Spatio-temporal analysis of decadal-scale patterns in barrier island response to storms: Perdido Key,NW Florida

The ability to accurately quantify shoreline variability is essential in order to establish aggressive mitigation strategies, based on recent global climate change projections. This investigation employed a suite of coastal data (topographic maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery and lidar) to establish decadal trends of shoreline movement along Perdido Key, a sandy barrier island off Florida’s northwest coast. The technique used to detect morphologic change with time was a recently developed tool, Analyzing Moving Boundaries Using R. This innovative methodology improves our understanding of the evolution of coastal systems by modeling shoreline variance using a method that is sensitive to shoreline shape. Results show that the barrier shoreline is a highly dynamic feature with distinct zones of erosion and accretion that are pervasive over time. In general, the island is displaying a mechanism of rotational instability with the eastern half retreating, and the western portion advancing. The inflection point, around which this rotational shifting is taking place, lies at the center of a Pleistocene headland located along the island’s midpoint. The results of this study suggest that coastal evolution along the island may be meta-stable, with trends in shoreline variance corresponding mainly to discrete storm events in time.     

全球恐怖袭击事件时空演变与态势分析

恐怖主义具有极大的破坏性与杀伤力,已成为世界和平与安全的最大威胁之一。本文以全球恐怖主义数据库（GTD）为基础,采用伤亡人数的热点分析以及各区域事件频次的层次聚类方法,对全球恐怖主义袭击事件的时空演变特征与态势进行分析研究,探讨了2013-2017年内全球高伤亡率热点区域的空间分布与变化,并对不同地区的袭击频次进行统计并划分了事发率严重等级。研究表明：① 5年内,伤亡人数在2014年为最高达103 134人,而后逐年递减的趋势;袭击频次呈现一种锯齿状为“猖狂-治理-收敛-不治理-再次猖狂”的模式;② 中东及北非地区是恐怖主义袭击的严重区与策源地,也是高伤亡率的热点区域,平均每年伤亡人数约占全球的49%,事件发生频次约占40%,而南亚伤亡人数约占22.8%,袭击频次约31.1%,撒哈拉以南的非洲地区次之,东南亚及西欧、东欧、南美地区也为恐怖主义的暴动区域;③ 全球恐怖主义的时空演变趋势已形成以中东及北非地区以及与撒哈拉以南的非洲交界区域为爆发中心,逐渐向南亚、东南亚、西欧地区扩散的趋势,为新的恐怖主义活跃区。通过对5年内全球恐怖主义的时空演变和态势,以及造成恐怖主义发生的原因进行分析,可为反恐组织以及避免袭击事件的发生提供有效的参考和决策辅助。     

Ross-Li核驱动模型热点参数化及其校正—以POLDER数据为例

半经验、核驱动二向性反射分布函数(BRDF)模型是多角度遥感领域的一个重要模型,其热点效应在应用BRDF反演其它地表参数时有重要作用。本研究针对树冠内部叶片的间隙对热点的影响,对几何光学核的重叠函数进行热点效应的改进,并利用POLDER多角度观测数据集,对改进热点效应后的不同核函数组合模型的最优热点参数进行了确定。通过最小均方根误差(RMSE)筛选出最优热点参数,进一步分析不同模型对热点参数的敏感性和RMSE随热点参数的变化情况。结果表明:(1)该热点参数化方法可用于Ross-Li核驱动模型不同核函数组合的情况,热点校正后的模型相对于原模型很好地改善了对热点反射率的拟合能力;(2)热点参数最优值在几何光学核为LSRC (LiSparseRChen)与LDRC (LiDenseRChen)组成的模型中出现明显差别,C1在LDRC模型中的值远小于LSRC模型,主要是因为LDRC核函数自身较好考虑了树冠尺度下的热点效应,所以该热点参数改进方法起到的补偿作用较小;(3)总体上,同一模型的C1参数比C2参数对热点的变化更敏感。本研究为Ross-Li核驱动模型的热点效应进一步校正及热点参数的取值范围提供了依据,对Ross-Li模型的推广有重要意义,改进热点效应后的模型可用于未来国产多角度卫星的数据处理流程中,以获取加精确的地物热点反射率信息。     

南海岛礁周边海域表面叶绿素浓度的时空特征

南海海域内岛礁众多, 渔业资源丰富, 而目前针对岛礁周边海区生态要素开展的研究仍较少。本文利用近20年多卫星融合水色遥感数据, 分析了南海38个主要岛礁周边区域海面叶绿素浓度的空间分布、季节变化和年际变化特征。结果表明, 岛礁周边普遍存在叶绿素浓度高值区, 其浓度约在离岛礁5个等效半径外降至海区背景水平。岛礁周边海域的叶绿素(相对于背景值的)浓度异常受海区背景值影响, 两者在南海的空间分布格局与背景值基本一致: 在平均温度较低、季风强度较大的东沙、西沙海区, 叶绿素浓度异常高于温度较高、季风强度相对较弱的中沙、南沙海区。叶绿素浓度呈现出明显的季节变化和年际变化特征, 一般在冬季风期间升高, 而在夏季风爆发前降至最低; 在El Ni?o次年随海温升高和季风减弱而下降, 在La Ni?a次年则相反。岛礁周边的叶绿素浓度异常受到温度变化的影响, 随着近年来海温变化幅度加大, 其年均水平呈显著下降趋势(P=5.05×10 ^-5)。这些结果可为我国岛礁区域渔业资源的开发和管理提供信息支持。     

建立海岛保护名录制度的必要性研究

《中华人民共和国海岛保护法》明确了我国海岛保护的主要内容。从海岛保护规制视角,我国已建立规划、调查评估、生态系统保护和海岛分类保护等制度。在我国大力推进海洋生态文明建设的背景下,文章提出包括海岛生态保护在内的海岛保护管理工作存在诸多方面的挑战,无法有效与我国生态文明相关制度相衔接。我国海岛数量众多、情况各异,有必要实施海岛名录化管理,建立海岛保护名录制度,通过分析其在推动海洋生态文明制度建设等方面的重要意义,主张其为完善我国海岛保护制度的重要可行路径。     

福建省无居民海岛开发利用的契机、挑战和对策

文章概述福建省无居民海岛开发利用、保护和管理现状,从相关法律法规和规划办法逐步完善的角度分析无居民海岛开发利用的契机,同时指出面临的海岛开发利用投资成本高和回报周期长、开发利用同质化和低质化、海岛生态环境资源遭到破坏、历史遗留问题仍未解决以及不同类型海岛未能区别管理等挑战,在此基础上提出探索海岛开发利用新模式、加快区域用岛规划编制、理顺海岛保护管理体制机制和海岛分等级管理审批的对策建议。     

Spatial organization of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Lower Mekong Basin

In this study, we investigated patterns of spatial variation in macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) and examined their relationship with environmental factors. Cluster analysis was used to group macroinvertebrate samples and Linear Discriminant Analysis was performed to discriminate the major factors associated with the macroinvertebrate assemblages. Four clusters could be distinguished based on the dissimilarity between macroinvertebrate assemblages. The assemblages related to the tributaries and the upstream parts (cluster II) were characterized by a lower richness, abundance, diversity and a lower number of indicator taxa compared to the assemblage found downstream in the Mekong delta (cluster I). Aquatic insects and their indicator taxa (e.g. Caenodes sp., Dipseudopsis sp. and Gomphidae sp.), preferring a high-altitude environment with a high dissolved oxygen concentration and a high density of wood/shrub and evergreen forests, were the most predominant group in the assemblages occupying the tributaries and the upstream parts (cluster IIa). The assemblage found in the delta, consisting largely of molluscs and a moderate richness and abundance of worms, crustaceans and dipteran insects, was mainly represented by Corbicula leviuscula and C. moreletiana (molluscs), Namalycastis longicirris and Chaetogaster langi (worms), Corophium minutum and Grandidierella lignorum (crustaceans), and Cricotopus sp. and Clinotanypus sp. (dipteran insects). This assemblage was associated with a large watershed surface area, deep and wide rivers and a high water temperature. The intermediate assemblage (cluster IIb1) in-between could be discriminated based on land cover types including inundated, wetland and agricultural land, and was represented most by molluscs. Strikingly, the assemblage occupying the upstream parts (cluster IIa), which is related to intensified agriculture and a moderate conductivity, was characterized by a higher macroinvertebrate diversity compared to the mountainous and less impacted tributaries. This could mean that the natural stress is high in these systems for some taxa, leading to a lower overall taxonomic richness and abundance. Nevertheless, the number of taxa and the diversity of macroinvertebrates remained relatively high across the basin, especially in the delta assemblage. Therefore, the LMB deserves a particular attention for conservation.     

Coastal geomorphic chronosequences across broad spatiotemporal scales. Metrical observations from the Cape Verde hotspot

The study of the coastal landscapes of hotspot oceanic islands through comprehensive structural metrics and ecological estimators represents an opportunity to explore geomorphological transformations and broad spatiotemporal scale features of coastal evolution. As part of this approach, a new metrical comparative analysis is presented in this study, comprising four islands in different evolutionary stages. They belong to the Cape Verde archipelago, which forms a double insular chain in which an east–west gradient in age and evolution is particularly evident across the southern chain. A space-for-time (SFT) substitution approach is applied to the coasts of (1) Fogo, in the shield stage; (2) Santiago, in the early post-erosional stage; (3) São Vicente, in the advanced post-erosional stage; and (4) Boa Vista, in the last erosional stage. From the obtained spatial distributions and frequencies of landforms, the coastal landscapes of these islands are compared in relation to their (i) geomorphic composition, using similarity indices (Whittaker, β_w, Sorensen, C_s) and nestedness estimators (NOFD, WNODF), (ii) geomorphic abundance, using morpho-assembling densities (D_gm), and (iii) geomorphic diversity, using six alpha-diversity indices (Richness, S, Menhinick, D_MN, Simpson, D, Shannon, H', Berger-Parker, d, and Brillouin, HB). An advanced geomorphological taxonomy is implemented for areas with limited open-access data, including a set of planform features captured through scale-frequency decomposition. Photographic, cartographic and fieldwork data are used for landform identification at 1200 random sampling points, empirically determined by a bootstrap method. The results show a chronological ordering of the compared variables and a possible co-evolution towards an increase in organizational geomorphic complexity of coastal systems at broad space-timescales. The method proposed in this study can contribute, from a metrical perspective, to finding new long-term evolutionary features and constitutes an advance in the development of an integrated model of coastal evolution in oceanic islands. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Large wood retention in river channels: the case of the Fiume Tagliamento,Italy

After more than 300 years of widespread and intensive river management, few examples of complex, unmanaged river systems remain within Europe. An exception is the Fiume Tagliamento, Italy, which retains a riparian woodland margin and unconfined river channel system throughout almost the entire 170 km length of its river corridor. A research programme is underway focusing on a range of related aspects of the hydrology, fluvial geomorphology and ecology of the Tagliamento. This paper contributes to that programme by focusing on large wood retention. The paper adopts a simple force:resistance approach at the scale of the entire river corridor in order to identify reaches of the river with a high wood retention potential. Information on the character of the river corridor is derived from 1:10 000 scale topographic maps. A range of indices measured at 330 transects across the river corridor supports a classification of the geomorphological style of the river which reflects the presence and abundance of properties previously identified in the literature as large wood retention sites. This classification provides a qualitative representation of the ‘resistance’ of the corridor to wood movement and thus its overall wood‐retention potential. The map‐derived indices are also used to extrapolate estimates of the ten year return period flood to each of the 330 transects so that the downstream pattern of unit stream power can be quantified as an index representing ‘force’ in the analysis. Although input of wood is an important factor in many river systems, it is assumed not to be a limiting factor along the Tagliamento, where riparian woodland is abundant. Field observations of large wood storage illustrate that wood retention at eight sites along the river reflects the presence and abundance of the features incorporated in the classification of geomorphological style, including the complexity of the channel network, the availability of exposed gravel areas, and the presence of islands. In general at the time of survey in August 1998, open gravel areas were estimated to store approximately 1 t ha⁻¹ of wood in single‐thread reaches and 6 t ha⁻¹ in multiple‐thread reaches. Established islands were estimated to store an average of 80 t ha⁻¹ of wood. Nevertheless, there was considerable variability between sites, and pioneer islands, which are not represented on maps or readily identified from air photographs because of their small size, were estimated to store an order of magnitude more wood than established islands. Furthermore, the wood storage from this sample of eight sites did not reflect variability in estimated unit stream power. A series of areas for further research are identified, which can be explored using field data, and which will throw more light on the processes of wood retention in this extremely dynamic fluvial environment. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

城市POI的空间数据分析与可视化表达

随着科技的迅速发展,地理空间数据已经成为人们日常生活中的一部分,城市POI数据则是涵盖城市公共基础设施属性信息与位置信息的大型地理空间数据。针对现阶段对城市POI数据利用程度不充分的问题,本文运用密度分析、热点分析以及服务范围分析等方法研究大连金普新区城市POI数据的空间分布特征。结果表明:大连金普新区城市POI数据呈现"二区八带多点"的分布格局,金石滩街道、中长街道、先进街道以及大李家街道医疗、教育、娱乐设施较为完善,且远离工厂,比较宜居。本研究可为市民生活、工作、学习、娱乐提供参考,也可为城市发展、管理维护提供服务。