A conceptual framework and its application for addressing leakage: the case of avoided deforestation     

Louise Aukland  Pedro Moura CostaSandra Brown 《Climate Policy》2003,3(2):123-136

One of the most challenging technical issues associated with project-based mechanisms is that of leakage. A conceptual framework is proposed for the identification and analysis of leakage potentially generated by a project. The categorization of leakage based on the actors responsible for their manifestation is proposed, which divides sources of leakage into primary and secondary types. It is the actors or agents responsible for the baseline activities that cause primary leakage. Secondary leakage occurs when the project’s outputs create incentives for third parties to increase emissions elsewhere. This distinction, based on the source of leakage, provides a basis for the analysis outlined in the paper. The extent and type of leakage will vary depending on the project typology and design. Using a decision tree approach, the process of identifying potential sources of leakage is demonstrated for the case study of avoided deforestation projects. If the main elements determining a baseline are properly identified and understood, in particular the ‘baseline agents’, a combination of the decision tree approach and apportioning responsibility, can assist in the quantification and monitoring of primary leakage. An analysis at the project design stage can also assist in minimizing the risk of future leakage. Econometric methods may prove more useful in analyzing secondary leakage.  相似文献   

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

Louise Meijering  Bettina van Hoven 《Area》2003,35(2):174-182

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.  相似文献   

Borehole temperatures, climate change and the pre-observational surface air temperature mean: allowance for hydraulic conditions   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Louise Bodri  Vladimir Cermak 《Global and Planetary Change》2005,45(4):265-276

Joint analysis of surface air temperature series recorded at weather stations together with the inversion of the temperature-depth profiles logged in the near-by boreholes enables an estimate of the conditions existing prior to the beginning of the meteorological observation, the so-called pre-observational mean (POM) temperature.Such analysis is based on the presumption of pure diffusive conditions in the underground. However, in real cases a certain subsurface fluid movement cannot be excluded and the measured temperature logs may contain an advective component. The paper addresses the correction for the hydraulic conditions, which may have perturbed the climate signal penetrating from the surface into the underground. The method accounts for vertical conductive and vertical advective heat transport in a 1-D horizontally layered stratum and provides a simultaneous evaluation of the POM-temperature together with the estimate of the Darcy fluid velocity. The correction strategy is illustrated on a synthetic example and its use is demonstrated on temperature logs measured in four closely spaced boreholes drilled near Tachlovice (located about 15 km SW of Prague, Czech Republic). The results revealed that in a case of moderately advectively affected subsurface conditions (fluid velocities about 10⁻⁹ m/s), the difference between POM-values assessed for a pure conductive approach and for combined vertical conductive/advective approach may amount up to 0.3–0.5 K, the value comparable with the amount usually ascribed to the 20th century climate warming.  相似文献   

Post-rift volcanism and high heat-flow at the ocean-continent transition of the eastern Gulf of Aden     

Francis Lucazeau  Sylvie Leroy  Julia Autin  Alain Bonneville  Bruno Goutorbe  Louise Watremez  Elia d'Acremont  Doga Düsünur  Frédérique Rolandone  Philippe Huchon  Nicolas Bellahsen  Patrick Tuchais 《地学学报》2009,21(4):285-292

A high heat-flow (∼900 mW m⁻²) has been observed over a volcanic structure at the Ocean-Continent Transition in the Eastern Gulf of Aden (Oman margin). The anomaly is superposed to a progressive increase of heat-flow across the margin and can be interpreted either by (1) heat refraction, (2) fluid discharge or (3) cooling magma. The two first explanations cannot be ruled out definitely by modelling analysis, but require unlikely thermal conductivity or permeability values. The third one implies that the latest activity of the volcano was about 100 000 years old and therefore continued c. 18 Ma after the break-up of Africa and Arabia. This potential mechanism is consistent with other lines of evidence of post-rifting activity in the Gulf of Aden and could invalidate the conventional assumption that rifted-margins become passive after the break-up of continents.  相似文献   

Spiral waves and the secondary star in the nova-like variable V3885 Sgr     

Louise E. Hartley  James R. Murray  Janet E. Drew  Knox S. Long 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,363(1):285-292

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How Does Large Flaring Activity from the Same Active Region Produce Oppositely Directed Magnetic Clouds?     

Louise K. Harra  Nancy U. Crooker  Cristina H. Mandrini  Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi  Sergio Dasso  Jingxiu Wang  Heather Elliott  Gemma Attrill  Bernard V. Jackson  Mario M. Bisi 《Solar physics》2007,244(1-2):95-114

We describe the interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) that occurred as a result of a series of solar flares and eruptions from 4 to 8 November 2004. Two ICMEs/magnetic clouds occurring from these events had opposite magnetic orientations. This was despite the fact that the major flares related to these events occurred within the same active region that maintained the same magnetic configuration. The solar events include a wide array of activities: flares, trans-equatorial coronal loop disappearance and reformation, trans-equatorial filament eruption, and coronal hole interaction. The first major ICME/magnetic cloud was predominantly related to the active region 10696 eruption. The second major ICME/magnetic cloud was found to be consistent with the magnetic orientation of an erupting trans-equatorial filament or else a rotation of 160° of a flux rope in the active region. We discuss these possibilities and emphasize the importance of understanding the magnetic evolution of the solar source region before we can begin to predict geoeffective events with any accuracy.  相似文献   

Photochemistry of Cu complexed with chromophoric dissolved organic matter: implications for Cu speciation in rainwater     

Melanie Louise Inez Witt  Stephen Skrabal  Robert Kieber  Joan Willey 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2007,58(2):89-109

Significant quenching of fluorescence by Cu in rainwater samples from southeastern North Carolina demonstrates that chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is an effective ligand for Cu in rainwater. A strong inverse correlation between the decrease in fluorescence upon Cu addition and CDOM abundance suggests the presence of excess binding sites for Cu in high CDOM samples. Electroanalytical studies indicate that CDOM extracted from C₁₈ cartridges formed Cu complexes with concentrations and conditional stability constants similar to ligands found in ambient rainwater. When authentic rainwater samples were photolyzed with simulated sunlight both photoproduction and photodestruction of ligands were observed, suggesting the photochemical response of Cu-complexing ligands in rainwater is the result of two competing reactions. The rate of CDOM photobleaching was directly related to changes in strong ligands (K_CuL ∼ 10¹⁵) whereas weaker ligands (K_CuL < 10¹³) were not correlated, suggesting the photolabile CDOM resides in the strong ligand class. A photolysis study comparing filtered and unfiltered rainwater samples indicated that Cu-complexing ligands adsorbed onto or otherwise associated with particles are photodegraded much more rapidly than dissolved ligands. Photolysis with UV radiation appears to be most effective at engendering changes in Cu ligands, however a significant photochemical response was also observed when samples were exposed to photosynthetically active radiation with wavelengths greater than 400 nm. Results from this study demonstrate that complexation of Cu by CDOM has important ramifications for controlling both the speciation of the metal and the reactivity of CDOM in rainwater.  相似文献   

Upper Palaeolithic faunas from south-west France. A zoogeographic perspective. Katherine V. Boyle. British Archaeological Reports International Series 557 1990 £27.00 ISBN 0 8654 704 3     

Louise H. van Wijngaarden-Bakker 《第四纪科学杂志》1991,6(3):259-260

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Spectrophotometric observations of a peculiar nitrogen-rich planetary nebula NGC 2440     

R. Louise 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1982,3(2):145-150

By using the Boller and Chivens spectrograph with a moderate dispersion (59 å mm^-1) in the red spectral region, we obtained 65 spectra covering the whole surface of the planetary nebula NGC 2440. Intensities of Hα, [N II] λλ 6548–6584 and [S II] λλ 6717–6731 lines are derived using the IDS system available at the ESO in La Silva (Chile). The nebula is known to be a nitrogen-rich nebula (Peimbert 1978) surrounded by secondary structures (Minkowski 1964). The unusual high value of the [N II]/Hα in the central core (~ 30) is certainly due to the nitrogen overabundance occurring in that part of the nebula. Its variations from scale ionization structure (Capriotti, Cromwell and Williams 1971). The observations show clearly an outward increase of both [NII]/Hα andI(6717)/I(6713) ratios.  相似文献   

Assessment of carbon in woody plants and soil across a vineyard-woodland landscape     

Williams JN  Hollander AD  O'Geen AT  Thrupp LA  Hanifin R  Steenwerth K  McGourty G  Jackson LE 《Carbon balance and management》2011,6(1):11

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