Changes in temperature extremes in the Yangtze River Basin, 1962–2011简

Based on daily maximum and minimum temperature observed by the China Mete- orological Administration at 115 meteorological stations in the Yangtze River Basin from 1962 to 2011, the methods of linear regression, principal component analysis and correlation analysis are employed to investigate the temporal variability and spatial distribution of tem- perature extremes. Sixteen indices of extreme temperature are selected. The results are as follows： （1） The occurrence of cold days, cold nights, ice days, frost days and cold spell du- ration indicator has significantly decreased by -0.84, -2.78, -0.48, -3.29 and -0.67 days per decade, respectively. While the occurrence of warm days, warm nights, summer days, tropi- cal nights, warm spell duration indicator and growing season length shows statistically sig- nificant increasing trends at rates of 2.24, 2.86, 2.93, 1.80, 0.83 and 2.30 days per decade, respectively. The tendency rate of the coldest day, coldest night, warmest day, warmest night and diurnal temperature range is 0.33, 0.47, 0.16, 0.19 and -0.07~C per decade, respectively （2） The magnitudes of changes in cold indices （cold nights, coldest day and coldest night） are obviously greater than those of warm indices （warm nights, warmest day and warmest night）. The change ranges of night indices （warm nights and cold nights） are larger than those of day indices （warm days and cold days）, which indicates that the change of day and night tem- perature is asymmetrical. （3） Spatially, the regionally averaged values of cold indices in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Basin are larger than those in the middle and lower reaches. However, the regionally averaged values of most warm indices （except warm spell duration indicator） and growing season length in the middle and lower reaches are larger than those in the upper reaches. （4） The extreme temperature indices are well correlated with each other except diurnal temperature range.     

地理因子在北疆极端气温趋势变化中的作用

论文利用1961-2017年北疆地区37个观测站的逐日气温资料以及高程数据,选取了3类(冷指数、暖指数和极值指数)15项极端气温指数,采用相关分析和灰色关联度统计分析方法,研究了地理因子在北疆极端气温趋势变化中的作用.结果 表明:①北疆地区气候变暖显著,极端气温冷指数呈非常显著的下降趋势,暖指数及极值指数呈显著或非常显...     

北极海冰输出区域海冰运动变化特征及其与北极航道适航性的关系

随着北极地区气候变暖的加剧,北极海冰正在急剧消融,海冰的减少增加了北极地区航道的适航性。本文利用遥感数据反演得到的海冰运动产品对北极海冰输出区域以及东北航道以北区域的海冰运动特征进行了量化。结果显示,从北极中央海域向弗拉姆海峡以及格陵兰海流出海冰的南向位移量呈现出显著增长趋势,海冰的平均南向位移量在2007-2014年间达到1511 km,是2007年之前（617 km）的两倍以上,反映了北极穿极流（TDS）强度在不断增强。通过长时间序列分析发现,春季东北航道以北区域的海冰北向漂移速度在喀拉海呈现+0.04 厘米/秒/年的显著增长趋势（P<0.05）。海冰北向漂移对于东北航道的开通具有显著的影响,在拉普捷夫海与喀拉海,海冰北向运动速度与航道适航期的决定系数分别达到0.33（P<0.001）和0.15（P<0.05）。东西伯利亚海、拉普捷夫海以及喀拉海存在冰间湖区域的春季海冰面积变化与航道的适航期密切相关,海冰的北向漂移对拉普捷夫海和喀拉海的海冰面积减少也有显著影响,这说明北向漂移促进了海冰的离岸输送,造成海冰面积减少的同时形成冰间水道或冰间湖促使航道开通。为探究大气环流指数对海冰运动以及东北航道适航期的影响,本文利用大气再分析数据计算了中央北极指数（CAI）和北极大气偶极子异常（DA）指数。相关性分析表明,CAI比DA更能解释东北航道的适航期,而且CAI能够解释北极海冰输出区域海冰南向位移量变化的45%。最近10年,夏季正相位的CAI进一步加强,通过加强海冰离岸输运和冰间湖活动加剧了东北航道区域海冰变薄及其强度变弱,从而促进了东北航道的开通。     

阴影消除植被指数(SEVI)去除地形本影和落影干扰的性能评估与应用

地形校正是崎岖山区遥感图像预处理的关键步骤。为了评估基于DEM数据的经验校正模型、山地辐射传输模型和波段组合优化计算模型在去除地形阴影效应方面的性能,并将其应用于福州市植被覆盖监测,本文采用C模型（和SCS+C模型）、6S+C模型和阴影消除植被指数（SEVI）进行评估、比较。采用1999年和2014年两期Landsat 5 TM卫星数据和相关的 30 m ASTER GDEM V2高程数据,分别计算了C校正（和SCS+C校正）和6S+C校正后的归一化植被指数（NDVI）和比值植被指数（RVI）以及基于表观反射率数据的SEVI。通过目视比较、光谱特征比较以及太阳入射角余弦值（cos i）与植被指数的线性回归分析,可以看出C模型和SCS+C模型对本影具有较好的校正效果,但对落影的校正效果欠佳。NDVI和RVI的本影与邻近无阴影阳坡的相对误差分别从71.64%、52.57%降至4.80%、6.43%（C模型）和0.50%、9.94%（SCS + C模型）,而落影与邻近无阴影阳坡的相对误差分别从62.01%、47.57%降至31.05%、24.40%（C模型）和33.42%、16.01%（SCS + C模型）。在NDVI的落影校正效果上,6S+C模型比C模型和SCS+C模型有一定的提升,本影与邻近无阴影阳坡之间的相对误差为8.63%,落影与邻近无阴影阳坡之间的相对误差为14.27%。而SEVI在消除本影和落影方面整体效果更好,本影和落影与邻近无阴影阳坡的相对误差分别为9.86%和10.53%。最后,基于SEVI对福州市1999-2014年的植被覆盖变化进行了监测。监测结果表明： ① 1999-2014年植被覆盖增加了893.61 km ²,植被增加区域主要分布在海拔250~1250 m范围内;② SEVI均值在坡度40°附近达到峰值。     

极端天气下三峡库区土地利用对河流水质的多时空尺度影响

为探究极端天气下流域内水质对土地利用的响应关系,本研究基于不同空间尺度(1000 m河段缓冲区、500 m河岸带缓冲区及子流域)的土地利用指数以及旱季(2019年11月)、雨季-洪水期(2020年7月)和雨季-干旱期(2022年8月)的水质数据,探究流域内土地利用对水质的多时空尺度影响,从而得到保护流域水质和规划流域内土地利用格局的最佳时空尺度和对水质影响最显著的预测因子。研究表明:(1)流域水质受极端天气影响,降雨会增强水体的稀释能力,高温会加快水中微生物反应速率,具体表现为雨季-洪水期的水质较好,雨季-干旱期次之,旱季较差。(2)土地利用对水质指标的影响存在时空尺度效应,土地利用在子流域和旱季尺度下对河流水质影响最显著。(3)不同土地利用指数对流域水质影响存在差异,耕地、林地、斑块密度、最大斑块指数和边缘密度是影响水质指标最显著的解释变量。其中林地与多数水质指标具有负相关关系,建设用地、耕地、斑块密度与较多水质指标存在正相关关系。本研究结果为合理规划土地利用格局以及保护河流水质提供科学依据,对三峡库区环境可持续发展及生态保护具有一定意义。     

CMA-GFS与ECMWF模式预报产品不一致性特征

为讨论CMA-GFS模式与ECMWF模式对不同要素预报性能的差异,选用2019—2021年500 hPa位势高度、地面气压、地面2 m气温、12 h降水量的4种要素为对象,采用跳跃指数为评价指标,对比分析了不同区域CMA-GFS、ECMWF模式预报的不一致性特征。结果表明：1)在形势产品(500 hPa位势高度、地面气压)预报方面,两种模式多日平均预报跳跃指数和频率(即预报不一致性)随预报时效的延长而逐渐增大,总体而言CMA-GFS模式预报不一致性比ECMWF模式略显著。2)在要素产品(地面2 m气温、12 h降水量)预报方面,ECMWF模式预报的跳跃指数、频率都随预报时效的延长而逐渐增大;CMA-GFS模式预报的跳跃指数、频率随预报时效的延长出现“两头大、中间小”的变化;CMA-GFS模式预报不一致性比ECMWF模式显著,尤其短预报时效差异更明显。3)除CMA-GFS模式12 h降水预报外,同一模式相同要素预报区域范围越大预报跳跃指数越小,两者呈反比关系。4)两种模式的500 hPa位势高度、地面气压、地面2 m气温预报的跳跃指数分布均呈自南向北逐渐增大趋势,而12 h降水量预报的跳...     

生态地质系统类型及其在生态系统结构中的地位和调查任务

介绍了生态地质学内容及其与地质生态学的关系;描述了岩石圈生态功能分类,即生态地质理论基础。生态地质学的研究对象是生态地质系统中直接作用于某些岩石圈或作用于其表面的生物群,包括人类和社会。生态地质系统分为4种类型：自然实体、自然理念、自然技术实体和自然技术理念。文中也描述了生态地质系统在生态系统结构中的地位,同时论证了生态地质系统的形成因素,科学的调查方法及所有相关的标准和指标,以及此项研究的复杂性。     

Ability of soil bacterial composition as an indicator of levels of soil erosion in a badland

Calanchi(plural of calanco) are typical Italian badlands created by a combination of morphogenetic processes(rill and interrill erosion, gullying, piping, and mass movements) mainly originated by the effect of water. Calanchi are characterized by the sparse and patchy distribution of vegetation, and, in interplant areas, the soil surface is colonized by an association of organisms known as biological soil crust(BSC). A morphometric analysis of 45 basins in the studied calanchi area, based on a h...     

Vegetation and Climate Inferred from Pollen Record in East Asian Region During MIS 5: A Review

The last interglacial, Marine Isotope Stage 5 (MIS 5, about 71~128 ka BP), is the closest to modern interglacial period, in which there are identifiable patterns that could give us clues into what will happen in the future. Pollen analysis, the study of fossil pollen and spores, is one of the key methods for the reconstruction of past vegetation and environment. Pollen data from 23 sites in eastern Asian region were reviewed to document regional patterns of vegetation and climate change during MIS 5 and to understand the large-scale controls on these changes. The regional patterns of vegetation during MIS 5 can be compared with the present-day vegetation. The climate, inferred from pollen record, was not stable during MIS 5. The substages (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d and 5e) of MIS 5 can be identi?ed by pollen assemblages in some areas, which describe the imprint of orbital-scale climate oscillations. East Asian monsoons have significantly contributed to the environment of modern eastern Asian monsoon region during MIS 5. However, the climate in Japan is also affected by the ocean currents and westerly circulation. The climate of the Tibetan Plateau is controlled by interactions of competing factors, including Indian monsoons, westerlies, and topography. In eastern Asian region, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions, the high-resolution pollen records need to be further studied for the better understanding of the climate change.     

The geography of tyranny and despair: development indicators and the hypothesis of genetic inevitability of national inequality

Development geography has long sought to understand why inequalities exist and the best ways to address them. Dependency theory sets out an historical rationale for under development based on colonialism and a legacy of developed core and under-developed periphery. Race is relevant in this theory only insofar that Europeans are white and the places they colonised were occupied by people with darker skin colour. There are no innate biological reasons why it happened in that order. However, a new theory for national inequalities proposed by Lynn and Vanhanen in a series of publications makes the case that poorer countries have that status because of a poorer genetic stock rather than an accident of history. They argue that IQ has a genetic basis and IQ is linked to ability. Thus races with a poorer IQ have less ability, and thus national IQ can be positively correlated with performance as measured by an indicator like GDP/capita. Their thesis is one of despair, as little can be done to improve genetic stock significantly other than a programme of eugenics. This paper summarises and critiques the Lynn and Vanhanen hypothesis and the assumptions upon which it is based, and uses this analysis to show how a human desire to simplify in order to manage can be dangerous in development geography. While the attention may naturally be focused on the 'national IQ' variables as a proxy measure of 'innate ability', the assumption of GDP per capita as an indicator of 'success' and 'achievement' is far more readily accepted without criticism. The paper makes the case that the current vogue for indicators, indices and cause–effect can be tyrannical.