Weather as a Chronic Hazard for Road Transportation in Canadian Cities   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

Jean Andrey  Brian Mills  Mike Leahy  Jeff Suggett 《Natural Hazards》2003,28(2-3):319-343

Inclement weather creates a chronic hazard for Canadian travellers. Past studies indicate that road collision rates increase during precipitation, although the magnitude of theincrease varies from study to study, partly as a result of variations in weather and driving conditions,but also because of differences in methods. The goal of the current study is to improve ourunderstanding of the links between weather and travel risk in mid-sized Canadian cities by using astandardized method for analyzing data from six cities with different climates: Halifax-Dartmouth,Ottawa, Québec, Hamilton, Waterloo Region, and Regina. The study has four interrelated objectives: (1) Toconduct a sensitivity analysis to determine the extent to which risk estimates vary depending onthe criteria used to define precipitation events and `normal' conditions; (2) To compare therelative risk of collision and injury during precipitation relative to `normal' conditions; (3) Todetermine the extent to which weather-related risks vary fordifferent Canadian cities; and (4) To explore any differences in collision characteristics between events and controls, especially as theyvary from city to city. Results are based on a matched-pair analysis, using six-hour time blocks over afour-year period, 1995 to 1998. Results indicate only modest sensitivity to the criteria used to define precipitation events and `normal' conditions. On average, precipitation is associated with a 75 percentincrease in traffic collisions and a 45 percent increase in related injuries, as compared to `normal'seasonal conditions, but risk levels vary depending on the characteristics of the weather event.Both sensitivity to specific weather conditions and weather-related accident profiles vary from city tocity in ways that are not easily explained.  相似文献   

大地测量数据接口技术与接口标准   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

吕志平赵冬青  张西光李健 《测绘学院学报》2003,20(2):89-92,95

建立了由接口文件、接口文件处理器和共享信息模型组成的大地测量数据接口体系结构，划分了大地测量数据服务的3类不同接口类型。在建立了面向对象的接口数据模型的基础上，讨论了面向传统用户的控制点数字化成果格式、面向生产过程的大地控制网统一数据结构和面向GIS的大地测量数据交换格式。  相似文献   

A Laboratory Model for the Flow in Urban Street Canyons Induced by Bottom Heating   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：2  

LIU Huizhi  LIANG Bin  ZHU Fengrong  ZHANG Boyin  SANG Jianguo 《大气科学进展》2003,20(4):554-564

Water tank experiments are carried out to investigate the convection flow induced by bottom heating and the effects of the ambient wind on the flow in non-symmetrical urban street canyons based on the PIV (Particle Image Visualization) technique. Fluid experiments show that with calm ambient wind,the flows in the street canyon are completely driven by thermal force, and the convection can reach the upper atmosphere of the street canyon. Horizontal and vertical motions also appear above the roofs of the buildings. These are the conditions which favor the exchange of momentum and air mass between the street canyon and its environment. More than two vortices are induced by the convection, and the complex circulation pattern will vary with time in a wider street canyon. However， in a narrow street canyon， just one vortex appears. With a light ambient wind, the bottom heating and the associated convection result in just one main vortex. As the ambient wind speed increases, the vortex becomes more organized and its center shifts closer to the leeward building.  相似文献   

3-D structural reconstruction of Moho in the Tangshan earthquake area by using inversion of curved interface     

赖晓玲  张先康  郑需要 《地震学报(英文版)》1997,10(5):625-637

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A mixed finite element method for Hele-Shaw cell equations     

J. M. Guevara-Jordan  J. Glimm 《Computational Geosciences》1997,1(1):35-58

A new numerical method to solve the system of equations describing two phase flow in a Hele-Shaw cell is presented. It combines a mixed finite element method, the method of subtraction of the singularity and a front tracking grid in a single computational strategy. This choice of discretization techniques is well motivated by the difficulties present in the system of equations and the physics of the problem. The new method was tested against analytical solutions and also by solving the Saffman–Taylor viscous fingering problem for finite and infinite mobility ratios. In both cases convergence under mesh refinement is achieved for the fingers developed from an initial sinusoidal interface. Finger splitting is observed for low values of the surface tension and high mobility ratio. Different explanations, based in our results, are provided for this phenomenon. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

城市化对北京平均气温的影响   总被引：40，自引：2，他引：40  

陈沈斌  潘莉卿 《地理学报》1997,52(1):27-36

本文利用北京（观象台）及周围几个气象台站月平均气温资料，滑动平均后，采用主成分分析方法，再进行倾向性分析，探讨了北京城市化对气平均气温的影响，估算对北京（观象台）气温记录的影响约为０．２１℃／３３ａ推断市中心二环路以内强烈地影响。  相似文献   

胶济铁路沿线城市群的空间模式及发展研究   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

盖文启 《地域研究与开发》1997,16(1):67-69,73

分析了胶济铁路沿线城市群形成发展的原因，指出了城市群的现状特征，并对沿线城市群的发展提出了几点建议。  相似文献   

高温高压下水岩界面反应与金的迁移富集   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王玉荣  阚小凤  王志强 《矿物岩石地球化学通报》1997,(2)

高温高压下水岩界面反应与金的迁移富集王玉荣阚小凤王志强（中国科学院广州地球化学研究所，广州５１０６４０）关键词水岩界面反应自发电池实验地球化学本实验以哈达门沟［１］及东坪金矿［２］为地质背景，研究钾长石岩中金矿化富集的物理化学条件。该区金矿既与早期变...  相似文献   

利用遥感监测和分析珠江三角洲的城市扩张过程——以东莞市为例   总被引：23，自引：3，他引：23  

黎夏  叶嘉安 《地理研究》1997,16(4):56-62

伴随着经济的快速增长,珠江三角洲近年来出现了迅速的城市化以及乡村城市化的过程。沿着城镇边缘和公路两旁,大片的农田被侵占来单方面地满足城市开发的需要,忽略了粮食产量减少以及环境质量恶化等问题。利用遥感可以有效地监测珠江三角洲的城市扩张过程。在遥感多时相监测的基础上通过熵的计算,可以定量地描述城市扩张的空间规律及扩散过程。  相似文献   

Science and the desertification debate   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

David S.G. Thomas 《Journal of Arid Environments》1997,37(4):599-608

Desertification is an environmental issue that has major environmental and social dimensions, and which has been controversial in a number of respects. The recent UN Convention on Desertification and Drought places considerable emphasis on the social dimensions of the problem and the role local peoples and NGOs have to play in tackling it. When desertification first became regarded as a major issue in the 1970s, science was seen to have a major role in understanding and solving the problem, but in some circles has been regarded as failing to contribute usefully. This paper explores the nature of scientific contributions, why science may have been seen to fail to serve the needs of policy-makers, and why scientific findings may have been misinterpreted in broader circles dealing with the issue. It concludes by identifying areas where science has still a valuable role to play in an issue that is now perhaps regarded as more political and social than scientific.  相似文献