A time series for monitoring vegetation activity and phenology at 10-daily time steps covering large parts of South America   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

《International Journal of Digital Earth》2013,6(5):365-386

Abstract

It is widely accepted that natural resources should only be sustainably exploited and utilized to effectively preserve our planet for future generations. To better manage the natural resources, and to better understand the closely linked Earth systems, the concept of Digital Earth has been strongly promoted since US Vice President Al Gore's speech in 1998. One core element of Digital Earth is the use and integration of remote sensing data. Only satellite imagery can cover the entire globe repeatedly at a sufficient high-spatial resolution to map changes in land cover and land use, but also to detect more subtle changes related for instance to climate change. To uncover global change effects on vegetation activity and phenology, it is important to establish high quality time series characterizing the past situation against which the current state can be compared. With the present study we describe a time series of vegetation activity at 10-daily time steps between 1998 and 2008 covering large parts of South America at 1 km spatial resolution. Particular emphasis was put on noise removal. Only carefully filtered time series of vegetation indices can be used as a benchmark and for studying vegetation dynamics at a continental scale. Without temporal smoothing, subtle spatio-temporal patterns in vegetation composition, density and phenology would be hidden by atmospheric noise and undetected clouds. Such noise is immanent in data that have undergone solely a maximum value compositing. Within the present study, the Whittaker smoother (WS) was applied to a SPOT VGT time series. The WS balances the fidelity to the observations with the roughness of the smoothed curve. The algorithm is extremely fast, gives continuous control over smoothness with only one parameter, and interpolates automatically. The filtering efficiently removed the negatively biased noise present in the original data, while preserving the overall shape of the curves showing vegetation growth and development. Geostatistical variogram analysis revealed a significantly increased signal-to-noise ratio compared to the raw data. Analysis of the data also revealed spatially consistent key phenological markers. Extracted seasonality parameters followed a clear meridional trend. Compared to the unfiltered data, the filtered time series increased the separability of various land cover classes. It is thus expected that the data set holds great potential for environmental and vegetation related studies within the frame of Digital Earth.  相似文献   

Exploring natural and anthropogenic risk for cultural heritage in Cyprus using remote sensing and GIS     

《International Journal of Digital Earth》2013,6(2):115-142

Abstract

On site observation is the most common way of monitoring cultural heritage sites and monuments in Cyprus. However, this procedure that includes data collection, periodical observations, and multivariate risk assessment analysis is difficult to accomplish with the traditional practices and methods since it is time consuming and expensive. Furthermore, many archaeological sites and monuments are located at inaccessible areas, far away from the main road network and urban areas. Satellite remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can successfully confront this problem by providing the scientists with integrated monitoring of the study areas and the unique advantage to store and manipulate a large amount of spatial and attribute data simultaneously. Actually the monitoring and identification of several natural and anthropogenic hazards in the vicinity of the cultural heritage sites in Cyprus, seems to be one of the main priorities of its governmental and municipal authorities. This study aims to integrate both satellite remote sensing techniques and GIS in a multidisciplinary approach, for monitoring anthropogenic and natural hazards with the use of archived and up-to-date multitemporal remotely sensed images in the study area, namely in areas nearby cultural heritage sites and monuments in Cyprus. In this study anthropogenic hazards include urbanisation and extended land use changes in the surroundings of archaeological sites and natural hazards concern seismicity and sea erosion.  相似文献   

Hydrological regime of remote catchments with extreme gradients under accelerated change: the Baker basin in Patagonia     

Alejandro Dussaillant J.  Wouter Buytaert  Claudio Meier  Fabián Espinoza 《水文科学杂志》2013,58(8):1530-1542

Abstract

The Baker basin (27 000 km²) is located in one of the most pristine and remote areas of the planet. Its hydrological regime is poised to undergo dramatic changes in the near future due to hydropower development and climate change. The basin contains the second-largest lake in South America, and part of a major icefield. This study documents the natural baseline of the Baker River basin, discusses the main hydrological modes and analyses the potential for sustainable management. Annual precipitation varies several-fold from the eastern Patagonian steppes to the North Patagonian Icefield. The westernmost sub-basins are strongly governed by glacier melt with a peak discharge in the austral summer (January–March). The easternmost sub-basins have a much more seasonal response governed by quicker snowmelt in spring (November–December), while they exhibit low flows typical for semi-arid regions during summer and autumn. Topography, vegetation and wetlands may also influence streamflow. The strong spatio-temporal gradients and variability highlight the need for further monitoring, particularly in the headwaters, especially given the severe changes these basins are expected to undergo. The great diversity of hydrological controls and climate change pose significant challenges for hydrological prediction and management.

Editor Z.W. Kundzewicz

Citation Dussaillant, J.A., Buytaert, W., Meier, C., and Espinoza, F. 2012. Hydrological regime of remote catchments with extreme gradients under accelerated change: the Baker basin in Patagonia. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 57 (8), 1530–1542.  相似文献   

江苏宁芜北段自然重砂异常特征及其对铜金矿的响应   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

杨用彪  黄顺生  黄建平  王季顺  朱静苹  郭治东 《地质通报》2014,33(12):1961-1967

宁芜火山岩盆地是长江中下游成矿带中重要的铁、硫、铜、金成矿区。基于宁芜北段自然重砂建库数据,通过ZSAPS2.0软件GIS平台,选择与火山热液充填型铜金矿相关的特征矿物,圈定了自然重砂组合异常。通过自然重砂组合异常特征发现,铜矿物(黄铜矿、斑铜矿、蓝铜矿、辉铜矿、孔雀石)、自然金、黄铁矿、重晶石等重矿物组合对火山热液充填型铜金矿响应明显。在组合异常的基础上,圈定自然重砂综合异常,以成矿地质条件、与已知矿床的对应关系、异常强度、异常规模、重砂异常套合程度等为指标,对综合异常进行评价,从而为宁芜火山岩盆地北段铜金矿找矿远景区的划定提供依据。  相似文献   

卡林型金矿自然重砂特征及其找矿意义——以黔西南地区为例     

莫春虎  吴滔 《地质通报》2014,33(12):1999-2004

黔西南地区是中国西南低温成矿域中卡林型金矿最重要的矿化集中区,由于该地区金的粒径极小,难以构成自然重砂异常,故不能直接运用自然金矿物来指示寻找黔西南的卡林型金矿。在贵州省矿产资源潜力评价项目的工作过程中,对黔西南地区的自然重砂矿物特征进行了较为系统的研究,发现采用细粒黄铁矿(载金矿物)、砷矿物(伴生矿物)、锑矿物和汞矿物的自然重砂组(综)合异常对寻找黔西南地区的卡林型金矿具有一定的指导作用和找矿意义。  相似文献   

锡矿自然重砂矿物组合规律及其找矿意义     

张翔  董国臣  申俊峰  代友旭  景国庆  罗微  王松阳 《地质通报》2014,33(12):1869-1877

为探究不同类型锡矿床所反映出的自然重砂矿物组合特征,统计了云南、福建、江西、浙江、湖南、青海和广西7省共35个典型锡矿床的自然重砂情况,通过计算和分析各自然重砂矿物在所对应类型矿床中的报出频率,得出矽卡岩型、热液脉型和斑岩型3种锡矿所对应的自然重砂矿物组合。所反映出的重砂矿物组合既有相似之处,如均出现锡石+白钨矿(或黑钨矿)的矿物组合,亦反映出不相同的地方,如矽卡岩型锡矿石榴子石报出率高,斑岩型锡矿锆石报出率高等。因此,按照矿床类型建立的自然重砂矿物组合对于建立自然重砂找矿模型具有重要意义。  相似文献   

铬铁矿自然重砂组合特征及其找矿意义     

隋真龙  董国臣  董亮琼  何勇  王曼丽 《地质通报》2014,33(12):1929-1932

为探究与基性—超基性岩有关的铬铁矿床所体现的重砂矿物类型及其组合特征,在西藏、新疆、甘肃、青海、内蒙古、河北和陕西7个省(自治区)共选择14个典型铬铁矿床(点),对所响应的自然重砂矿物进行统计。研究表明,这些矿床(点)中所响应的矿物主要为铬铁矿及铬尖晶石,计算出所涉及重砂矿物的报出频数及报出率,并通过图解直观地表现出与基性—超基性岩有关的铬铁矿床的自然重砂矿物组合,为与基性—超基性岩有关的铬铁矿找矿勘查提供了重要的矿物学依据。  相似文献   

自然伽马拟声波曲线构建技术探讨     

查华胜  ;甘志超  ;刘卫佳  ;卞振平  ;徐翠云  ;于卓  ;盖一新 《中国煤炭地质》2014,(5):58-62

声波测井曲线在地震反演中起着约束和控制模型反演的作用,当其不能反映地层岩性变化时,通常会将现有的非声波测井曲线按照一定的经验公式或统计方法来重构新的声波曲线。但是,这些拟声波曲线构建技术并没有考虑到地层岩石孔隙及孔隙中流体的影响。在考虑到岩石孔隙和孔隙中流体的情况下,拟声波曲线构建技术可以先利用岩石基质的声波速度与自然伽马之间的关系来重构具有声波量纲的新曲线,然后结合原声波曲线中能够反映背景速度的低频信息,构建出新的声波曲线。该方法在鄂尔多斯盆地镇泾地区取得了不错的应用效果。  相似文献   

Modeling blocky nonlinear mechanics behavior on plasticity and progressive fractures with the enriched mesh free DDA method     

Y.Z. Ma  H. Zheng  R.T. Zhang  Z.X. Ding  K.J. Cai 《Geomechanics and Geoengineering》2014,9(2):160-171

This study explores a new form of Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) method, which uses mesh free displacement functions instead of linear polynomial ones adopted in the original DDA, hence it can effectively describe complex block displacements and deformations. Moreover, the capability of describing a block’s nonlinear mechanical behaviors, i.e., plasticity and fracture, are developed under classical fracture and increment plasticity mechanics theories. With consideration of computation efficiency and convenience, the Sibson natural neighbor interpolation technique for block plasticity analysis and the enriched Moving Least-Squares (MLS) approximation for block fracture analysis are employed, respectively. Numerical results show the applicability of the proposed mesh free DDA method.  相似文献   

Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of Chazi geothermal field in Shigatse in Tibet     

LUO Shaoqiang  XU Lin  TANG Hua  XIAO Jin  HU Lin 《中国地质调查》2014,7(5):10-15

Chazi geothermal field is located in Southwestern Tibetan Plateau. The geothermal potential has been ascertained by field survey and geothermal drilling. The hydrogeochemical characteristics and isotopic composition of this geothermal field show that the underground water belongs to HCO₃-Na. The difference of ion concentration between hot water and cold water shows that they have different material sources and certain hydraulic relations. The isotope analysis of δD and δ¹⁸O determines that the major source of the geothermal water in this area is meteoric water and water melt from the mountains snow and ice with the height above 5 652 m. The geothermal water was the result of the mixture of deep infiltrated meteoric water and deep-source fluid when they move along the fracture zone. The fracture zone is the main channel of hot spring and the reservoir of geothermal fluid. The migration retention time of the geothermal water in this geothermal field was at least 41 years. According to the calculated temperature of SiO₂ geothermometer, the geothermal temperature of the underground heat reservoir is about 148.18~153.49 ℃, and natural heat discharge is 2 264.33×10¹² J/a.  相似文献