北京西山寒武纪海相红层的分布与时代

本文参照北京西山及国内外寒武系相关地层资料，在古生物学和地层学研究的基础上，对北京西山寒武纪海相红层进行了初步研究。在西山寒武纪地层中，共识别出14层(套)海相红层，分别为：早寒武世下苇甸组1层B∈RB1(沧浪铺期)；早—中寒武世早期3层B∈RB2、B∈RB3及B∈RB4(馒头期—毛庄期)；中寒武世中期3层B∈RB5、B∈RB6及B∈RB7(徐庄期)；中寒武世晚期1层B∈RB8(张夏期)；晚寒武世早期2层B∈RB9、B∈RB10(崮山期)；晚寒武世中期3层B∈RB11、B∈RB12、B∈RB13(长山期)：晚寒武世晚期1层B∈RB14(凤山期)。所有14层海相红层形成于陆表海浅水环境，它们均属陆棚红层。红层分布模式说明，它们的形成与其附近的古陆有关。依据海相红层及其上下层位中所含的三叶虫化石，本文初步论述了各海相红层的大致时代，并与其他地区的同期海相红层进行了对比。此外，本文还讨论了山西东部寒武纪海相红层的层序和全球早寒武世沧浪铺期海相红层的广布事件。     

高校多媒体教程建设的思考——兼谈《地球科学》电子教材制作

结合高校电子教程的发展现状讨论了建设多媒体电子教程的必要性和可能性,并针对高等教育的特点提出了建设电子教程的目的及其应当具备的特点,最后以《地球科学》研制为例,介绍了教程研制过程中应当注意的几个关键环节和制作目标,强调了知识的整体感和表现形式的多样性。     

地球自转变化的重力效应

极移对重力测量的影响在前人的研究和工作中已得到了充分的考虑并有不同形式的改正公式。但是由于地轴转动速率变化的重力效应的量级很小,且限于以前的测量精度以及资料处理方法, 因而常常被忽略。随着重力测量精度的提高以及资料处理方法的改进, 有必要重新讨论该项影响。本文从推导地球瞬时自转极运动对地面台站重力测量值影响的公式入手, 将地球自转角速率变化的重力效应和极移的重力效应分离开来, 并对它们的量级分别作了估计。本文着重讨论自转角速率变化对重力测量的影响。用 Ｉ Ｅ Ｒ Ｓ 的日长变化序列和极移序列分别具体地计算了１９８２ ～１９９６ 年期间对武汉的重力测量值的影响, 结果表明, 自转角速率变化对武汉地区重力值的影响最大可达０ ．２５ ｍｉｃｒｏｇａｌ（ｐｅａｋ －ｔｏ － ｐｅａｋ） , 这在高精度的绝对重力测量和相对重力测量中不应再被忽略     

数字地球的时空维实现

在全球变化研究和持续发展战略推动下形成的地理信息科学是数字地球的科学技术基础,而数字地球也为地理信息科学的发展提供了源动力。数字地球将深刻改变人类的政治、经济和科技格局。现在还不能给数字地球一个明确的定义,但可以认为数字地球的核心是一个分布式、多尺度、多维的地理信息系统。TGIS研究是实现数字地球的关键技术之一。目前可以本着综合型和分解型两种思路对TGIS进行平行探索。     

Digital world meets urban planet – new prospects for evidence-based urban studies arising from joint exploitation of big earth data,information technology and shared knowledge

ABSTRACT

The digital transformation taking place in all areas of life has led to a massive increase in digital data – in particular, related to the places where and the ways how we live. To facilitate an exploration of the new opportunities arising from this development the Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (U-TEP) has been set-up. This enabling instrument represents a virtual environment that combines open access to multi-source data repositories with dedicated data processing, analysis and visualisation functionalities. Moreover, it includes mechanisms for the development and sharing of technology and knowledge. After an introduction of the underlying methodical concept, this paper introduces four selected use cases that were carried out on the basis of U-TEP: two technology-driven applications implemented by users from the remote sensing and software engineering community (generation of cloud-free mosaics, processing of drone data) and two examples related to concrete use scenarios defined by planners and decision makers (data analytics related to global urbanization, monitoring of regional land-use dynamics). The experiences from U-TEP’s pre-operations phase show that the system can effectively support the derivation of new data, facts and empirical evidence that helps scientists and decision-makers to implement improved strategies for sustainable urban development.     

Assessing global Sentinel-2 coverage dynamics and data availability for operational Earth observation (EO) applications using the EO-Compass

ABSTRACT

Sentinel-2 scenes are increasingly being used in operational Earth observation (EO) applications at regional, continental and global scales, in near-real time applications, and with multi-temporal approaches. On a broader scale, they are therefore one of the most important facilitators of the Digital Earth. However, the data quality and availability are not spatially and temporally homogeneous due to effects related to cloudiness, the position on the Earth or the acquisition plan. The spatio-temporal inhomogeneity of the underlying data may therefore affect any big remote sensing analysis and is important to consider. This study presents an assessment of the metadata for all accessible Sentinel-2 Level-1C scenes acquired in 2017, enabling the spatio-temporal coverage and availability to be quantified, including scene availability and cloudiness. Spatial exploratory analysis of the global, multi-temporal metadata also reveals that higher acquisition frequencies do not necessarily yield more cloud-free scenes and exposes metadata quality issues, e.g. systematically incorrect cloud cover estimation in high, non-vegetated altitudes. The continuously updated datasets and analysis results are accessible as a Web application called EO-Compass. It contributes to a better understanding and selection of Sentinel-2 scenes, and improves the planning and interpretation of remote sensing analyses.     

GEOEssential – mainstreaming workflows from data sources to environment policy indicators with essential variables

ABSTRACT

When defining indicators on the environment, the use of existing initiatives should be a priority rather than redefining indicators each time. From an Information, Communication and Technology perspective, data interoperability and standardization are critical to improve data access and exchange as promoted by the Group on Earth Observations. GEOEssential is following an end-user driven approach by defining Essential Variables (EVs), as an intermediate value between environmental policy indicators and their appropriate data sources. From international to local scales, environmental policies and indicators are increasingly percolating down from the global to the local agendas. The scientific business processes for the generation of EVs and related indicators can be formalized in workflows specifying the necessary logical steps. To this aim, GEOEssential is developing a Virtual Laboratory the main objective of which is to instantiate conceptual workflows, which are stored in a dedicated knowledge base, generating executable workflows. To interpret and present the relevant outputs/results carried out by the different thematic workflows considered in GEOEssential (i.e. biodiversity, ecosystems, extractives, night light, and food-water-energy nexus), a Dashboard is built as a visual front-end. This is a valuable instrument to track progresses towards environmental policies.     

地震地电方法在天祝—景泰6.2级地震前的预测预报

本文通过对天祝—景泰6.2级地震监测预报工作全过程的研究,展示了地电方法监测预报地震的新进展。另外,对如何运用地电场的分布变化规律及地电阻率异常时间、幅度的特征进行监测预报作了探讨。     

1992年宁河4.5级地震地电阻率异常

研究了1992年宁河4.5级地震前兴济地电阻率的异常变化及特征,并应用地电攻关结果对兴济台的预报意见进行了检验,发现其效果较好.     

Lateral response of dams in semi-elliptical rigid canyons

An analytical closed-form solution is developed for the lateral response of earth and rockfill dams built in semi-elliptical canyons. The dam is idealized as a linearly hysteretic elastic body deforming only in shear, whereas the canyon is assumed to be rigid. The solution for the dam response is given in terms of prolate spheroidal radial and angular functions of the first kind and zero order. Results are presented for natural frequencies, modal displacement shapes, participation factors, and response to transient and steady-state harmonic base excitation for various dam length-to-height ratios. Comparisons are made of the effects of the length-to-height ratio and the canyon shape on the response of dams built in semi-elliptical and rectangular canyons. A subsequent study (Dakoulas, P. & Hsu, C.H., Response of earth dams in semi-elliptical flexible canyons to oblique SH waves, Report, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1993) extends this model to a semi-elliptical canyon consisting of flexible elastic rock, subjected to obliquely incident harmonic SH waves.