Variability of Raindrop Size Distribution during a Regional Freezing Rain Event in the Jianghan Plain of Central China

The characteristics of the raindrop size distribution(DSD) during regional freezing rain(FR) events that occur throughout the phase change(from liquid to solid) are poorly understood due to limited observations. We investigate the evolution of microphysical parameters and the key formation mechanisms of regional FR using the DSDs from five disdrometer sites in January 2018 in the Jianghan Plain(JHP) of Central China. FR is identified via the size and velocity distribution measured from a disdrom...     

地质灾害监测预警中的精密空间对地观测技术

21世纪以来,随着世界环境恶化和人类活动剧烈,地质灾害呈现频发态势,精密对地观测技术成为其监测预警的重要手段。本文首先介绍了常见地质灾害特点和监测方法,并对InSAR、LiDAR、高分遥感和GNSS 4种技术在地质灾害监测预警中的技术特点及应用进行了阐述,其次对高精度空间监测技术融合进行了综述和展望,最后对未来地质灾害监测预警技术趋势进行了总结。     

Developing the science product algorithm testbed for Chinese next-generation geostationary meteorological satellites: Fengyun-4 series

Fengyun-4A (FY-4A), the first of the Chinese next-generation geostationary meteorological satellites, launched in 2016, offers several advances over the FY-2: more spectral bands, faster imaging, and infrared hyperspectral measurements. To support the major objective of developing the prototypes of FY-4 science algorithms, two science product algorithm testbeds for imagers and sounders have been developed by the scientists in the FY-4 Algorithm Working Group (AWG). Both testbeds, written in FORTRAN and C programming languages for Linux or UNIX systems, have been tested successfully by using Intel/g compilers. Some important FY-4 science products, including cloud mask, cloud properties, and temperature profiles, have been retrieved successfully through using a proxy imager, Himawari-8/Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI), and sounder data, obtained from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder, thus demonstrating their robustness. In addition, in early 2016, the FY-4 AWG was developed based on the imager testbed—a near real-time processing system for Himawari-8/AHI data for use by Chinese weather forecasters. Consequently, robust and flexible science product algorithm testbeds have provided essential and productive tools for popularizing FY-4 data and developing substantial improvements in FY-4 products.     

日极端气温的主客观预报能力评估及多模式集成网格释用

精细格点天气预报是我国未来几年天气预报业务发展重点。利用ECMWF、GRAPES等业务数值模式和广东站点观测资料,对日极端气温的主客观预报能力进行了多角度综合评估。统计结果表明,T_(max)、T_(min)的主客观预报误差均存在明显季节差异,在系统误差相对平稳的夏半年主观预报具有较明显订正能力,模式预报呈现一定流依赖特征,温度越高(低),负(正)偏差越明显;主客观预报误差空间分布均受地形影响,随着时效延长误差总体增幅不大,主观订正能力也较稳定。根据以上评估特征和网格预报特点,研究开发了一套多模式动态集成网格释用技术方案(McGF)。结果表明,相比单个模式的预报和主观预报,McGF较明显提升了T_(max)的预报技巧;T_(min)的模式预报偏差总体较T_(max)偏小,McGF提升幅度相对较小;网格释用后的广东区域预报能较合理反映气温空间和强度特征,较周边未经释用区域明显更优。     

中国地级市新型城镇化的影响因素

通过探索性空间分析检验中国地级市新型城镇化各指数存在的空间自相关性,并利用空间误差模型及其稳健性分析对新型城镇化质量、效率与城乡协调指数的影响因素进行案例探讨。结果显示:新型城镇化的质量、效率与城乡协调指数均存在空间自相关性。产业结构对城镇化发展质量具有正向促进作用,而与城镇化效率、城乡协调指数的关系则恰好相反;基础设施建设和土地规模有助于提高城镇化的质量与效率,但却抑制城乡之间的协调发展。整体来看,工业化的发展、基础设施的完善以及土地的规模效应有助于新型城镇化的发展。     

中国铁路运输效率时空演化特征及机理研究

铁路是综合运输体系的重要组成部分之一,合理高效的铁路运输系统有利于发挥交通运输的支撑引领作用,运输效率问题的探讨显得尤为重要。以铁路局为研究单元,使用超效率SBM-Malmquist指数方法,对2005-2013年中国铁路运输效率的时空演化特征及影响机理进行了分析。研究表明：① 中国铁路运输效率呈波动上升趋势,但总体水平不高,规模效率是造成这两种现象的主要原因。② 铁路运输效率呈现东部高于中部,中部高于西部的空间分布格局。与此同时,高、中、低值区内部运输效率的空间分布存在差异,各铁路局效率演化的类型也不尽相同。③ 通过对研究期内大规模建设高铁的铁路局运输效率演化进行分析,发现近些年大规模高速铁路的建设并没有引起运输效率和生产率的较大变动。④ 从地域空间视角,区位条件、资源势差、地形条件以及城镇格局与城镇化水平等外部因素对运输效率空间格局及其演化产生着重要作用。     

基于Landsat 8 OLI数据与面向对象分类的昆嵛山地区土地覆盖信息提取

利用2015年Landsat 8 OLI遥感影像和DEM作为分类数据源,结合野外调查数据,采用面向对象的分类方法对昆嵛山地区土地覆盖信息进行提取,并对分类结果进行精度评价与比较分析。研究表明：面向对象分类方法提取的各地类连续且边界清晰,分类效果与实际情况基本吻合。昆嵛山地区占主导地位的土地覆盖类型是针叶林,面积为1 546.81 km²。研究区土地覆盖分类的总体精度和Kappa系数分别为91.5%和0.88,其中针叶林、草地、水体和建设用地的生产者精度均达到87%以上。相对于监督分类方法,本研究提出的土地覆盖信息提取方法的总体分类精度和Kappa系数分别提高14.7%和0.17。基于面向对象的中分辨率遥感影像,能够获取较高精度的土地覆盖信息,为大范围土地覆盖分类研究提供方法参考。     

From highly polluted inland city of China to “Lanzhou Blue”: The air-pollution characteristics

Air quality was improved considerably and the so-called "Lanzhou Blue" appeared frequently in Lanzhou due to implementation of some strict emission-control measures in recent years. To better understand whether the concentration of each air pollutant had decreased significantly and then give some suggestions as to urban air-quality improvement in the near future, the variations of the Air Quality Index (AQI) and six criterion air pollutants (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, CO, SO₂, NO₂, and O₃) at five state-controlled monitoring sites of Lanzhou were studied from 2013 to 2016. The AQI, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and SO₂ gradually decreased from 2013 to 2016, while CO and NO₂ concentrations had slightly increasing trends, especially in urban areas, due to the large number of motor vehicles, which had an annual growth rate of 30.87%. The variations of the air pollutants in the no-domestic-heating season were more significant than those in the domestic-heating season. The increase of ozone concentration for the domestic-heating season at a background station was the most significant among the five monitoring sites. The vehicle-exhaust and ozone pollution was increasingly severe with the rapid increase in the number of motor vehicles. The particulate-matter pollution became slight in the formerly highly polluted Lanzhou City. Some synergetic measures in urban and rural areas of Lanzhou should be taken by the local government in the near future to control fine particulate-matter (PM_2.5) and ozone pollution.     

Dynamic Changes of the Bush Encroachment in Low Altitude Area of Ethiopia

Bush encroachment is widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions, and it has a serious impact on livestock production, especially in Africa where livestock is a primary source for the livelihoods of many people. In this study, methods of supervised classification and decision tree classification, and indexes of a land use change significance index (Ci) and a single land use dynamic degree, were applied to remote sensing imagery of Ethiopia for 1986-2016. The results show the dynamic characteristics of grassland bush encroachment in low altitude areas (pastures <1500 m above sea level) of Ethiopia in the 30 year period studied. The results revealed several interesting features of this phenomenon. (1) The area of bush encroachment showed an increasing trend, with a maximum of 3.74×10³ km² in 2003, which represented 68.97% of the total area, and declined slightly from 2003~2016. (2) Among classification types, the area of severe shrub grassland was the largest, accounting for 28.36-49.10% of the total area, while the area of moderate bush encroachment accounted for 9.77-16.68%, and slight bush encroachment accounted for 5.52-7.57%. (3) The expansion rate of shrubby grassland was 0.74% for the 30 year period, while the average annual expansion rate was 2.16% for the 8 years from 1995-2003. (4) Forest land and grassland were the two main land use types of shrub grassland transformation in low altitude areas and bush encroachment changed large amounts of forest land into grassland due to shrub grassland management. The results of this study provide basic data for revealing the impacts of development processes on subsequent bush encroachment and can inform better management for the sustainable development of grasslands in low altitude systems.