The beta decay of N-21

The beta-delayed neutron and gamma energy spectra taken from the decay of neutron-rich nucleus N-21 were measured by using the beta - gamma and beta - n coincidence detection method. Thirteen new neutron groups ranging from 0.28MeV to 4.98 MeV and with a total branching ratio of 88.7 +/- 4.2% were observed and presented. One gamma transition with an energy of 1222 keV emitted from the excited state of O-21, and four gamma transitions with energies of 1674, 2397, 2780, and 3175 keV emitted from the excited states of O-20 were identified in the 3 decay chain of N-21. The beta decay half-life for N-21 is determined to be 82.9 +/- 1.9 ms. The uncertainty of half-life is much smaller than the previous result.

1979—2006年沈阳市城市空间扩展过程分析

基于1979、1992、2001和2006年遥感影像资料,利用人机交互式方法提取了沈阳市城市扩展信息,并借助GIS技术对空间数据的统计分析功能,从城市扩展强度、重心坐标、紧凑度、分形维数和城市扩展弹性系数方面对沈阳市城市扩展的时空变化特征及其驱动力进行了分析.结果表明:1979—2006年间,沈阳市城市建设用地面积持续增加,扩展强度逐渐增强,以2001—2006年间的城市扩展规模和速度最大;沈阳市城市扩展具有明显的空间分异特征,城市重心总体向西南方向偏移;紧凑度逐渐减小,分形维数逐渐增大,城市空间形态日益复杂;自然环境因素、经济发展、人口增长、交通基础设施建设以及政府政策和城市规划是沈阳市城市扩展的主要驱动因素.

营口市城市及村镇聚落增长与土地利用变化的模拟预测

基于辽宁省营口市1988、1992、1997、2000和2004年5期LandsatTM卫星遥感影像数据,利用城市增长和土地利用变化模拟模型SLEUTH模拟预测了6种预案(当前趋势预案、无保护预案、适当保护预案、管理增长预案、生态可持续预案和区域及城市规划预案)下2005—2030年营口市城市及农村聚落的增长和土地利用变化情况.结果表明:1988—2004年,营口市城市及村镇聚落的增长面积为14.93km2;1997—2004年,研究区水域、园地、矿山、耕地等土地类型面积的变化较大.2005—2030年,生态可持续预案下,营口市城市及村镇聚落的面积将缓慢增长,较好地保护耕地、林地等资源,但在一定程度上将限制城市及村镇聚落的增长;无保护预案下研究区城市及农村聚落的增长速度最快,耕地流失面积较大;当前趋势预案下,耕地流失面积与无保护预案相近,但耕地流失的格局不同;适当保护预案和管理增长预案下,耕地的流失面积较小;区域与城市规划预案下,城市及村镇聚落增长主要分布在城市开发区和城市周边地区.利用不同预案下的SLEUTH模型可以模拟不同土地管理政策对城市及村镇聚落增长和土地利用变化的影响,对我国实施统筹城乡发展、建设社会主义新农村具有指导意义.

可持续发展的历史争论与研究展望

可持续发展的思想源自西方社会上世纪50年代的环境保护运动,至1992年在联合国环境与发展大会上各国对此达成共识后,便迅速向社会经济各个领域渗透,学术界也掀起了一场研究可持续发展的风潮。由于可持续发展本来概念的模糊、现实问题的繁杂以及人类追求美好未来的强烈愿望,围绕价值、资本、技术的作用、社会经济系统的规模和尺度以及实现的方法等各方面,基于生态学、经济学和社会科学视角的各学科各执一端,以此"公共广场"发出自己的声音,也正是众多争论的声音使其逐渐成熟和完善。展望未来,多视角切入、系统的综合、公共参与与价值融合

Analysis of the population capacity in the reconstruction areas of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

National Key Technology R&D Program of China [2008BAK50B05]; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX-YW-Q06, KZCX2-YW-Q03-06]

The temporal and spatial evaluation on China's agricultural policy output since 1978

Since reform and opening up, how much contribution has China's implementation of new agricultural policy made to agricultural output? This paper is trying to establish an agricultural policy output econometric model for doing a quantitative analysis of China's new agricultural policy. The results show that China's agricultural policies on agricultural output have an average contribution rate of about 7% since 1978, which is consistent with the OECD's basic forecast. There are obvious temporal and spatial differences. Generally speaking, we can divide the contribution of agricultural policy into three periods, which are the start-up phase from 1978 to 1991 (14 years), the stationary phase from 1992 to 2002 (11 years) and the rising phase from 2003 to 2008 (6 years). In space, the contribution of agricultural policy underwent a process from the all-low in the start-up phase, the gradual increase in the stationary phase to the all-high in the rising phase. Northern and western regions are more sensitive to policies. There are three major factors that can affect the contribution of regional agricultural policies, which are the process of national industrialization strategy, terrain and the level of local finance.

Spatial-temporal characteristics of siping urban expansion based on remote sensing and GIS

Based on the RS and GIS methods, Siping city is selected as a study case with four remote sensing images in 25 years. Indices of urban morphology such as fractal dimension and compactness are employed to research the characteristics of urban expansion. Through digital processing and interpreting of the images, the process and characteristics of urban expansion are analysed using urban area change, fractal dimension and compactness. The results showed that there are three terms in this period. It expended fastest in the period of 1979~1991, and in the period of 1992~2001, the emphases on urban redevelopment made it expended slower. And this is in agreement with the Siping Statistical Yearbook. This indicates that the united of metrics of urban morphology and statistical data can be used to satisfactorily describe the process and characteristics of urban expansion. © 2008 IEEE.

黑白仰鼻猴（Rhinopithecus bieti）西藏种群栖息地变化研究

黑白仰鼻猴（Rhinopithecus bieti）目前分布在金沙江和澜沧江之间横断山脉的一个狭小的区域范围内（26o14’N-29o20’N，99o15’E-99o37’E），海拔2 600 m（南部） - 4 200 m（北部）之间；目前大约有15 群，数量估计约1700 个体。是我国特有的灵长类之一，为国家Ⅰ级保护动物，在IUCN（世界自然保护联盟）2007 受威胁物种红皮书中被列为濒危物种并处于小种群、高度片断化状态（ENC 2a）。西藏是黑白仰鼻猴分布的北端，约有300 个体。基于前人的野外调查和报道确认，暗针叶林和针阔叶混交林是其适宜栖息地，人们在低海拔和高海拔砍伐或者火烧暗针叶林和针阔叶混交林的产物－农田和夏季牧场正在逐渐侵蚀着其适宜栖息地。尽管当地藏族村民信奉佛教，禁止猎杀任何野生动物，但是近些年来，黑白仰鼻猴栖息地不断丧失，这与牧场和农田扩张、当地人们薪柴采集等活动有关。黑白仰鼻猴西藏种群主要在原始暗针叶林和和针阔叶混交林里活动。为了评估该物种的栖息地现状和变化情况，我们通过野外调查工作，应用GIS 和RS 技术，分别解译了1986 年、1992 年、1997 年、2001 年和2006 年的Landsat TM/ETM+ 冬季卫星影像，并对解译结果进行了计算和分析，得到了以下西藏种群栖息地的主要结果： 1）现有暗针叶林（包括原始针叶林和针阔混交林）面积是30 500 hm2 ，夏季牧场面积是13 100 hm2 ，农田面积是6 400 hm2 ；2）在过去20 年间（1986-2006 年），暗针叶林面积减少了14.6％（5 200 hm2 ），夏季牧场面积增加了47.2％（4 200 hm2 ），农田面积增加了14.3％（800 hm2 ）；3）在过去20 年间，暗针叶林的斑块数量增加了68.4％，平均斑块面积下降了49.3％（从1986 年的15.1 hm2 下降到2006 年的7.6 hm2 ），最大的斑块指数下降了54.9％；景观丰富度并没有变化，但Shannon 多样性指数和Shannon 均匀度指数分别增加了2.7％。这都表明栖息地丧失和破碎化程度越来越严重。在上述结果的基础上，我们进一步对栖息地变化的主要原因进行了初步分析和探讨。通过暗针叶林面积、夏季牧场面积和农田面积和当地各乡村的家庭户数、人口数量、平均家庭人口数和牲畜存栏数等统计数据的Spearman秩相关分析表明，暗针叶林面积变化分别与当地的人口数量、家庭户数和平均家庭人口数呈显著负相关，与牲畜存栏数呈负相关；而夏季牧场面积和农田面积都分别与人口数量、家庭户数和平均家庭人口数呈显著正相关，与牲畜存栏数呈正相关。这意味着在目前当地传统生产方式基本未发生改变的情况下，因人口数量增加所带来的生产等活动强度的增加是黑白仰鼻猴栖息地丧失与破碎化加剧的主要原因（R2 = 0.972）；当地人类经济活动的增加，如牧场和农田扩张，牲畜存栏数增加以及薪材采集和木质建筑等导致了栖息地丧失、退化和破碎化。但另一方面，当地一妻多夫的婚配制度（仅在西藏部分地区仍有保留）对黑白仰鼻猴的栖息地保护有积极的作用，因为大家庭（家庭人口数）的人均资源消耗，如薪柴需求、房屋数量、牧场和农田等，都比小家庭低。在过去20 年中（1983-2003 年），当地家庭户数的增加比人口数量增加要慢，这对黑白仰鼻猴的栖息地保护起到了一定的积极作用。因此，西藏种群作为单独的遗传亚种群，其保护工作任重而道远。

Ulva diversity in the Yellow Sea during the large-scale green algal blooms in 2008-2009

P>In the Yellow Sea of China, large-scale green tides have broken out for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. As part of the efforts to localize the algal source, two cruises were conducted in the early stage and the outbreak stage of the bloom in 2009. We analyzed the morphological and genetic diversity of drifting Ulva specimens and culture-derived isolates from seawater sampled in different localities. For phylogenetic analyses, the nuclear encoded ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region (ITS nrDNA) and the plastid encoded large subunit of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxgenase gene (rbcL) were used. Our molecular and morphological data indicate that the dominant free-floating Ulva species in 2008 and 2009 possibly belonged to a single strain of the U. linza-procera-prolifera (LPP) clade. The ITS sequences from bloom-forming algal samples with dense branches were identical to those from U. linza-like specimens without branches derived from the Yellow Sea. Microscopic individuals of the dominant Ulva strain were detected in eight stations, revealing that spore dispersal in the water helped to enlarge biomass in the water during the outbreak stage of green tide in the Yellow Sea.

The dominant Ulva strain of the 2008 green algal bloom in the Yellow Sea was not detected in the coastal waters of Qingdao in the following winter

The region of Qingdao, China, experienced the world's largest green tide from May to July 2008. More than one million tons of fresh algal biomass of the green alga Ulva prolifera was harvested, while more was suspected to have sunk to the bottom. The original source of this seaweed was suspected to be from the south as revealed by satellite images. The floating biomass drifted with the water current northward and flourished in nearshore waters around Qingdao. However, direct biological evidence for "seed" source is lacking. It is still unclear whether this alga could survive the Qingdao local coastal environment and pose future danger of potential blooming. Systematic and seasonal sampling of waters in the intertidal zone at six collection sites along the Qingdao coast was conducted from December 2008 to April 2009. Forty-eight water samples were analyzed. From these, nine different morphotypes of Ulva were grown in the laboratory under standard temperature and light regimes. Growth of Ulva was observed in all water samples. However, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that the dominant U. prolifera strain of the 2008 bloom was absent in all the water-derived cultures during the sampling period. These results provide evidence that the dominant bloom-forming alga was unlikely able to survive the coastal waters (the minimal surface water temperature in February is 2A degrees C) in winter conditions in Qingdao, even though all the sampling locations were heavily covered by this alga in June 2008.

卫星高度计资料在海洋潮汐研究中的应用

本文依据收集到的392个地面验潮站8个主要分潮（M2、S2、K1、O1、N2、K2、P1及Q1）的调和常数，对现有7个全球大洋潮汐模式的准确度进行了检验，结果显示各模式在深海区域均达到了比较高的准确度，相互之间差别也不大。经验模式GOT00和CSR4.0、同化模式NAO99、反演同化模式TPXO7.0、数值同化模式FES2002和FES2004的M2分潮均方根偏差在3 cm左右，其它分潮（S2、K1、O1、N2、K2、P1及Q1）大约在1～2 cm。本文还依据中国近海18个岛屿的调和常数对其中的5个大洋潮汐模式的准确度进行了检验，结果表明，M2分潮均方根偏差在6～14 cm，明显高于大洋部分的偏差，其中日本国家天文台的潮汐模式NAO99在中国近海的结果相对较准确。 我们利用1992年8月至2008年8月的TOPEX/POSEIDON和JASON-1(T/P-J)卫星高度计资料，对沿卫星轨道的302816个站点进行了14个分潮的潮汐调和分析，得到了全球大洋潮汐的8个主要分潮以及2个气象分潮Sa、Ssa的经验同潮图。主要结果有：（1）各分潮在卫星上升轨道与下降轨道的交叉点(约7000个)相关性分析表明：M2分潮的振幅和迟角的相关系数很高（分别为0.9965和0.9961）；S2，K1，O1和Sa分潮也有较好的相关性（相关系数为0.94～0.99）；（2）该结果与392地面个验潮站吻合较好，其中M2分潮的振幅、迟角和向量的均方根偏差分别为：1.73 cm，2.340和2.93 cm；S2，K1和O1分潮的振幅、迟角和向量的均方根偏差为1 cm左右，5.250～7.270和1.5～2.1 cm，该精度与最近几年国际上的主要大洋潮汐模式的准确度相近；（3）首次通过卫星资料获得了Sa、Ssa分潮的同潮图。周期为1年的Sa分潮与大洋105个地面站相比，振幅、迟角和向量的均方根偏差分别为1.50 cm、18.360和2.16 cm。在此基础上，进一步分析了构成Sa、Ssa气象分潮的两个主要因素（海水密度以及海面气压）在全球的分布。 在T/P-J等卫星资料无法覆盖到南大洋和北冰洋，本文利用Princeton Ocean Model（POM）进行了数值模拟，模拟结果与162个地面实测站（其中南大洋30个，北冰洋132个）的观测比较一致。基于卫星资料分析的结果和数值模拟结果合并得到了全球大洋的8个主要分潮同潮图。在此基础上通过全球潮汐能量耗散的计算得到潮能通量的分布，并得到全球M2、S2、K1和O1分潮的潮汐能量耗散率为2.431TW、0.401TW、0.336TW和0.176TW。 本文还利用卫星资料对南海潮汐进行了研究，在中国南海，获得了主要的半日潮、全日潮、四分日分潮和长周期分潮（M2，S2，N2，K2，K1，O1，P1，Q1，M4, MS4，Sa, Ssa）的经验同潮图。与南海沿岸94个地面验潮站的数据符合得比较好，M2，S2，K1及O1等4个主要分潮的平均振幅差为2～4 cm，均方根偏差分别是9～11 cm.其它4个主要分潮N2，K2，P1，Q1的平均振幅差为1～2 cm，均方根偏差为2～4 cm。此外，本文还利用卫星高度计资料潮汐分析结果沿卫星轨道进行高通滤波，分离得出中国近海的M2，S2，K1及O1分潮的内潮信息。

中国华北和美国加州地区地震层析成像研究

In recent years seismic tomography has become a powerful tool for studying the three-dimensional crust and mantle structure. In this study, we collected a large number of regional and teleseismic travel-time data and used seismic tomography method to study the relationship between earthquake occurrence and crustal heterogeneity for the 1992 Landers earthquake, heterogeneity and evolution of lithosphere under North China Craton and Southern California, and deep structure and origin of the Changbai intraplate volcano in Northeast China. Our results show a correlation between the seismic rupture zone and crustal heterogeneity. The distribution of the Landers aftershocks is cluster-like and separated or terminated in areas where low-velocity anomalies exist．Most of the large earthquakes with magnitudes >4.0 occurred in or around areas with high P-wave velocity．The possibility is that high-velocity areas are brittle and strong parts which can sustain seismogenic stress，and so can generate earthquakes. Our tomographic images show a very heterogeneous structure in the crust and upper mantle beneath Southern California. Three major anomalies in the upper mantle are revealed clearly beneath the southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges and Salton Trough. We consider that the high-velocity anomaly beneath the Transverse Ranges was formed through asymmetrical two-side convergence of subcrustal lithosphere and sinking to asthenosphere. Formation of the dense crust root and “drip structure” caused the high-velocity anomaly under the southern Sierra Nevada. The Salton Trough low is the response to the lithospheric extension when the Pacific plate was rifted away from the North American Plate. The tomograpic images beneath the North China Craton show that there exist different lithospheric structures under the different blocks. Complex, prominent low-velocity and high-velocity anomalies are imaged beneath the North China Basin, Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO), and Ordos Block which correspond to rifted, orogenic and cratonic lithospheres, respectively. The thickness of the three-type lithospheres is about 70, 90 and >250 km, respectively. Our results suggest that lithospheric thinning under the eastern part of North China Craton is due to long-term replacement and chemical and thermal erosion of the ancient lithosphere by the hot asthenosphere. The remains of ancient lithosphere exist either in the present upper mantle or have sunk into the mantle transition zone. Our tomographic result of the Changbai volcanic area suggests that the origin of the Changbai volcano is related to the deep dehydration of the subducted Pacific slab and corner flow in the big mantle wedge (BMW) above the stagnant Pacific slab.