Research on the security of national geospatial data clearinghouse based on ASP

On the basis of the authors' experiences of setting up an NGDC Web site, this paper attempts to present some significant aspects about the security of NGDC based on ASP. They include data storing, database maintenance, new technical support and so on. Firstly, this paper discusses how to provide the security of data which is saved in the hosts of NGDC. The security model of “Networks-DB Server-DB-DB Object” is also presented. In Windows NT Server, Internet Information Server (i. e., IIS) is in charge of transferring message and the management of Web sites. ASP is also based on IIS. The advantages of virtual directory technique provided by IIS are emphasized.     

太湖秋季光学活性物质空间分布及其遥感估算模型研究

基于2004年秋季在太湖进行的一次大范围水体吸收系数、散射系数、辐照度比等生物光学特性及光学活性物质浓度的测定和计算,分析了秋季太湖光学活性物质浓度的空间分布特征以及水体生物光学特性,并在此基础上发展了内陆浅水湖泊非色素颗粒物、浮游植物色素和有色可溶性有机物(chromophoric dis-solved organic matter,CDOM)的半分析模型。     

利用非线性扩散的半自动纹理图像分割

介绍了一种非线性扩散过滤器法从包含纹理的图像中获取灰度、尺度和方向信息,并形成经过耦合保边平滑的5通道向量值图像,对纹理图像的分割变为对此向量值图像的分割。针对半自动操作的特点,在合理的假设前提下,采用了多通道统计区域分割法。试验结果表明,本文的纹理分割方法能有效地利用重要纹理特征与灰度的混合信息,是一种半自动的无监督纹理图像分割方法。     

Impact of missing flow on active inundation areas and transformation of parafluvial wetlands in Punarbhaba–Tangon river basin of Indo-Bangladesh

Punarbhaba river of Indo-Bangladesh has experienced hydro-ecological alteration after installation of Komardanga dam in 1992 and consequently wetland and inundation areas have undergone into transformation. The present work intends to explore the impact of flow attenuation on contemporary and upcoming flood extent and flood plain wetlands. In post-dam condition, average and maximum flows are attenuated by 36 and 41%, respectively, and as a result the active flood prone area is squeezed considerably by 39.72%. Average flood water depth is also reduced by 37.87% (4.45metre) after flow modification. Due to shrinkages of flood prone areas, wetland area is also reduced from 215.70 to 90.40 km² and larger part of the present wetland area is under stress and critical state. Predicted flood prone areas in next 25 years will be 328.91 km² and consequently 65.63 km² wetland areas may further be under hydro-ecological threats. Release of ecological flow is essential to restore and preserve the wetland.     

面向服务架构下主动地理信息服务模型研究

通过引入服务的主动发现、定制、加载与使用机制,支持新服务、新应用的按需创建,为用户发现、定制和运行能够满足用户需求的服务,从而改变当前用户只能被动地使用现有服务的应用模式,以应对信息化需求的不断发展和变化。主动型的地理信息服务在Web服务框架模型、基础协议的基础之上,增加识别用户需求和处理的能力,使用户能够根据特定需要选择合适的服务,使服务能够自动适应用户的需求。本文讨论了面向服务架构下的主动地理信息服务模型,该模型以Web服务技术为支撑,以扩展的UDDI等协议为规范,并对该模型进行测试,实验证明该模型可以有效地主动式的地理信息服务。     

大比例尺地理信息数据服务模式的研究

大比例尺地理信息数据由于详尽的数据内容和精准的位置信息,在城市经济社会发展中发挥着重要作用。然而由于传统的服务方式的限制,数据的使用效率并不高。地理空间框架数据结合GIS技术和网络技术,将大比例尺地理信息数据使用方式从线下转到线上,提高了数据使用效率。而本文提出的主动式地理信息服务模式是一种全新的地理信息服务模式,将大比例尺地理信息服务数据与用户业务数据深度融合,最大限度地满足用户的业务需求,将是地理信息服务模式未来的发展方向。     

Temporal replication of the national land cover database using active machine learning

Regional and national level land cover datasets, such as the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) in the United States, have become an important resource in physical and social science research. Updates to the NLCD have been conducted every 5 years since 2001; however, the procedure for producing a new release is labor-intensive and time-consuming, taking 3 or 4 years to complete. Furthermore, in most countries very few, if any, such releases exist, and thus there is high demand for efficient production of land cover data at different points in time. In this paper, an active machine learning framework for temporal updating (or backcasting) of land cover data is proposed and tested for three study sites covered by the NLCD. The approach employs a maximum entropy classifier to extract information from one Landsat image using the NLCD, and then replicate the classification on a Landsat image for the same geographic extent from a different point in time to create land cover data of similar quality. Results show that this framework can effectively replicate the land cover database in the temporal domain with similar levels of overall and within class agreement when compared against high resolution reference land cover datasets. These results demonstrate that the land cover information encapsulated in the NLCD can effectively be extracted using solely Landsat imagery for replication purposes. The algorithm is fully automated and scalable for applications at landscape and regional scales for multiple points in time.     

SAR图像海岸线检测的区域距离正则化几何主动轮廓模型

合成孔径雷达(SAR)卫星遥感图像可以极大地提高全国海岸线覆盖频率,然而受到海洋波浪所引起的随机海水表面粗糙度的影响,海岸目标与海水背景边界易混淆不清,因此本文提出了基于区域距离正则化几何主动轮廓模型(RDRGAC),引入距离正则项,解决重复初始化水平集函数为符号距离函数的问题,提高了算法收敛速度。此外,将区域面积项系数与SAR图像等效视数(ENL)建立非线性拟合关系,实现RDRGAC模型根据不同SAR遥感图像的自适应调整,改善海岸线自动提取精度。通过河北省北戴河和大连市金州湾SAR数据海岸线提取对比试验,验证了所提方法的有效性。     

Colorado’s Millennial Generation: Youth Perceptions and Experiences of Nature

Abstract

This study uses survey and focus group methods to explore attitudes toward and experiences of nature among millennial-aged students in northern Colorado. First, results confirm that young people possess a strong interest in the outdoors yet time, transportation, and new technologies hamper their ability to visit public lands and outdoor spaces. Second, respondents experience nature in ways more mediated by new technologies such as cell phones and nature DVDs. Third, citizen science and active learning show promise as techniques for returning young people to the outdoors. The challenge lies in teaching young people to reimagine the outdoors not as elsewhere or out there but as a backyard geographic space.     

微波兰被动遥感相关特性的数值模拟和实验对比

本文采用一层具有粗糙界面的连续随机介质模型，计算双站散射系数和后向散射系数，由互易性定理计算热发射率。数值模拟了植被在整个生长过程中后向散射和热发射的变化，以及它们的相关特征。理论结果与几种植被的主被动遥感实验数据作了比较和讨论，阐明了微波主被动遥感的一些相关的数值特征。