Community‐Derived Standards for LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐)Pb Geochronology – Uncertainty Propagation,Age Interpretation and Data Reporting

The LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐)Pb geochronology international community has defined new standards for the determination of U‐(Th‐)Pb ages. A new workflow defines the appropriate propagation of uncertainties for these data, identifying random and systematic components. Only data with uncertainties relating to random error should be used in weighted mean calculations of population ages; uncertainty components for systematic errors are propagated after this stage, preventing their erroneous reduction. Following this improved uncertainty propagation protocol, data can be compared at different uncertainty levels to better resolve age differences. New reference values for commonly used zircon, monazite and titanite reference materials are defined (based on ID‐TIMS) after removing corrections for common lead and the effects of excess ²³⁰Th. These values more accurately reflect the material sampled during the determination of calibration factors by LA‐ICP‐MS analysis. Recommendations are made to graphically represent data only with uncertainty ellipses at 2s and to submit or cite validation data with sample data when submitting data for publication. New data‐reporting standards are defined to help improve the peer‐review process. With these improvements, LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐)Pb data can be considered more robust, accurate, better documented and quantified, directly contributing to their improved scientific interpretation.     

1988年澜沧—耿马地震的预报速报与对策

1988年11月6日,在云南省澜沧、耿马相继发生了7.6级、7.2级地震。这次地震前曾经作过准确的中长期预报。在1985年完成1986年出版的南北地震带未来十年地震危险性研究报告和预测图中,澜沧、耿马地区就是两个圈定的7级危险区中的一个。1986年该报告正式上报云南省人民政府。1987年起该区域为我省的地震危险性监视区。1988年除加强监视外,我们还加强了一系列大震对策措施的准备工作。1988年8月该区地震活动增强,我局派出的现场考察组向当地政府作了汇报,并指出该区仍存在着严重的地震危险性。与此同时,省局科技人员对该区作出了一系列不同程度的短期预报,并向当地打了招呼,当地政府采取了一定的措施。遗憾未能作出临震预报。大震发生后,我局昆明遥测台网仅7分钟定了位置和震级,并报告了国家地震局和省政府,及时为抗震救灾提供可靠的科学依据。震后2.5小时,现场监测队伍就出发了。在大震现场仅三天内就作出了地震趋势判断,也较好地作出了强余震的预报,有力地组织了地震考察及地震知识宣传。这一系列的大震对策工作极大地推动了现场的抗震救灾工作,减轻了震灾的继续发生及其带来的巨大的心理和社会影响。整个澜沧—耿马地震的预报、速报及大震对策工作在国内外都是一次较高水平的科学实践,得到了中央慰问团及     

Enhancing the value of adaptation reporting as a driver for action: lessons from the UK

ABSTRACT

As increasing evidence shows that the risks of climate change are mounting, there is a call for further climate action (both reducing global emissions, and adaptation to better manage the risks of climate change). To promote and enable adaptation, governments have introduced, or are considering introducing, reporting on climate risks and efforts being taken to address those risks. This paper reports on an analysis of the first two rounds of such reports submitted under the UK Climate Change Act (2008) Adaptation Reporting Power. It highlights benefits and challenges for reporting authorities and policymakers receiving the reports that could also inform other countries considering such reporting. For reporting authorities, benefits arise from the reporting process and resulting reports. These benefits include elevating climate risks and adaptation to the corporate level and with stakeholders, alongside facilitating alignment and integration of actions within existing risk management and governance structures. For policymakers, reporting provides enhanced understanding of climate risks and actions from a bottom-up perspective that can be integrated into national-level assessments and adaptation planning processes. The identified challenges are those related to capacity and process. These include limited risk and adaptation assessment capacities; relevance of climate change risks and adaptation in the context of other urgent risks and actions; reporting process effectiveness and robustness; and the provision of effective and sufficiently comprehensive support, including feedback.

Key policy insights

• Effective adaptation reporting needs to be designed and delivered so as to enhance the value of the reporting process and resulting reports both for those reporting and those receiving the reports, as well as from the broader policy perspective.

• Providing a positive and supportive reporting environment is critical to encourage participation and facilitating contiuous learning and improvement, while also facilitating delivery of policy-relevant adaptation reports.

• Contributions of adaptation reporting can be enhanced by an inclusive reporting requirement involving a broader organizational mix that enables more effective risk management and reporting that reflects associated (inter)dependencies and consistency with the more comprehensive post-2015 resilience agenda (Paris Agreement, Sendai Framework for DRR and UN Agenda 2030 SDGs).

     

基于微信平台的水情报汛共享体系设计与实现

随着信息化技术的快速发展,传统的电话及网页人工报汛手段无法满足水文行业信息化发展的要求。结合移动互联网的发展趋势,将微信公众号平台与传统水情报汛相结合,通过微信平台实现了无层级、扁平化、可反馈的信息传输交流模式,并在用户体验、私人定制、可移动性、容错性、实时反馈等方面做了充分设计和优化,切实保障了水情报汛信息传输的"零中断",提升了水情报汛效率和精度,减少了报汛工作的时空限制,真正实现了"互联网+水情报汛"和高效、安全、个性化共享体系的建立。     

地震速报区域的自动确认——以内蒙古测震台网为例

针对当前省级区域测震台网在判别边界地震是否需要速报的问题,基于内蒙古自治区行政区域的边界数据,利用几何学中包络线原理,在Matlab中将内蒙古地震速报范围以包络线的形式呈现,解译Msdp地震分析软件的数据接口,实现内蒙古地震速报区域在Msdp软件中的自动确认;对比分析地震速报区域自动确认功能的结果与现阶段手动量取方式判别地震事件是否需要速报的结果,表明地震速报区域的自动确认可提高速报业务软件系统的自动化程度,简化地震速报工作的操作流程,减少速报用时,提高速报工作的准确度。     

探空报、测风报扩充报文相对时间编码SnSSSS的解析

对高空探空报、测风报扩充报文相对时间定位编码进行比较,并进行解析。     

基于非对称传感器的地震预警与烈度速报综合用烈度仪

对典型的地震预警与烈度速报方法进行分析,提出了基于非对称传感器的地震预警与烈度速报综合用烈度仪,其由非对称结构的三分量传感器和基于ARM嵌入式系统的专用数据采集器组成。经过测试,该地震烈度仪的专用数据采集器具有大于107 dB的动态范围;其非对称三分量传感器结构中,所选的单分量B类传感器的加速度误差小于0.8%,动态范围大于105 dB,而所选的三分量C类传感器的加速度误差小于5%,动态范围大于61 dB。该地震烈度仪的各项指标均满足地震预警与烈度速报综合应用的各项技术要求,且功耗低、成本低,适合于高密度布设。     

Imagining difference: the experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT professionals in Germany

In this paper we explore the motivations to migrate and the migration experiences of 22 Indian IT professionals in Germany. When studying skilled migration, Germany is an interesting case as it struggled with waves of extreme right activities whilst trying to attract IT professionals from outside the European Union at the same time. In this context, we are interested in the conflicts that the migrants may experience as a result of their desire or obligation to move, their specific cultural baggage and the way in which they encounter the different sides of German society.     

四川省地震超快速报系统试运行评估

2016年,四川测震台网部署JOPENS地震超快速报系统。2017年3月20日系统进入试运行阶段,统计分析产出的地震数据,发现震级、震中位置等出现偏差,并存在漏报、误报等现象。选取地震的第1次和最后1次自动定位结果,与传统的人工速报和地震编目定位结果进行对比分析,评估地震超快速报系统的准确性和实效性。结果表明：地震超快速报系统总体运行稳定,定位精度低于人工速报,速度和精确度与地震台站分布密切相关;与传统的人工速报相比,超快自动速报具有明显的速度优势,可在地震发生后几秒至几十秒内自动确定地震三要素,地震定位的准确性和实效性满足超快速报要求。     

质性方法在城市社会空间研究中的应用

质性研究是在后现代主义思潮背景下产生的,主要采用深度访谈、参与式观察等方法,强调与被调查者间的互动,通过“深描”来建构“扎根理论”。西方学者较为重视在城市社会空间研究中运用质性方法,而国内的城市社会空间研究目前仍偏重于运用统计数据开展分析,对作为微观主体的“人”重视不够,导致对城市社会空间演化机制的剖析缺乏力度。本文结...