A numerical study on seasonal variations of the Taiwan Warm Current

Princeton Ocean Model (POM) is employed to investigate the Taiwan Warm Current (TWC) and its seasonal variations. Results show that the TWC exhibits pronounced seasonal variations in its sources, strength and flow patterns. In summer, the TWC flows northeast in straight way and reaches around 32°N; it comes mainly from the Taiwan Strait, while its lower part is from the shelf-intrusion of the Kuroshio subsurface water (KSSW). In winter, coming mainly from the shelf-intrusion of the Kuroshio northeast of Taiwan, the TWC flows northward in a winding way and reaches up around 30°N. The Kuroshio intrusion also has distinct seasonal patterns. The shelf-intrusion of KSSW by upwelling is almost the same in four seasons with a little difference in strength; it is a persistent source of the TWC. However, Kuroshio surface water (KSW) can not intrude onto the shelf in summer, while in winter the intrusion of KSW always occurs. Additional experiments were conducted to examine effects of winds and transport through     

Enveloping Relief Surfaces of Landslide Terrain

Two relief surfaces that envelop the rock fall region in a part of Garhwal Himalayas around Chamoli have been identified. Relative relief and absolute relief have been analyzed and the enveloping surfaces recorded at two levels of relief in the landscape. All landslide activity lies within these surfaces. The lower enveloping surface (800 m) dips due south by 7-8 degrees,due to an elevation rise of 100 meters within 12 km from south to north,i.e.,a gradient of 8 percent. The nature of the surface is smooth. The upper enveloping surface (> 2500 m) is almost parallel to the lower one but its surface is undulatory due to landslides and denudation. The area has been a seismically active region and has undergone seismic activity up until recently,as evidenced by the Chamoli earthquake of 29th March 1999. The effects of earthquakes are seen at higher levels in the form of landslide imprints on the terrain.     

ANALYSIS OF THE LANDSAT REMOTE SENSING IMAGES OF THE TYPES OF HABITATS OF YANGTZE ALLIGATORS

The Chinese "Yangtze" alligator is a rare reptile that has been listed as an "endangered species" by the United Nations, so its preservation has become an urgent task. A study of its habitats through analysis of their Landsat images will provide a scientific basis for the government departments concerned to select the best locations for its breeding.The'Chinese alligator is a subtropical reptile of freshwater rivers, lakes and ponds. Found only in China, it is now distributed only in the border region between the three provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. On the basis of previous investigations by Chinese scientists, and from an analysis and interpretation of their Landsat images, we made a special study, review, and classification of the natural environment of the alligator's present habitats (and the modern changes in the natural background of these hatitats) so that the government departments concerned with the preservation of the reptiles may have a scientific basis for determining the best loc     

A Minireview of Marine Algal Virus-Coccolithoviruses

Coccolithophorid is unicellular marine microalgae with a global distribution in temperate and sub-temperate oceanic regions and has the ability to produce ‘the coccoliths'. It is considered to be the second most productive calcifying organism on earth and becoming an important factor in the global carbonate cycle. Emiliania huxleyi is one of the only two bloom-forming coccolithophores and becomes a species crucial to the study of global biogeochemical cycles and climate modeling. Coccolithoviruse is a recently discovered group of viruses infecting the marine coccolithophorid E. huxleyi. They are a major cause of coccolithophore bloom termination, and DMSP concentration is increasing in the process of viral lysis. Phylogenetic evidences support that some genes are functional both in E. huxleyi and its virus(Eh V). Horizontal gene transfer(HGT) of multiple functionally coupled enzymes occurs in E. huxleyi and its DNA virus Eh V has been confirmed, which contributes to the diversification and adaptation of plankton in the oceans and also critically regulates virus-host infection by allowing viruses to control host metabolic pathways for their replication. Therefore, it is of particular interest to understand this host-virus interaction. On this issue, we have made a minireview of coccolithoviruses focusing on the basic characteristics, phylogenesis, horizontal gene transfer and the interaction between the host and its viruses, as well as its important role in global biogeochemical cycling.     

Development and Conservation of Glacier Tourist Resources —— A Case Study of Bogda Glacier Park

1 Introduction As a special kind of tourism, glacier tourism is popular to tourists all over the world owing to its meeting tourists’ needs for seeking after freshness, difference, surprise and risk. Differing from conventional tourism, glacier tour- ism has its special characters while there is little literature on it. It is of great significance to study its characters and seek after the harmonious development in exploitation and protection of glacier tourism resources. Glacier tourism refe…     

Heat center of the western Pacific warm pool

A heat center (HC) of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) is defined, its variability is examined, and a possible mechanism is discussed. Analysis and calculation of a temperature dataset from 1945-2006 show that the mean position of the HC during this period was near 0.4°S/169.0°E, at 38.0 m depth. From a time series of the HC, remarkable seasonal variability was found, mainly in the meridional and vertical directions. Interannual variabilities were dominant in the zonal and vertical directions. In addition, semiannual variation in the HC depth was discovered. The longitude of the HC varies with ENSO events, and its latitude is weakly related to ENSO on time scales shorter than a decade. The variation of the HC longitude leads the Nio-3 index by about 3-4 months, and its depth lags the index for approximately 3 months. It is concluded that the HC depth results from a combination of its longitudinal and latitudinal variations. Low-pass-filtered time series reveal that the HC has moved eastward since the mid 1980s.     

Research and application of mineral resources assessment by weights of evidence model based on SIG

Geological data are usually of the characteristics of multi-source, large amount and multi-scale. The construction of Spatial Information Grid overcomes the shortages of personal computers when dealing with geological data. The authors introduce the definition, architecture and flow of mineral resources assessment by weights of evidence model based on Spatial Information Grid （SIG）. Meanwhile, a case study on the prediction of copper mineral occurrence in the Middle-Lower Yangtze metallogenic belt is given. The results show that mineral resources assessement based on SIG is an effective new method which provides a way of sharing and integrating distributed geospatial information and improves the efficiency greatly.     

Variabilities of Surface Current in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

The Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) package is used to better understand the variabilities of surface current transport in the Tropical Pacific Ocean from 1950 to 1999. Seasonal variation, interannual and decadal variability analyses are conducted on the three major surface currents of the Tropical Pacific Ocean: the North Equatorial Current (NEC), the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC), and the South Equatorial Current (SEC). The transport of SEC is quite larger than those of NEC and NECC. The SEC has two maximums in February and August. The NEC has a small annual variation. The NECC has a maximum in October and is very weak in March and April. All currents have remarkable interannual and decadal variabilities. The variabilities of the NEC and the SEC relate to the winds over them well, but the relationship between the NECC and the wind over it is not close. Analysis related to El Nin^-o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) suggests that before El Nifio (La Nin^-a) the SEC is weaker (stronger) and the NECC is stronger (weaker), after El Nifio (La Nifia) the SEC is stronger (weaker) and the SEC is weaker (stronger). There is no notable relationship between the NEC and ENSO.     

Permanence of economic potential of cities based on sector development

The paper attempts to answer the following key question: how will a city′s world rank change in the face of crisis in its main economic sector? Crisis is defined here as a decline in financial performance in the given sector, which leads to the decline of its constituent firms and corporations on the world economic scene. The World Economic Center Index(WECI) has been created in order to rank cities based on the value of their resident corporations by sector and show their level of stability upon the removal of the most important sector. This provides information on the potential of each analyzed city as well as on its advanced features or area of specialization. Research has shown that nearly half the World Economic Centers are dominated by the financial and materials sectors of the economy. Different sectors dominate different regions of the world. For example, consumer staples and materials were dominant in North America, while information technology and financials were dominant in Europe. In Asia, several sectors tend to dominate the economy. Research has shown that the ability of a principal economic sector to resist economic crisis largely depends on the strength of the command and control function of a city. Finally, a high globalization level of a city is a key determinant of its susceptibility to economic crisis.     

面向多分辨率DEM的河网相似性测度与分析

河网是地形结构的核心要素,能够有效地反映DEM对地表形态的刻画能力。实现不同分辨率条件下DEM河网相似性测度对DEM地形综合、DEM质量评估及DEM不确定性分析等研究具有重要意义。基于此,本文以黄土高原典型样区为研究区,基于5 m高精度DEM建立的多分辨率DEM数据集,构建了地形特征自适应的DEM河网自动提取方法,建立了综合拓扑关系、方位关系、距离关系及属性特征四维信息的河网相似性度量模型,并分析了河网相似性变化特征及其与地形参数的相关性。实验结果显示,河网自动提取方法的制图精度和用户精度均在90%以上,总体精度优于Passalacqua等提出的GeoNet方法,能够有效实现不同分辨率下河网较高精度提取;河网相似性度能综合反映河网空间分布特征的差异性,河网相似度与分辨率变化率之间的幂函数关系R²达0.978,且河网相似度与高程、坡度中误差分别表现为幂函数和对数函数关系,后者对数关系显著性优于前者幂函数关系。研究表明,在以河网作为DEM构建重要数据源的背景下,本文的研究成果可为DEM质量及其应用适宜性的定量评价提供基础。     

DEM分辨率与平均坡度的关系分析

由DEM提取坡度时,DEM分辨率的变化会造成局部栅格提取的坡度数值的变化,其变化规律对于深刻理解平均坡度,随DEM分辨率的变化而变化的规律具有现实意义。在黄土高原的研究中,选择了8个典型地貌类型的样区,获得了以1:10 000比例尺地形图为数据源的DEM(分辨率为5 m)。从DEM分辨率对栅格坡度影响规律的分析中,得到如下结论:(1)随着DEM分辨率粗略化,所提取的坡度平均值有可能升高;(2)在所有样区,随DEM分辨率粗略化,负误差的栅格均是正误差的栅格数量的1.13倍以上,保持负误差的栅格是保持正误差的栅格数量的1.81-4.04倍,同时坡度的负误差均值是正误差均值变化幅度的3.1倍以上;(3)结合结论(2)和本文提出的指标,可准确地解释8个样区中坡度平均值随DEM分辨率变化而变化的规律;(4)DEM的分辨率对正负误差的栅格数量没有明显影响,正误差(或负误差)栅格均集中于个别坡度的分级区间,而DEM分辨率对此集中的区间没有明显影响;(5)坡度总体误差可根据本研究所提出的经验公式由DEM分辨率和分辨率为5 m的DEM所提取坡度的平均值计算出来。     

以DEM提取流域水系河源的最小误差分析

 目前,以水文模型提取流域水系已成为水文科学研究中的热点问题。但用DEM提取流域水系的方法不能解决流域水系唯一性的问题。故本文在没有流域纸质水系图或遥感数据的前提下,提出以DEM提取流域水系的河源最小误差法,即通过建立实际河源与提取水系河源两点之间的距离误差与网格数大小的相互关系,以两点之间误差最小为原则解决流域水系提取唯一性问题。以晋江流域为例,30m分辨率的数字高程模型(DEM)为基础数据,采用河源最小误差法提取了晋江流域水系。结果表明,最小河流长度为42m时,实际河源与提取水系河源的距离误差达到最小,相应的晋江流域的水系分维值为1.389,表明该法是提取流域水系较合理可行的算法。     

基于地貌特征的数字高程模型融合方法

数字高程模型（Digital Elevation Model, DEM）是一种至关重要的空间信息,广泛应用于各行各业。其中,ASTER GDEM与SRTM几乎覆盖了全球陆域,为地学研究提供了非常实用的高程数据支撑,但是由于二者传感器采集数据原理的不同,使得高程数据在不同地貌条件下的高程精度亦存在程度不一的误差。本文提出了一种新型的基于地貌特征的DEM融合方法,使得融合GDEM与SRTM后的DEM数据,消除了地貌特征的影响、显著地提高了DEM质量。该方法主要分为地理配准和高程融合2个步骤：①基于河流线对等线性地貌特征的位置数据,构建了GDEM与SRTM的水平偏移相关的误差评价函数,采用多级网格搜索法求得DEM间的水平偏移距离,实现对DEM的配准;②按照DEM高程值在不同地貌单元及边界线附近的高程变化特征,建立地貌分区的高程融合模型来融合两种地理配准后的DEM高程,尤其是实现了地貌单元边界线附近的高程平滑过渡。本文以怀柔北部地区为实验区,以1:5万地形图为参考,对2种DEM数据进行融合,统计结果表明：① 融合DEM在各地貌单元的误差均显著下降,地形表达较之融合前更加精确;② 高程差呈现正态分布,明显区别于融合前DEM不对称的多峰分布形态,说明地貌影响被有效地剔除;③ GDEM和SRTM数据的精度对坡度有较大依赖性,融合后DEM的精度在不同坡度范围下均优于GDEM和SRTM,显著降低了融合前DEM对坡度的依赖程度;④ 在不同坡向下,GDEM和SRTM的RMSE取值波动较大,融合DEM的RMSE取值在各方向表现稳定,高程精度较GDEM和SRTM有显著提高。     

基于不确定性迭代优化的山地植被遥感制图

山地因其较高的异质性和特殊的环境特征给遥感科学及其应用带来了诸多问题和挑战。为实现山地植被信息的精准提取,本研究选择部分滇西北山地区域作为研究区开展方法实验,利用高分辨率遥感影像数据和数字高程模型,结合分区分层感知思想,提出一种基于不确定性理论的山地植被型组分类制图方法。首先结合地形对研究区影像进行多尺度分割制作图斑;然后根据图斑特征使用随机森林方法进行分类,将分类结果与对应类别样本间的相似性作为优化目标, 并构建混合熵模型定量计算图斑推测类型的不确定性,据此进行针对性的样本补充和分类模型的迭代优化。实验总体分类精度达90.8%,较迭代前提升了29.4%,Kappa系数达到0.875。在高不确定性区域,该方法相比使用一次性补样和随机补样方法的分类结果,精度分别提高了17%和13%。研究结果表明,通过人机交互的方式,基于不确定性理论为样本库融入增量信息的迭代优化方法能够有效提高植被型组分类的精度,相较于传统的样本选择方法具有更高的效率和更低的不确定性。     

Comparison of DEM accuracies generated from different stereo pairs over a plateau mountainous area

Digital elevation models(DEMs) can be quickly and conveniently generated using very high resolution(VHR) satellite stereo images. Previous studies have evaluated and compared DEM accuracy based on VHR satellite stereo pairs collected by different satellite sensors. However, few studies analyzed the accuracy of a DEM based on stereo image pairs from a satellite with the same orbit and different orbits for a region with significant topographic fluctuations in the plateau area. Referring to former studies, this paper had two objectives: to generate a digital elevation model(DEM) and evaluate its horizontal and vertical accuracy over a plateau area with high relief; and to study the mapping capability of multiorbit and multitemporal stereo pair images in the plateau mountainous region. To achieve these objectives, we collected the 2015 Worldview-2 stereo image pair and another three World View-2 images acquired in 2013, 2014, and 2015. First, the 2015 DEM was obtained using a strict physical model based on along-track stereo image pairs, and the reliability of the DEM was verified with field data. Then, the images obtained in 2013, 2014, and 2015 were combined into different-orbit stereo image pairs, DEMs were produced using rational function models, and the DEMs were verified using field data and the 2015 DEM as standards. The results showed that the relief degree has a particular influence on the DEM, and the precision of the DEM decreases as the topographic relief increases. Off-nadir angles can also influence DEM accuracy, with a larger angle corresponding to a lower DEM accuracy. The research also shows that the DEM obtained from four sets of experiments meets the accuracy requirement of a 1:5,000 digital elevation map, digital line graphic(DLG), and digital orthophoto map(DOM). Among these four groups of DEMs, the one based on the 2015 stereo pairs with the same satellite achieved the highest precision.     

桂林-阳朔地区DEM地形特征与岩性相关性分析及分类研究

地形地貌是岩性解译的重要信息,地形因子作为描述DEM数字曲面几何特征的定量指标参数,可用来定量化表达不同岩性所在地区地形地貌特征。本文以桂林-阳朔地区为研究区,研究地形因子数学、地质意义,建立岩性与地形因子组合间的定量关联,进而实现岩石类型划分。本文基于ASTERGDEM提取坡度、起伏度等12个地形因子,在分析各个地形因子地质意义基础上,通过聚类分析及方差分析的多元统计分析方法,研究各岩性地形因子特性及其关联性,建立研究区岩性之间的定量差异;此外,利用因子分析方法研究岩性分类过程中的主导因素,确定适宜岩性分类方法以实现定量化岩性分类。实验结果表明：不同岩性、不同地形地貌的地形因子（组合）之间具有显著差异,基于因子分析得到的宏观地形复杂度指数（MTI）以及微观曲率指数（MCI）对岩石类型的分类精度达77.36%。研究表明,地形复杂度等地形因子可用于岩性分类,采用因子分析方法可获取反映地形地貌宏观、微观特征的定量指标,且岩性分类效果良好。     

适于大规模地形分析的计算格网应用

摘总结前人在GIS领域应用格网的理论和实验基础上,使用GlobusToolkit3构建DEM计算地形因子的格网服务(CSED),适用于大洲规模的DEM地形分析,并能够通过Web发布计算结果。基于此格网系统,进行了ShuttleRadarTopographyMission(SRTM)数据在地形因子自动化提取方面的计算实验。这些计算由于依赖的计算环境的重大变化,所体现出来的效率性能等方面有了很大的变化。本文选取中国青藏地区的地形数据进行了详细试验,并对实验区数据和GTOPO30的计算结果进行了对比分析。     

SRTM1 DEM与ASTER GDEM V2数据的对比分析

本文以山西省为实验区,基于ICESat/GLA14测高数据对SRTM1 DEM和ASTER GDEM V2数据的垂直精度进行了对比,分析了其在坡度、土地利用类型和地貌类型中的误差分布情况,并基于地形剖面方法分析了2种DEM数据在地形表达上的差异。研究结果表明：① 在垂直精度上,SRTM1 DEM数据要明显高于ASTER GDEM V2数据,其绝对误差均值分别为4.0 m和7.8 m,标准偏差分别为6.0 m和10.7 m,均方根误差分别为6.1 m和10.7 m。② 这2种DEM数据的精度受坡度影响严重,随坡度值的升高误差增大;SRTM1 DEM的绝对误差均值、标准偏差和均方根误差在水田最小,在林地最大,而ASTER GDEM V2的这3种误差在居民用地最小,在林地最大;SRTM1 DEM 和ASTER GDEM V2的绝对误差均值、标准偏差和均方根误差在平原地区最小,在大起伏山地最大。③ 在平原和台地地区,ASTER GDEM V2数据高程值有异常波动,SRTM1 DEM在起伏山地存在对山谷过高估计。总体上,SRTM1 DEM比ASTER GDEM V2对地形的表达准确,与ICESat/GLA14对地形的描述基本相一致。     

基于均值变点分析法的资源三号测绘卫星DSM水系自动提取研究——以云南省高海拔山区为例

水系自动提取是保证基础地理数据现势性的关键,而获得最佳集水面积阈值是提高水系提取精度的前提条件。集水面积阈值一般依靠定性分析的方法获取,采用均值变点分析法定量确定水系的集水面积阈值,可以满足基础地理数据精确性的要求。以云南省龙川江流域为研究区域,基于资源三号测绘卫星ZY-3 DSM和SRTM DEM两种数据,利用GIS工具分别提取该流域水系,再由均值变点分析法确定最佳集水面积阈值,并比较分析这两种水系的提取精度。研究结果表明:1随着集水面积阈值的增加,提取的水系密度减小且趋缓。ZY-3 DSM和SRTM DEM的最佳集水面积阈值分别是6.0 km~2和2.75 km~2;2在最佳集水面积阈值下,ZY-3 DSM提取的河流数比SRTM DEM多20.6倍,河流等级多2级,各级支流数为SRTM DEM的4.7~9.5倍不等,水系密度达到SRTM DEM的4.5倍;3与1:250 000水系数据相比,ZY-3 DSM和SRTM提取的河流点位平均相差395.23 m,RMSE为391.83 m。由此可见,利用均值变点分析法基于ZY-3 DSM提取的水系精度更高,完全满足测绘地理数据更新的现势性、准确性要求。