipped with 24-bit 4-channel recorders and broadband 30-second seismometers.Efforts are being made to establish more stations and migrate to real-time collection of seismic data using the general packet radio service（GPRS） technology as well as automatic location of events.Remote sensing,geological and geophysical studies have revealed the presence of a NNE-SSW trending Ifewara-Zungeru fault zone which has been shown to be linked with the Atlantic fracture system.The dynamics of the Atlantic fracture zones have been suggested to be responsible for the seismic activities experienced in the areas.
