Accounting methods for carbon credits: impacts on the minimum area of forestry projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

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The Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP-9) decided to adopt an accounting system based on expiring carbon credits to address the problem of non-permanent carbon storage in forests established under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This article reviews and discusses carbon accounting methods that were under consideration before COP-9 and presents a model which calculates the minimum area that forest plantation projects should reach to be able to compensate CDM transaction costs with the revenues from carbon credits. The model compares different accounting methods under various sets of parameters on project management, transaction costs, and carbon prices. Model results show that under current carbon price and average transaction costs, projects with an area of less than 500 ha are excluded from the CDM, whatever accounting method is used. Temporary crediting appears to be the most favorable approach to account for non-permanent carbon removal in forests and also for the feasibility of smaller projects. However, lower prices for credits with finite lifetimes may prevent the establishment of CDM forestry projects. Also, plantation projects with low risk of unexpected carbon loss and sufficient capacity for insuring or buffering the risk of carbon re-emission would benefit from equivalence-adjusted average carbon storage accounting rather than from temporary crediting.     

WILD PPO-8制作正射影象图的实时控制

本文从倾斜象片与水平象片的透视关系出发,考虑A_8精密立体测图仪的转角系关,导出了模拟计算机比例尺缩放和影象旋转改正公式和实际运算公式,进而阐述了PPO-8正射投影装置是如何实现对ZOOM系统和DOVE系统两个基本公式的控制。     

东川泥石流站开放以来的回顾与展望

本文扼要介绍了中国科学院东川泥石流观测研究站对外开放三年来,在泥石流观测试验研究和防灾减灾工作中的新进展,同时也简述了站设基金课题、国家基金课题和中外合作交流项目的进展情况,并对今后的观测研究工作提出了展望和建议。     

河南省马山口镇青山河泥石流灾害区首期治理工程竣工

针对河南省内乡县马山口镇青山河泥石流灾害防治工程的泥石流灾害现状、治理工程设计依据、工程设计标准、治理措施、工程效益等方面进行了论述。该项工程的竣工取得了较为显著的社会效益,成为中国地质调查局“典型地质灾害勘查与治理示范”工程。     

Scale factor calibration of a superconducting gravimeter at Esashi Station, Japan, using absolute gravity measurements

The scale factor of a superconducting gravimeter (SG) at the Esashi Earth Tides Station, Japan, was revised by repeating co-located absolute gravity measurements with an FG5 gravimeter. Although the calibration results from the absolute gravimeter (AG) show an apparent secular change in the scale factor of the SG (0.4% for the period 1993–2002), the relative scale factors, which are determined by tidal analysis with the response method, indicate that it has changed by no more than 0.01% during the above period. If the mean scale factor over the 10 years is adopted, a value of –56.082±0.029 Gal/V (1 Gal =10^–8 m s^–2) is obtained, which is about 0.4% smaller than that used in the global geodynamics project (GGP) database. Based on this newly determined scale factor, the tidal gravity factors at Esashi have been re-estimated. The observed tidal factors, corrected for the ocean tide effects with recent models, indicate that the theoretical gravity factors for an inelastic Earth model are more consistent with the observations than are those for an elastic model.     

中国大陆科学钻探现场分析与地下流体异常识别

对中国大陆科学钻探深孔中泥浆进行脱气,采用质谱仪、气相色谱仪和测氡仪在线测定He、CO2、CH4、H2、N2、O2、Ar、C2H6、C3H8、n-C4H10、H2S、CO、Rn等多种气体。在排除钻井过程、钻具磨损、泥浆性能、仪器波动、气路设计等对气体分析的严重干扰后,可以发现气体异常与岩心和地层裂隙、破裂面及构造破碎带等具有相关性。同时采用高效液相色谱分析泥浆清液,也发现了来源于地下的流体。     

广州地铁五号线第三方水平位移监测的实践

通过广州地铁五号线土建施工第三方监测实践,介绍并分析TCA2003智能型全站仪在极坐标法水平位移监测中的适用性,提出平面位移量的计算方法,总结了第三方水平位移监测的方法和技术要点。     

A Glimpse of Steel Manufacture

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This article explores the relationship between the values that teachers bring to the classroom and their performance. The insights are drawn from the National Science Foundation-funded Finding A Way project that was undertaken by the National Council for Geographic Education. I argue here that without understanding the values and beliefs of classroom teachers, professional development initiatives might, in the end, make little difference in what goes on in the classroom.     

摄影测量与遥感技术专业实训教学改革与实践

实训教学质量是实现高职人才培养目标的重要环节,本文通过对高职摄影测量与遥感技术专业培养目标的分析,从营造实训环境、加强实训教学队伍建设、开创创新型实训项目、实施实训教学评价四个方面对高职摄影测量与遥感技术专业实训教学进行改革,通过实践,证明了该改革有利于提高高职摄影测量与遥感技术专业实训教学质量。     

山区雨水利用现状分析

通过对山区雨水利用现状的分析,指出当前我国山区雨水利用过程中存在的问题,阐述了在山区开展雨水利用的必要性。通过新密市集雨自压节灌工程实例,证明集雨工程具有投资少、见效快、效益大等特点,可有效解决制约山区经济发展的瓶颈。