The temporal and spatial patterns and potential evaluation of China’s energy resources development

The issue of China’s energy supply security is not only the key problem which affects China’s rapid and sustainable development in the 21st century, but also the one which international attention focuses on. Based on the notable characteristic of spatial imbalance between energy production and consumption in China, this paper takes the evolution of China’s primary energy resources development(excluding hydropower) from 1949 to 2007 as the study object, with the aim to sum up the evolutive characteristics and laws of China’s energy resources development in the past nearly 60 years. Then, based on comprehensive considerations of coal’s, oil’s and natural gas’s basic reserves, qualities, geological conditions, production status, and ecological service function of every province, this paper adopts development potential index (DP)to evaluate the development potential of every province’s energy resources, and divide them into different ranks. Conclusions are drawn as follows: (1) Generally speaking, China’s gross energy production was increasing in waves from 1949 to 2007. From the viewpoint of spatial patterns, China’s energy resources development has shown a characteristic of “concentrating to the north and central areas, and evolving from linear-shaped to “T-shaped” pattern gradually since 1949. (2) The structure evolution of China’s energy resources development in general has shown a trend of “coal proportion is dominant but decreasing, while oil and gas proportions are increasing” since 1949. (3) At the provincial scale, China’s energy resources development potential could be divided into large, sub-large, general and small ranks, four in all. In the future, the spatial pattern of China’s energy production will evolve from “T-shaped” to “Π-shaped pattern”. These conclusions will help to clarify the temporal and spatial characteristics and laws of China’s energy resources development, and will be beneficial for China to design scientific and rational energy development strategies and plans, coordinate spatial imbalance of energy production and consumption, ensure national energy supply, avoid energy resources waste and disorderly development, and promote regional sustainable development under the globalization background with changeful international energy market.     

Simulating net primary production of grasslands in northeastern Asia using MODIS data from 2000 to 2005

The net primary production (NPP) of grasslands in northeastern Asia was estimated using improved CASA model with MODIS data distributed from 2000 and ground data as driving variables from 2000 to 2005. Average annual NPP was 146.05 g C m?2 yr?1 and average annual total NPP was 0.32 Pg C yr?1 in all grasslands during the period. It was shown that average annual grassland NPP in the whole northeastern Asia changed dramatically from 2000 to 2005, with the highest value of 174.80 g C m?2 yr?1 in 2005 and the lowest value of 125.65 g C m?2 yr?1 in 2001. On regional scale, average annual grassland NPP of 179.71 g C m?2 yr?1 in southeastern Russia was the highest among the three main grassland regions in the six years. Grasslands in northern China exhibited the highest average annual total NPP of 0.16 Pg C yr?1 and contributed 51.42% of the average annual total grassland NPP in northeastern Asia. Grassland NPP in northeastern Asia also showed a clear seasonal pattern with the highest NPP occurred in July every year. Average monthly grassland NPP in southeastern Russia was the highest from May to August while average monthly grassland NPP in northern China showed the highest NPP before May and after August. The change rate distribution of grassland NPP between the former three years and the latter three years showed grassland NPP changed slightly between the two stages in most regions, and that NPP change rate in 80.98% of northeastern Asia grasslands was between –0.2 and 0.2. Grassland NPP had close correlation with precipitation and temperature, that indicates climate change will influence the grassland NPP and thus have a great impact on domestic livestock in this region in future.     

《气象与环境学报》稿件远程采编处理系统和网站建设与应用

气象与环境学报》编辑部与北京玛格泰克科技发展有限公司开展技术合作,于2008年初开通了由该公司开发研制的“稿件远程采编处理系统”和“网站系统”。系统主要包括作者在线投稿系统、作者在线查稿系统、在线审稿系统、编委在线审稿系统、主编在线审稿系统和远程编辑系统。实现了作者、审者、编者在线稿件收稿、审稿、退修、发稿通知的全过程监控与管理。网站包括期刊介绍、编委会、投稿须知、期刊订阅、广告合作和编辑部公告等信息。系统运行以来,加快了稿件处理效率,缩短了论文刊登周期,提高了工作效率,扩大了期刊传播影响力,方便了广大作者和读者,促进了编辑业务现代化建设的进展。通过对《气象与环境学报》稿件远程采编处理系统的建设和应用的叙述,概述了网站与系统的功能和设置,归纳了应用效果与体会,讨论了系统和网站的特点与存在的问题。     

与遥感发展同行——纪念《遥感学报》更名25周年

《环境遥感》杂志更名为《遥感学报》已有25个年头,25年来中国经济社会发生了根本性的变化,中国的遥感科技也经历了从弱到强的转变过程.《遥感学报》正是这一变革的参与者、见证者和同行者.本文首先论述了自《遥感学报》更名后国内外遥感科技发展的历史背景以及国际遥感科技发展方向性的重大改变,全球变化已成为遥感的重大研究课题.文中...