Novel insights on intensity and typology of direct human-nature interactions in protected areas through passive crowdsourcing

Recent advances in geotagging, sharing and automatically analyzing online content from Social Networking Sites (SNS) offer unprecedented opportunities for the analysis of human-nature interactions. Previous studies in this field, however, offer limited insights regarding the benefits of automated content analysis especially at large scales, biases arising from the selection of SNS sources, and the predictive power of visitation models based on SNS data. We explore quantitative and qualitative aspects related to intensity, interests and sentiments associated with on-site experiences in 568 protected areas in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. We analyze counts and content of >100,000 photographs and tweets from four different SNSs, calibrate visitation models and predict visitation in unmonitored sites, cluster sites based on the typology of human-nature interactions reflected in online photographs, and characterize the polarity of sentiments associated with experiences in individual sites and clusters thereof. We find benefits in combining data from multiple sources and controlling for biases related to sites’ photogenicity and type of human-nature interactions. Our results suggest that current best estimates of visitation in unmonitored sites underestimate by 39% the actual number of visits. We discuss how the techniques and findings in this study are applicable in the broader context of the management and conservation of sites of environmental or cultural interest.     

基于触控操作方式的大气科学数据可视化系统技术研究与实现

设计并实现了一种基于触控操作方式,运行于移动计算设备上的大气科学数据可视化软件系统MeteoExplorer Touch,它是世界上首款提供触控操作方式体验,运行于Windows8和Windows RT操作系统上的大气科学数据可视化软件.该软件系统的技术特色有:1)针对Windows 8和Windows RT操作系统所带来的崭新特性进行设计,实现了诸如使用手指滑动、捏掐伸展完成底图的缩放和漫游,在操作系统从低功耗运行状态下再次激活后恢复用户会话状态等功能,从而为广大气象科研和业务人员在平板电脑上分析、处理气象数据提供了全新的体验;2)MeteoExplorer Touch不仅仅是一个图片查看器,它还实现了主流桌面版专业气象软件所提供的大部分功能,包括数据资料解析、观测场客观分析、物理量计算、图形产品生成、地理信息和图层管理等;3)MeteoExplorer Touch注重程序性能和用户体验.为实现这一目标,软件采用C++语言开发功能,使用XAML标记语言设计用户界面,使用DirectX 11硬件加速渲染技术进行图形显示,因此,它具有原生程序所特有的性能高、速度快、系统资源需求低的优点.     

MARS软件在数值预报模式产品数据管理中的应用

该文简单介绍MARS (Meteorological Archival and Retrieval System) 软件的架构及组成部分,并基于MARS软件,介绍了数值预报产品数据管理系统设计与实现。通过在GRIB2数据段对应描述层次类型和气象要素的表格文件中定义新的层次类型和气象要素,在MARS软件解析GRIB2数据所需要查找的相关模板表格文件中定义气象要素对应的产品类型号、要素类别号、要素号、要素名称和要素名称缩写,说明GRIB2数据模板和代码表创建方法。以GRAPES模式产品GRIB2数据为例,实现应用MARS软件管理GRAPES模式产品GRIB2数据。结合存储管理TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) 软件,研究开发MARS软件和TSM软件连接接口程序,实现数据的直接迁移和回调。以T639L60模式产品为例,通过测试检索性能,MARS软件检索数值预报产品速度超过当前国家级气象数据管理系统数据检索速度1倍,说明MARS软件检索数值预报产品数据具有时效优势。     

江西省“三农”服务专项建设现状与思考

通过对江西省24个"三农"服务专项建设实施地的"两个体系"建设情况开展实地调查,分析了江西省"三农"服务专项建设在提高气象为农服务现代化、促进气象工作政府化、惠民利民等三方面取得的成效,总结了各地的建设内容、成功经验、工作亮点和特色,梳理了存在的问题,并结合建设现状和有关要求,对今后江西省"三农"服务专项建设提出了六个方面的具体建议。     

内蒙古地区决策气象服务满意度评价体系设计

文章依据内蒙古地区省级决策气象服务满意度评价工作的现状,提出决策气象服务满意度评价体系的一种设计方法,拟对今后提高决策气象服务用户满意度提供依据。     

Cross-site analysis of perceived ecosystem service benefits in multifunctional landscapes

Rural development policies in many Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries promote sustainable landscape management with the intention of providing multiple ecosystem services (ES). Yet, it remains unclear which ES benefits are perceived in different landscapes and by different people. We present an assessment of ES benefits perceived and mapped by residents (n = 2,301) across 13 multifunctional (deep rural to peri-urban) landscapes in Europe. We identify the most intensively perceived ES benefits, their spatial patterns, and the respondent and landscape characteristics that determine ES benefit perception. We find outdoor recreation, aesthetic values and social interactions are the key ES benefits at local scales. Settlement areas are ES benefit hotspots but many benefits are also related to forests, waters and mosaic landscapes. We find some ES benefits (e.g. culture and heritage values) are spatially clustered, while many others (e.g. aesthetic values) are dispersed. ES benefit perception is linked to people’s relationship with and accessibility to a landscape. Our study discusses how a local perspective can contribute to the development of contextualized and socially acceptable policies for sustainable ES management. We also address conceptual confusion in ES framework and present argumentation regarding the links from services to benefits, and from benefits to different types of values.     

发展广东省空间天气轨道的思考

根据中国气象发展战略研究成果中8条业务轨道对空间天气轨道的要求,通过对空间天气和空间天气学的描述,分析广东省气象部门空间天气发展的可行性与必要性,结合广东省气象局业务体制改革,对发展广东省空间天气业务提出一些建议。     

大连市气象局网络安全系统的设计与实现

根据安全网络的要求,利用先进的网络安全技术与设备,针对大连市气象局局域网在网络结构、网络安全方面存在的问题及隐患,提出网络系统改造方案及加强网络安全的措施:网络改造方案中采用子网划分技术重新规划网络结构,实现子网划分;针对可能存在的内、外部网络攻击,部署了多层次防线,对边界防毒和应用服务器防毒及客户端防毒均作了相应的部署。采用虚拟专用网络(virtual private network,VPN)技术、虚拟局域网(virtual local area network,VLAN)技术、网络版病毒防护软件、网关防毒产品、防火墙技术和物理隔离等多种专业网络安全产品,构建整体安全网络系统。实施后表明:网络安全得到保障,网络通信质量显著提高,达到了建设安全、畅通、高速局域网络的目的。     

A cost–benefit appraisal of coastal managed realignment policy

European coasts are coming under increasing threat as a result of climate change from erosion and flooding. While coastal defences such as sea walls have been constructed since Roman times to protect human settlements from the sea, it is now increasingly recognised that these defences are unsustainable. The security provided by ‘hard’ engineered defences has encouraged development on the coast, and the defences themselves have led to the loss of intertidal habitat and the natural protection it provides.An alternative to maintaining ‘hard’ defences (hold-the-line) to protect land from increasing sea levels is managed realignment, where the engineered defences are deliberately breached. By allowing the coastline to recede to a new line of defence further inland, intertidal habitat is created providing natural protection from flooding and erosion.The study evaluates the economic efficiency—using cost–benefit analysis—of various managed realignment scenarios compared to a strategy of holding-the-line within the Humber estuary in North-east England. The results of this analysis show that managed realignment can be more economically efficient than holding-the-line over a sufficiently long time period—generally greater than 25 years. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates that results are more sensitive to the amount and value of intertidal habitat generated than they are to the amount and value of carbon stored by this habitat. Cost–benefit analysis is viewed as one component of a wider policy appraisal process within integrated coastal management.     

Windows下静止卫星云图处理软件

使用可视化开发工具在微软Windows操作系统下开发了一套针对科研和教学使用的GMS-5静止卫星云图处理软件,它使用方便灵活,基本功能完备,能够完成气象研究中对静止卫星云图处理的基本要求。该软件的主要功能有：云图叠加地图与经纬网格、亮温等值线处理、云图平均、云图数字增强、云图转存为常用格式图像文件等。