Optimal Reorganization of NASA Earth Science Data for Enhanced Accessibility and Usability for the Hydrology Community

A long‐standing “Digital Divide” in data representation exists between the preferred way of data access by the hydrology community and the common way of data archival by earth science data centers. Typically, in hydrology, earth surface features are expressed as discrete spatial objects (e.g., watersheds), and time‐varying data are contained in associated time series. Data in earth science archives, although stored as discrete values (of satellite swath pixels or geographical grids), represent continuous spatial fields, one file per time step. This Divide has been an obstacle, specifically, between the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. and NASA earth science data systems. In essence, the way data are archived is conceptually orthogonal to the desired method of access. Our recent work has shown an optimal method of bridging the Divide, by enabling operational access to long‐time series (e.g., 36 years of hourly data) of selected NASA datasets. These time series, which we have termed “data rods,” are pre‐generated or generated on‐the‐fly. This optimal solution was arrived at after extensive investigations of various approaches, including one based on “data curtains.” The on‐the‐fly generation of data rods uses “data cubes,” NASA Giovanni, and parallel processing. The optimal reorganization of NASA earth science data has significantly enhanced the access to and use of the data for the hydrology user community.     

线性工程切割耕地的权属调整方法及系统实现——以保阜高速顺平段沿线土地整治项目为例

论文以高速公路切割的耕地地块为研究对象,根据权属调整的不同方向,将权属调整分为所有权置换和使用权流转两种类型,并将权属调整的方法分为面积法和价值法;在GIS服务软件SuperMap iServer支持下,建立了一个交互式权属调整应用系统,以保阜高速顺平段沿线的高于铺镇、腰山镇土地整治项目区中的切割耕地为案例,应用系统生成了项目区高速公路沿线切割耕地的权属调整方案。研究结果表明,线性工程切割耕地需进行权属调整以保障农业生产,研究采用的权属调整方法符合当地实际情况,利用权属调整系统可以自动生成推荐权属调整方案,并可以根据用户需求进行调整,同时系统可以对权属调整相关数据进行动态管理。     

Understanding the North–South knowledge divide and its implications for policy: a quantitative analysis of the generation of scientific knowledge in the environmental sciences

The paper investigates the scientific knowledge divide in the environmental sciences between developed and developing countries and explores the implications and impacts on both science and policymaking. Quantitative data analysis of more than 6400 scientific papers published in 1993–2003 yield evidence for a growing divide in authorship, publication rates, and location of scientific research in nine environmental journals with high impact factor ratings. In addition to this severe imbalance in publication rates between developed and developing countries, we also find a research bias toward certain eco-climatic zones. More than 80% of papers are published in and about temperate and cold eco-climatic zones. Only 13% of the papers in our study are based on research in the dry sub-tropical and tropical zones, although these eco-climatic zones account for more than 52% of the world's land area. Based on these results, we discuss how the limited empirical source and focus of environmental research undermine the claims of universality of environmental science and what consequences this may have on policymaking processes at different levels. Finally, we briefly explore some short- and long-term strategies to address the knowledge divide.     

考虑成本的多出救点多物资应急调度研究

为减少应急资源调度过程中发生的经济损失,在某些最短完成时间值要求不十分敏感的应急资源调度基础上,提出引入资源需求紧迫程度的多出救点多物资调度模型,同时定义调度成本目标函数,并结合分治算法基本思想,求解综合调度效益最高的出救点方案,最后进行实例分析和对比分析。结果表明:在对应急资源储备仓库进行选择时,需求紧迫度的引入能极大地改善调度的盲目性,结合基于道路因素建立的成本函数能有效地减少不必要的调度成本,从而提高资源调度的综合效益。     

生态功能区区划方法及分布--以黑龙江省为例

文章以黑龙江省为例,介绍了生态功能区划分依据及方法.生态功能区划的完成对生态保护和建设有着重要的战略意义.     

GIS支持下的青岛市海域管理信息系统

青岛市海域管理信息系统的建立是"青岛市海洋功能区划"项目的子项目.为了更好的利用海洋功能区划信息,提高海洋开发的合理性和海洋管理的科学性,运用可视化计算机编程语言VB,结合地理信息系统二次开发组件MapX建立了青岛市海域管理信息系统.实践表明,用MapX组件开发地理信息系统具有简单、快捷、高效、方便等诸多优点,它和面向对象语言的结合使它既能充分发挥管理地图数据的优势,又能使开发者快速生成友好的用户界面.     

A mixed methodology for evaluating use of evidence in conservation planning

Conservation practitioners widely recognize the importance of making decisions based on the best available evidence. However, the effectiveness of evidence use in conservation planning is rarely assessed, which limits opportunities to improve evidence-based practice. We devised a mixed methodology for empirically evaluating use of evidence that applies social science tools to systematically appraise what kinds of evidence are used in conservation planning, to what effect, and under what limitations. We applied our approach in a case study of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), a leading land conservation organization. We conducted qualitative and quantitative analyses of 65 NCC planning documents (n = 13 in-depth) to identify patterns in evidence use, and surveyed 35 conservation planners to examine experiences of and barriers to using evidence. Although claims in plans contained a wide range of evidence types, 26% of claims were not referenced or associated with an identifiable source. Lack of evidence use was particularly apparent in claims associated with direct threats, particularly those identified as low (71% coded as insufficient or lacking evidence) or medium (45%) threats. Survey participants described relying heavily on practitioner experience and highlighted capacity limitations and disciplinary gaps in expertise among planning teams as barriers to using evidence effectively. We found that although time-intensive, this approach yielded actionable recommendations for improving evidence use in NCC conservation plans. Similar mixed-method assessments may streamline the process by including interviews and refining the document analysis frames to target issues or sections of concern. We suggest our method provides an accessible and robust point of departure for conservation practitioners to evaluate whether the use of conservation planning reflects in-house standards and more broadly recognized best practices.