Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products with surface rain gauge observations from Laohahe Basin in northern China

Three high-resolution satellite precipitation products, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） standard precipitation products 3B42V6 and 3B42RT and the Climate Precipitation Center＇s （CPC） morphing technique precipitation product （CMORPH）, were evaluated against surface rain gauge observations from the Laohahe Basin in northern China. Widely used statistical validation indices and categorical statistics were adopted. The evaluations were performed at multiple time scales, ranging from daily to yearly, for the years from 2003 to 2008. The results show that all three satellite precipitation products perform very well in detecting the occurrence of precipitation events, but there are some different biases in the amount of precipitation. 3B42V6, which has a bias of 21%, fits best with the surface rain gauge observations at both daily and monthly scales, while the biases of 3B42RT and CMORPH, with values of 81% and 67%, respectively, are much higher than a normal receivable threshold. The quality of the satellite precipitation products also shows monthly and yearly variation： 3B42RT has a large positive bias in the cold season from September to April, while CMORPH has a large positive bias in the warm season from May to August, and they all attained their best values in 2006 （with 10%, 50%, and -5% biases for 3B42V6, 3B42RT, and CMORPH, respectively）. Our evaluation shows that, for the Laohahe Basin, 3B42V6 has the best correspondence with the surface observations, and CMORPH performs much better than 3B42RT. The large errors of 3B42RT and CMORPH remind us of the need for new improvements to satellite precipitation retrieval algorithms or feasible bias adjusting methods.

A Spatial Consistency Quality Control Method for Daily Surface Temperature Observations

Based on the spatial regression test (SRT) and random forest (RF), a new spatial consistency quality control method named SRF was adapted to identify potential outliers in daily surface temperature observations in this article. For the new method, the SRT method was used to filter the data and the RF method was used to conduct regression. To evaluate the performance of the quality control method, the SRF, SRT and RF methods were applied to a surface temperature dataset with seeded errors from different regions of China from 2005 to 2014. The results indicate that the SRF method outperforms the other two methods in most cases. And the results of the comparison led to the conclusion that the SRF method improves the regression accuracy of traditional spatial consistency quality control methods and reduces the runtime of random forest through data refinement.

Comparison of TMI and AMSR-E sea surface temperatures with Argo near-surface temperatures over the global oceans

Satellite-derived sea surface temperatures（SSTs） from the tropical rainfall measuring mission（TRMM）microwave imager（TMI） and the advanced microwave scanning radiometer for the earth observing system（AMSR-E） were compared with non-pumped near-surface temperatures（NSTs） obtained from Argo profiling floats over the global oceans. Factors that might cause temperature differences were examined, including wind speed, columnar water vapor, liquid cloud water, and geographic location. The results show that both TMI and AMSR-E SSTs are highly correlated with the Argo NSTs; however, at low wind speeds, they are on average warmer than the Argo NSTs. The TMI performs slightly better than the AMSR-E at low wind speeds, whereas the TMI SST retrievals might be poorly calibrated at high wind speeds. The temperature differences indicate a warm bias of the TMI/AMSR-E when columnar water vapor is low, which can indicate that neither TMI nor AMSR-E SSTs are well calibrated at high latitudes. The SST in the Kuroshio Extension region has higher variability than in the Kuroshio region. The variability of the temperature difference between the satellite-retrieved SSTs and the Argo NSTs is lower in the Kuroshio Extension during spring. At low wind speeds, neither TMI nor AMSR-E SSTs are well calibrated, although the TMI performs better than the AMSR-E.

Experimental observation of surface phonon absorption in Zn fine particles coated with ZnO

FINE particles have attracted much attention in the past few years due to their unique physical and chemical properties. For gas-evaporated fine metallic particles, a thin oxide layer is usually formed on their surface. According to Ruppin’s prediction, a dielectric coating on metallic particles should have a series of surface modes between ωTO and ωLO, the long-wavelength transverse and longitudinal optical phonon frequencies of the dielectric. The frequency of

BTT autopilot design for agile missiles with aerodynamic uncertainty

The approach to the synthesis of autopilot with aerody- namic uncertainty is investigated in order to achieve large maneu- verability of agile missiles. The dynamics of the agile missile with reaction-jet control system （RCS） are presented. Subsequently, the cascade control scheme based on the bank-to-turn （B-I-T） steering technique is described. To address the aerodynamic un- certainties encountered by the control system, the active distur- bance rejection control （ADRC） method is introduced in the autopi- lot design. Furthermore, a compound controller, using extended state observer （ESO） to online estimate system uncertainties and calculate derivative of command signals, is designed based on dynamic surface control （DSC）. Nonlinear simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed approach and validate the robust- ness of the controller with severe unmodeled dynamics.

Development of an Integrated Global Land Surface Dataset from 1901 to 2018

We developed an integrated global land surface dataset(IGLD)at the National Meteorological Information Center of China Meteorological Administration.The IGLD consists of hourly data for 75 variables from five data sources.It contains not only the most widely used variables(e.g.,pressure,temperature,dew-point temperature,and precipitation),but also visibility,cloud cover,snow depth,and so on.A hierarchy of data sources was created to identify duplicate records.The records located higher in the hierarchy were adopted preferentially in the IGLD.A comprehensive quality control procedure including extreme value test,internal consistency check,and spatiotemporal consistency check,was applied to the IGLD.The IGLD consists of land surface observations at more than 20,000 global sites from 1901 to 2018,of which about 17,000 stations are currently active.The number of global observatories generally increased over time,except for the 1960 s to 1970 s.It increased from about 2300 in 1951 to 17,000 in 2018.The observations over America,Europe,and eastern Asia always showed a high temporal integrity and dense spatial coverage,whereas measurements were sparser in South America,Africa,Russia,and the Mediterranean regions.In general,the standard and intermediate standard times for observation suggested by the World Meteorological Organization(WMO)were followed globally,except in Australia,where there were few data measured on the WMO schedule.The IGLD has been used in the China’s first generation global atmospheric reanalysis product(CRA)and the global daily precipitation dataset.

Response surface analysis of sevoflurane-remifentanil interactions on consciousness during anesthesia

Background Recently, the combination of sevoflurane and remifentanil has been widely used in general anesthesia. In this study, we investigated the sevoflurane-remifentanil pharmacodynamic interactions at clinical concentrations using the observer＇s assessment of alertness/sedation （OAA/S） and the bispectral index （BIS） by response surface analysis. Methods Totally 65 American Society of Anesthesiologists （ASA） I patients age 20 to 50 years old were included in this study. Patients were randomly assigned to be anesthetized with different target end-tidal sevoflurane concentrations that ranged from 0.2% to 3.4% in increments of 0.2%. The end-tidal sevoflurane concentration was maintained constant throughout the study. Remifentanil was infused with a target controlled infusion （TCI） system at increasing step-wise concentrations from 1 ng/ml to 10 ng/ml. The values of OAA/S and BIS at different sevoflurane-remifentanil concentration combinations were measured. The pharmacodynamic interactions between sevoflurane and remifentanil were analyzed by a response surface method. The three-dimensional response surfaces were constructed with Minitab Software. Model parameters were estimated with NONMEM program. Results Sevoflurane and remifentanil acted synergistically on OANS. Sevoflurane alone could produce OANS 〈1 at a minimal alveolar concentration （MAC） of 0.93%. When used in combination with remifentanil at 1, 3, 6, and 10 ng/ml, the corresponding sevoflurane MACs were reduced to 0.79%, 0.58%, 0.48%, and 0.38%, with reductions of 17.2%, 37.6%, 48.4%, and 62.0% from baseline, respectively. In patients administered remifentanil alone, the OANS score was 〉3 even when the remifentanil concentration reached 10 ng/ml. BIS was closely associated with the sevoflurane concentration and the remifentanil concentration did not noticeably influence the relationship between the sevoflurane concentration and BIS. A sevoflurane concentration of （1.04＋0.19）% to （1.81＋0.21）% could maintain a BIS between 60 and 40. Conclusions The response surface method can analyze the pharmacodynamic interactions between remifentanil and sevoflurane qualitatively and quantitatively. Within the range of our study （remifentanil 〈10 ng/ml, sevoflurane 〈3.4%）, the two drugs produced synergistic effects on OAA/S but had no interactive effect on BIS. A guideline of BIS between 40 and 60 may cause excessive anesthesia when opioids are used to maintain anesthesia.

Observer-based adaptive sliding mode backstepping output-feedback DSC for spin-stabilized canard-controlled projectiles

This article presents a complete nonlinear controller design for a class of spin-stabilized canard-controlled projectiles.Uniformly ultimate boundedness and tracking are achieved,exploiting a heavily coupled,bounded uncertain and highly nonlinear model of longitudinal and lateral dynamics.In order to estimate unmeasurable states,an observer is proposed for an augmented multiple-input-multiple-output（MIMO） nonlinear system with an adaptive sliding mode term against the disturbances.Under the frame of a backstepping design,an adaptive sliding mode output-feedback dynamic surface control（DSC） approach is derived recursively by virtue of the estimated states.The DSC technique is adopted to overcome the problem of ‘‘explosion of complexity＂ and relieve the stress of the guidance loop.It is proven that all signals of the MIMO closed-loop system,including the observer and controller,are uniformly ultimately bounded,and the tracking errors converge to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of the origin.Simulation results for the observer and controller are provided to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.