Thirteen plus one: a comparison of global climate policy architectures

We critically review the Kyoto Protocol and thirteen alternative policy architectures for addressing the threat of global climate change. We employ six criteria to evaluate the policy proposals: environmental outcome, dynamic efficiency, cost-effectiveness, equity, flexibility in the presence of new information, and incentives for participation and compliance. The Kyoto Protocol does not fare well on a number of criteria, but none of the alternative proposals fare well along all six dimensions. We identify several major themes among the alternative proposals: Kyoto is “too little, too fast”; developing countries (DCs) should play a more substantial role and receive incentives to participate; implementation should focus on market-based approaches, especially those with price mechanisms; and participation and compliance incentives are inadequately addressed by most proposals. Our investigation reveals tensions among several of the evaluative criteria, such as between environmental outcome and efficiency, and between cost-effectiveness and incentives for participation and compliance.     

Action targets: a new approach to international greenhouse gas controls

Abstract

This article introduces and explores a new form of international commitment to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, called an action target. Action targets differ from other forms of targets, such as the Kyoto Protocol's fixed targets, in that they define a quantity of GHG abatement to be achieved, rather than a future emission level to be reached. This article explains the basic mechanics of how action targets might operate, and analyses the approach across a range of criteria, including uncertainty management and contributions to sustainable development in non-Annex I (developing) countries. The analysis suggests that action targets might improve the prospects of widening and deepening developing country participation in the international climate regime.     

尼日尔盆地油藏水道沉积构型识别及演化规律

深海水道作为深水环境中重要的储层类型,具有极为丰富的深海油气资源,近年来一直是深海油田勘探和开发的重点区域,但对水道内部构型边界的识别刻画仍然是一个难点。依据三维地震数据以及测井和岩心资料,对西非X油藏水道进行了内部构型边界的精细划分,并分析了其水道演化模式。研究表明：区内水道体系边界可通过地震相特征差异进行识别,并将其分为限制性、半限制性和非限制性3种类型;复合水道边界可通过“垂向分期”和“侧向划界”原则进行确定;单一水道边界可通过水道边界振幅强弱变化进行识别,其在平面上有单侧向迁移和沿下游摆动迁移2种迁移模式,在剖面上单向侧向迁移段水道呈侧向迁移的特征,沿下游摆动段呈现出多期水道相互摆动切叠的特征;水道体系的演化可划分为初始形成、快速发育、平稳发育以及水道消亡4个阶段,对应一个完整的海平面变化旋回。     

一种安全可靠的分布式气象数据库系统设计

该文论述了在分布式数据库基础上建立安全、可靠气象资料数据库系统的一般方法。在数据库安全设计中首次提出了安全组件概念及模型, 并将其应用到具体的数据库管理模块中, 较好地解决了数据库系统存在的安全性问题。在数据库应用软件设计中, 采用COM技术和B/S结构, 开发了一套气象数据Web综合查询显示系统, 解决了气象数据Web动态实时发布和查询显示问题。     

数据中心集成开发技术:新一代GIS架构技术与开发模式

解决分布式异构多源空间数据共享、不同厂家的功能共享和合作开发是当前GIS开发和应用领域的难题.提出了数据中心集成开发模型框架, 并基于该框架提出了新一代GIS架构技术和开发模式, 介绍了数据中心的核心技术——数据仓库技术、功能仓库技术、搭建与配置技术等, 同时给出了国土数据中心的应用实例, 为基于数据中心大型信息化系统解决方案的实现提供了一种新的模型.      

基于多GPU的Harris角点检测并行算法

提出了一种基于多图形处理器(graphic processing unit,GPU)设计思想的Harris角点检测并行算法,使用众多线程将计算中耗时的影像高斯卷积平滑滤波部分改造成单指令多线程(single instruction multi-ple thread,SIMT)模式,并采用GPU中共享存储器、常数存储器和锁页内存机制在统一计算设备架构(com-pute unified device archetecture,CUDA)上完成影像角点检测的全过程。实验结果表明,基于多GPU的Har-ris角点检测并行算法比CPU上的串行算法可获得最高达60倍的加速比,其执行效率明显提高,对于大规模数据处理呈现出良好的实时处理能力。     

湖南省岳家桥典型岩溶发育区电性特征及构造格架研究

为探讨湖南省益阳市岳家桥地质灾害现状,以区内典型岩溶发育区为研究对象,通过长剖面高密度电法、视电阻率联合剖面法等地球物理方法,研究了地层电性响应特点,利用钻孔数据和综合电法勘探数据建立了三维地层结构模型,揭示了典型区域近地表电性结构形态,构建了区内三维地层构造格架,圈定了岩溶发育范围,并评价了地质灾害程度.研究表明:因地制宜地利用综合电法勘探,有助于在我国南方含水较多的岩溶发育区快速、有效地进行灾害范围的圈定和评价.     

南海珠江深水扇系统的微观内幕结构研究

本文首次探索在以二维地震资料为主的条件下开展深水扇系统的微观内幕研究。结果表明:在珠江口盆地白云凹陷中的南海珠江深水扇系统中能较好地由浅至深识别出多套地层(尤其是浅部地层)中存在的多种类型的深切谷、峡谷、水道,各有不同地质成因机制。能识别的典型扇体微观结构类型包括丘形体、席状体、水道化沉积及朵叶体等,往往分别指示某些特殊的沉积环境,并且最可能构成潜在的深水油气圈闭的良好储层。在二维地震资料条件下容易识别的深水扇系统微观内幕结构类型比较有限,在空间上追踪典型微观内幕结构也相对比较困难,但是若能全面认识区域构造及沉积背景,综合利用相关资料减少对地震反射结构解释的多解性,就有望对扇体的微观内幕结构进行深入剖析,深化对扇体的地质认识,从而指导油气勘探。     

一种基于位置的移动服务系统的设计与实现

基于位置的移动服务需要设计高效、稳定和可扩展的体系结构与开发方式,提出了一种基于Web服务的LBS体系结构(WS-LBS),并设计了WS-LBS系统框架,实现了空间信息服务的构建与发布机制,扩展了终端用户,实现了一个WS-LBS原型系统。     

Zircon U–Pb ages, Hf and O isotopes constrain the crustal architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Dabie orogen in China

The crustal structure of the Dabie orogen was reconstructed by a combined study of U–Pb ages, Hf and O isotope compositions of zircons from granitic gneiss from North Dabie, the largest lithotectonic unit in the orogen. The results were deciphered from metamorphic history to protolith origin with respect to continental subduction and exhumation. Zircon U–Pb dating provides consistent ages of 751 ± 7 Ma for protolith crystallization, and two group ages of 213 ± 4 to 245 ± 17 Ma and 126 ± 4 to 131 ± 36 Ma for regional metamorphism. Majority of zircon Hf isotope analyses displays negative ε_Hf(t) values of − 5.1 to − 2.9 with crust Hf model ages of 1.84 to 1.99 Ga, indicating protolith origin from reworking of middle Paleoproterozoic crust. The remaining analyses exhibit positive ε_Hf(t) values of 5.3 to 14.5 with mantle Hf model ages of 0.74 to 1.11 Ga, suggesting prompt reworking of Late Mesoproterozoic to Early Neoproterozoic juvenile crust. Zircon O isotope analyses yield δ¹⁸O values of − 3.26 to 2.79‰, indicating differential involvement of meteoric water in protolith magma by remelting of hydrothermally altered low δ¹⁸O rocks. North Dabie shares the same age of Neoproterozoic low δ¹⁸O protolith with Central Dabie experiencing the Triassic UHP metamorphism, but it was significantly reworked at Early Cretaceous in association with contemporaneous magma emplacement. The Rodinia breakup at about 750 Ma would lead to not only the reworking of juvenile crust in an active rift zone for bimodal protolith of Central Dabie, but also reworking of ancient crust in an arc-continent collision zone for the North Dabie protolith. The spatial difference in the metamorphic age (Triassic vs. Cretaceous) between the northern and southern parts of North Dabie suggests intra-crustal detachment during the continental subduction. Furthermore, the Dabie orogen would have a three-layer structure prior to the Early Cretaceous magmatism: Central Dabie in the upper, North Dabie in the middle, and the source region of Cretaceous magmas in the lower.