Reduced seabird night strikes and mortality in the Tristan rock lobster fishery

The main impact of the fishery for Tristan rock lobster Jasus tristani on seabirds at the Tristan archipelago and Gough Island is through night strikes, when petrels collide with a ship after being disorientated by its lights. Tristan fishery observers have kept records of night strikes on the MV Edinburgh since the 2010/2011 fishing season. Over the last three years, 723 seabirds from nine species were recorded coming aboard the fishing vessel, with at least 39 (5.4%) birds dying as a result. Birds killed were broad-billed prions Pachyptila vittata (41%), common diving petrels Pelecanoides urinatrix (23%), and storm petrels (Pelagodroma marina and Fregetta grallaria/tropica 36%). All these species are listed as Least Concern globally, and the numbers killed per year are <0.1% of the island populations. The captain and crew of the Edinburgh are aware of the problem posed by deck lights at night, and attempt to keep external lighting to a minimum. As a result, the numbers of birds coming aboard vessels in this fishery have decreased from an average of 130 birds per night in 1989 to less than two birds per night in 2010–2013. Currently, most incidents occur during exceptional events when circumstances require deck lights to be lit at night. Consideration should be given to banning fishing operations at night, at least on misty nights.     

基于WebService的地球系统碳循环建模框架研究

在分析了现有地球系统碳循环模型后,提出了基于WebServices的建模框架方案。定义了地球系统碳循环建模框架的体系结构,设计了地球系统碳循环模型服务的元数据。最后,构建了地球系统碳循环模型服务祸合与兼容性校验方式。实验表明,基于WebServices的地球系统碳循环建模框架可以实现网络环境下异构碳循环模型服务的集成建模。     

国产大型地理信息系统软件——吉奥之星

介绍自主研发的国产优秀软件吉奥之星在基础测绘数据生产、空间数据管理、地理信息服务与共享方面的应用及主要功能。     

数字莆田地理信息公共服务平台

数字莆田地理空间框架建设项目促进了"数字莆田"建设进程,本文从标准规范、地理空间框架数据库、平台建设平台应用等方面进行了介绍。     

多传感器组合导航系统的两级分布式融合算法研究

研究了可用于多传感器组合导航系统的两级分布式最优融合算法,以理论的形式证明了在有、无信息反馈的情况下最终的融合结果是等价的与最优的。仿真结果在验证上述理论的情况下,也说明了来自融合中心的反馈信息可明显提高子滤波的滤波性能。     

一种异步多传感器组合导航系统融合算法

针对不同导航传感器存在的采样率不同步（或尺度不同）,提出了一种基于状态方程多尺度变换的异步多传感器组合导航系统信息融合算法。仿真结果表明,本算法不仅具有较好的实时性,而且具有较好的融合精度。     

IMU辅助X射线脉冲星的深空探测器精确定姿方法及仿真

为满足深空探测器的精确定姿需求,提出了一种惯性测量单元(IMU)辅助的X射线脉冲星定姿方法。该方法用IMU的速率陀螺来估计航天器短时姿态,观测两颗或多颗脉冲星的X射线辐射信号,将拟合得到的观测矢量作为滤波器信息输入,利用这两种测姿手段在时间和空间上的互补特性,提供一种全天候、抗干扰性强的定姿方法。仿真结果表明,相比于EKF,基于UKF的俯仰、横滚和偏航三姿态角的测量精度可提高21.9%、21.1%和31.7%;与仅使用脉冲星或IMU的定姿方法相比,组合定姿方法的俯仰角估计精度分别提高了32.5%和77.6%。     

Implementing a national environmental policy: Understanding the ‘success’ of the 1989–1999 integrated pest management programme in Indonesia

The fact that most environmental degradation occurs in developing countries suggests the difficulties in implementing and sustaining environmental policies. In the current era of heightened environmental awareness and publicity for the impacts of climate change, where all countries are expected to take action, cases of ‘successful’ implementations of environmental policy in a developing country are instructive. This paper provides an overview of why and how the 1989–1999 national integrated pest management programme worked in Indonesia – before being terminated in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. It is seen that environmental programmes cannot be sustained without strong national political endorsement, focussed local research linked to international support, appropriate policy implementation mechanisms and demonstrated and direct benefits for local participants and communities.     

Impacts of Multi-Scale Solar Activity on Climate. Part I: Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Climate Extremes

The impacts of solar activity on climate are explored in this two-part study.Based on the principles of atmospheric dynamics,Part I propose an amplifying mechanism of solar impacts on winter climate extremes through changing the atmospheric circulation patterns.This mechanism is supported by data analysis of the sunspot number up to the predicted Solar Cycle 24,the historical surface temperature data,and atmospheric variables of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis up to the February 2011 for the Northern Hemisphere winters.For low solar activity,the thermal contrast between the low-and high-latitudes is enhanced,so as the mid-latitude baroclinic ultra-long wave activity.The land-ocean thermal contrast is also enhanced,which amplifies the topographic waves.The enhanced mid-latitude waves in turn enhance the meridional heat transport from the low to high latitudes,making the atmospheric "heat engine" more efficient than normal.The jets shift southward and the polar vortex is weakened.The Northern Annular Mode(NAM) index tends to be negative.The mid-latitude surface exhibits large-scale convergence and updrafts,which favor extreme weather/climate events to occur.The thermally driven Siberian high is enhanced,which enhances the East Asian winter monsoon(EAWM).For high solar activity,the mid-latitude circulation patterns are less wavy with less meridional transport.The NAM tends to be positive,and the Siberian high and the EAWM tend to be weaker than normal.Thus the extreme weather/climate events for high solar activity occur in different regions with different severity from those for low solar activity.The solar influence on the midto high-latitude surface temperature and circulations can stand out after removing the influence from the El Nin o-Southern Oscillation.The atmospheric amplifying mechanism indicates that the solar impacts on climate should not be simply estimated by the magnitude of the change in the solar radiation over solar cycles when it is compared with other external radiative forcings that do not influence the climate in the same way as the sun does.     

GPS real-time supervisory system and application in the construction of face rockfill dam

IntroductionAt present ,in the quality management of fill-ing construction of the face rockfill damthe qual-ity control method of“dual controls”is mainly a-dopted,of which one is manually controling theparameters of roller compaction including thick-ness and roughness of filling layer and rolledti mes and rolled speed of compaction machines ,the other is inspecting the test hole samplingmanuallyinthe area .The method play a positiverole in promoting domestic development of con-crete faced ro…