Inhabiting the Imaginary: Factory Women at Home on Batam Island, Indonesia

Batam Island, Indonesia, located a short ferry ride away from Singapore, is a place where tourism and industry have been developed simultaneously and a border area where “developed” and “developing” nations meet. Government officials, investing international corporations and the “factory women” who work in the island's industrial estates arrive in Batam ‐ native to none of them ‐ with their own preconceptions and goals. When challenges not foreseen through master planning arise, the authorities cling ever more tightly to their physical and structural development model: the nearby city‐state of Singapore. Conversely, the factory workers who travel intranationally to work in this export processing zone (EPZ) find their objectives contested in the face of the Master Plan, corporate agendas and ethnic fusions characterising this transnational capitalist space. Entering into the homes of three groups of women migrants living and working in Batam, the relationship between the private realm that they inhabit and the social contexts in which they participate publicly is investigated. Some of the choices that women make at and about home are identified, and their ability to “micro‐resist” these external structures is explored. At home, the dynamic relationship between the Batam development project and the women's own hopes and visions of the place ‐ sometimes parallel and sometimes incongruous ‐ are revealed. As they experience life on Batam, their “social imaginaries” of it are shaped into various new realities, and their homes, removed from the confines of the factory floor, thus become spaces of release from these tensions.     

An Evaluation of the Tourist Potential of the Climate in Catalonia (Spain): A Regional Study

The many links that exist between tourism and the atmospheric elements point to the need to evaluate the potential of the climate as a resource. This study of the spatial and temporal variations of the climate—tourist potential in Catalonia (Spain) is based on the classification of daily weather situations according to the main combinations of climatic variables in the study area, and is adjusted to reflect bioclimatic criteria and tourist perceptions. The results of the study reveal major differences in the climate—tourist aptitudes of the region and, in general, a high tourist potential. However, given that the climate is not the sole factor intervening in the temporal and spatial distribution of tourist activities in Catalonia, it is apparent that the tourist aptitudes of the Catalan climates are not fully exploited by planning in this sector; thus, the periods of the year and areas identified as being climatically suitable for recreational activities are greater than the actual periods and area dedicated to tourism.     

土地房产GIS空间要素的GML模型与实现

在分析土地房产要素特点的基础上．探讨了土地房产空间要素的GML模型及其应用。基于GML语言设计了土地房产空间要素的XML Scenma模式．定义和描述了土地房产要素及其属性．探讨了基于XML和XQuery实现大数据量的地籍对象查询．利用Java DOM和SAX开发了一个基于GML的土地房产GIS系统．实现了土地房产权籍要素图形和属性的一体化管理系统应用表明了所提出的模型和实现是可行的。     

阿克苏地区强冰雹云移动路径分析

利用阿克苏地区1996～2003年的冰雹落区覆盖面积达667hm2以上的个例的雷达资料,进行统计分析,得出强冰雹天气背景下的天气系统类型、冰雹路径,并提出相应的防御对策.     

贵州省汛期地质灾害气象预报预警的探索与实践

从气象因素和全省地质灾害隐患入手逐步深化研究降水和地质环境与地质灾害发生的关系,由浅入深,在尝试和探索中开展地质灾害的预报预警研究,提出了基于GIS的地质灾害气象预警方法.并通过对2004年的地质灾害实例验证预报和2005年4-7月预报预警取得了很好的效果.本文提出的气象预警方法合理可行、简便实用,特别适用于开展省级地质灾害气象预警业务中应用.     

气溶胶光学厚度的分布特征及其与沙尘天气的关系

 利用MODIS卫星遥感光学厚度资料，分析了中国大气气溶胶光学厚度的时空分布特征，并与同期沙尘天气进行了对比和相关分析，结果表明：①中国主要内陆地区的气溶胶光学厚度(Aerosol Optical Thickness，简称AOT)分布有4个高值区：①分别位于南疆盆地和青海\,甘肃、内蒙古中西部地区、四川盆地和长江黄河下游地区。②春季北方特别是西北的AOT值明显高于南方，冬季南北AOT值差别不大。③南疆盆地和内蒙古中东部地区AOT值随季节变化明显，而四川盆地、长江黄河下游地区AOT值没有明显的季节变化。④南疆盆地、青海、内蒙古等地区沙尘天气过程与AOT值同步变化。⑤在沙尘天气的多发区，气溶胶光学厚度与沙尘天气有较好的相关性；沙尘天气的少发区，气溶胶光学厚度与沙尘天气基本不相关。因此可以推断，中国北方，特别是干旱荒漠区，大气气溶胶主要来自沙尘天气过程引起的地面沙尘释放。     

NWP产品在强对流天气诊断分析中的应用

利用ECMWF、T213、T106数值预报产品及各物理量场,对已知中尺度系统发生发展的大尺度条件,预报中尺度环流出现的统计概率进行探讨:首先将武汉中心气象台过去总结的强对流天气模型与数值预报产品中的环流形势进行对比分析,当所预报的环流形势满足强对流天气模型时,认为大尺度条件将会促进中尺度天气的发生发展。再对数值预报产品中的有关物理要素场和值进行诊断分析,当所诊断的结果反映出有中尺度次级环流出现或有利中尺度对流天气发生时,最后对强对流天气落区、落点及降水性质进行诊断分析。同时,还利用AREM中尺度数值模式对2002年7月21~24日过程进行诊断分析,预报效果较好。,通过诊断分析,得出了强对流天气落区、落点及降水性质与各要素之间预报场和值的关系,同时也为今后精细化预报提供了启示和参考。     

网上雷达回波经纬度定位系统的设计与建立

基于气象业务的需要,开发了网上雷达回波经纬度定位系统。该系统能够依托于网上雷达图像进行回波的定位,包括回波高度,回波相对雷达站的距离、方位角,相对炮点的距离、方位角、作业时的仰角。可以为人影作业时作业时机、打炮方向及仰角提供更精确信息,减少盲目性,提高增雨(防雹)作业效率。该系统用Visual C 编程,界面友好、直观,操作方便、快捷,具有很强的实用性。     

三峡坝区一次强风害天气多普勒雷达回波分析

2002年4月15日夜间发生在三峡坝区的强风暴属于典型的地面冷锋侵入西南倒槽天气背景下的强对流过程,其瞬间最大风力达11级,降水强度达50 mm/h左右。多普勒雷达发现风暴成熟阶段的回波具有中气旋等特征。强回波历时近4 h,根据当地短时大风的记录近地面伴随较强的下泄气流,造成灾害性大风。灾害性大风的能量可能来自对流层中层对流不稳定能量的积聚,能量大小对风害的强度有很好的指示性,对流不稳定能量层消失时刻预示风害爆发时刻。此个例灾害性大风和强降水发生在最强回波、最高回波顶和最大垂直累积液态水含量之后。强烈的天气现象与天气雷达回波指示值之间的时间差可作为预报员今后预报此类天气的重要参考。     

用雷达反射率作对流性降水和层状云降水自动分类

为提高雷达定量测量降水的精度,利用武汉CINRAD/SA雷达反射率数据,研究提出了对流性降水和层状云降水自动分类算法(ACSS)。该算法在二维反射率结构场初步分类降水的基础上,识别亮带并从体扫描数据中提取降水的三维结构特征,然后对初步分类结果进行订正。试验表明,ACSS能较准确地实现对流性降水和层状云降水的自动分类,相对于只根据二维结构分类降水性能上有较大提高,主要表现在能正确识别出亮带特征明显的强层状云和对流核外沿的对流弱回波区。