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全球土地计划第二次开放科学大会（GLP 2ndOpen Science Meeting）会议述评

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 全球土地计划第二次开放科学大会（GLP 2nd Open Science Meeting）会议述评 DOI: 10.5846/stxb201405050890 作者: 作者单位: 山西农业大学,山西农业大学 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 山西省回国留学人员科研资助项目（2013-重点7）；山西省社会发展科技攻关项目（20130313007-3）；山西农业大学科技创新基金（201218）项目资助 New Approach and New Ways in Land Change study-Conference Review of GLP 2nd Open Science Meeting Author: Affiliation: Shanxi Agricultural University,Shanxi Agricultural University Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:全球土地计划第二次开放科学大会于2014年3月19日至21日在德国柏林举行，来自世界50个国家的650位学者参加了大会，大会主题为“土地变化：全球挑战与地方现实”。大会分四大主题进行，设103个分会场，以口头报告、快速演讲、展板等形式展开。有关“土地变化再思考”这一主题的探讨，主要围绕土地变化监测、土地变化数据集、土地变化模型构建、遥感技术的应用四方面展开，强调土地变化研究中新技术、新方法的使用，展示了不同国家在土地变化研究中的最新研究方法与研究成果，提出未来土地变化研究面临的机遇和挑战。大会对我国土地变化研究的启示主要有以下几方面：(1)引入多类型数据源监测我国土地利用变化，以适应不同尺度、不同类型、不同目标的土地变化研究；(2)加强国内土地变化数据集的建设，避免数据优劣共存、系统性差、类型不全面等问题；(3)加强土地变化模型构建，改进数据输入、加强模型验证、提高模型预测精度；(4)加强卫星遥感技术的应用，使不同空间尺度、不同时间尺度遥感数据和地方数据相结合，加强数据分析与处理能力。 Abstract:Global Land Project 2nd Open Science Meeting had took place in Berlin, from 19-21 March 2014. There were 650 participants from 50 countries met in the meeting and the theme of this meeting was "Land Transformations: between global challenges and local realities’. The meeting has four main issues and 103 sessions, and has oral presentations, flash talks and poster presentations. One of the main issues of this meeting is “Rethinking land change transitions”, and they discussed that on land change monitoring, land use dataset, land use modeling and remote sensing underlining the new approach, showing the current achievement, presenting the opportunity and challenge. There are four enlightenments of this conference for our country: (1) Enhancing the technicality of land change and land cover change monitoring, using various kinds of datasets to fit different scales, types and aims. (2)Enhancing datasets building, avoiding the mixing of good data and bad data, making dataset is systemic, ensuring the all kinds of land use dataset. (3)Enhancing land use modeling, improved data input, improved validation of land change model, improved model output for the future need of modeling are needed to higher resolution and more accurate projections. (4)Enhancing remote sensing, when you use remote sensing to study land change or land cover change, you should integrate the remotely-sensed and ground -based date with national level datasets, improve the capability of data analyzing and managing. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

On the Use of Meteor Camera Systems in the Detection of Kuiper Belt Objects Through Serendipitous Stellar Occultations

The direct detection of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) by telescopic imaging is not currently practical for objects much less than 100 km in diameter. However, indirect methods such as serendipitous stellar occultations might still be employed to detect these bodies. The method of serendipitous stellar occultations has been previously used with some success in detecting KBOs—Roques et al. (Astron J 132(2):819–822, 2006) detected three Trans-Neptunian objects; Schlichting et al. (Nature 462(7275):895–897, 2009) and Schlichting et al. (Astrophys J 761:150, 2012) each detected a single object in archival Hubble Space Telescope data. However, previous assessments of KBO occultation detection rates have been calculated only for telescopes—we extend this method to video camera systems, and we apply this derivation to the automated meteor camera systems currently in use at the University of Western Ontario. We find that in a typical scenario we can expect one occultation per month. However recent studies such as those of Shankman et al. (Astrophys. J. Lett. 764. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/764/1/L2, 2013) and Gladman et al. (AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 2012) which indicate that the population of small KBOs may be smaller than has been assumed in the past may result in a sharp reduction of these rates. Nonetheless, a survey for KBO occultations using existing meteor camera systems may provide valuable information about the number density of KBOs.

Cassini ISS observation of Saturn’s String of Pearls

We present the dynamics of the String of Pearls (SoPs) feature observed by the Cassini spacecraft’s Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) camera between 2007 and 2010. The SoPs was originally discovered in the 5μm images captured by Cassini VIMS instrument, where it appeared as a chain of infrared-bright spots (Momary, T.W., et al. [2006]. The Zoology of Saturn: The Bizarre Features Unveiled by the 5 Micron Eyes of Cassini/VIMS. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 38, 499). Using ISS images of Saturn, we found a chain of 23–26 dark spots at 33.2°N planetocentric latitude with characteristics that are consistent with those of SoPs. Our measurements imply that the feature propagated at −2.26±0.02°day−1 in longitude (−22.27±0.2ms−1, negative values denote westward) during the observed period that spans three Earth years. Our measurements imply that the SoPs is a chain of cyclones, which we infer from the motion of clouds on the periphery of the individual pearls. We tracked the motion of 26 pearls for 6months in 2008 and noted a few pearls appearing and disappearing, all near the east–west termini of the SoPs feature. During this period, a few of the pearls, varying between 6 and 10, harbored a small circular cloud at the center, which we call the central peaks. In general, a group of vortices with the same sign of vorticity tend to merge; however, our measurements did not detect merger of pearls. The interest in the feature was heightened when the latest planet-encircling storm erupted from the SoPs on December 5, 2010 (Sayanagi, K.M., Dyudina, U.A., Ewald, S.P., Fischer, G., Ingersoll, A.P., Kurth, W.S., Muro, G.D., Porco, C.C., West, R.A. [2013]. Icarus 223, 460–478). The storm severely disrupted the region; the SoPs was last seen on December 24, 2010 in the turbulent wake of the storm, and has not reappeared as of August 2013.

The International Pulsar Timing Array

The International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) is an organization whose raison d’être is to facilitate collaboration between the three main existing PTAs (the EPTA in Europe, NANOGrav in North America and the PPTA in Australia) in order to realize the benefits of combined PTA data sets in reaching the goals of PTA projects. Currently, shared data sets for 50 pulsars are available for IPTA-based projects. Operation of the IPTA is administered by a Steering Committee consisting of six members, two from each PTA, plus the immediate past Chair in a non-voting capacity. A Constitution and several Agreements define the framework for the collaboration. Web pages provide information both to members of participating PTAs and to the general public. With support from an NSF PIRE grant, the IPTA facilitates the organization of annual Student Workshops and Science Meetings. These are very valuable both in training new students and in communicating current results from IPTA-based research.

E KOMO MAI ‐ COME TO THE EXCITING OCEAN SCIENCES MEETING IN FEBRUARY

Limnology and Oceanography BulletinVolume 22, Issue 4 p. 122-122 Meeting HighlightFree Access E KOMO MAI - COME TO THE EXCITING OCEAN SCIENCES MEETING IN FEBRUARY First published: 18 December 2014 https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.2013224122AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume22, Issue4November 2013Pages 122-122 RelatedInformation

7th International Symposium on Enabling Technologies for Life Sciences (ETP)

7^th International Symposium on Enabling Technologies for Life Sciences (ETP)

Heart Failure Therapy: drugs, Genes Or Stem cells?

Professor Sian Harding talks to Caroline Telfer, Assistant Commissioning Editor. Professor Sian Harding obtained her PhD in Pharmacology from King's College, London (UK) in 1981. She became Professor of Cardiac Pharmacology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, a division of the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, in 2002. Her work has been funded by the British Heart Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, the Biochemical and Biophysical Research Council, the The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and SmithKline Beecham. Harding is former president of the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research and has organized international cardiovascular science meetings for this society, as well as for the European Society of Cardiology. She is the principal investigator for the first UK gene therapy trial aimed at improving cardiac contractility, organized jointly at Harefield and Papworth Hospitals. Harding is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Medical Research Coucil Regenerative Medicine Research Committee, and Director of a recently awarded British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Centre. She has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, International Society for Heart Research, Society of Biology and British Society of Pharmacology.

Report on the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting July 8-14, 2012, Chicago, Il, USA

The 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting was held from July 8 to July 14 in Chicago, IL, USA. On behalf of its Steering Committee, we are thankful to all of the attendees for their participation and scientific contributions, which resulted in the Symposium breaking numerous records. We received overwhelming positive feedback, and hope you benefited from many of the innovations of the 2012 Symposium, including the impressive plenary speakers at the Global Plenary Session and the Funding Opportunities Plenary Session. We strived to make the attendees and their families, rep resenting 54 countries, feel welcome. We provided numerous opportunities for interaction during the oral and poster sessions, the Opening Reception at the world-famous Art Institute of Chicago, the continental breakfasts before the plenary sessions, the soldout Awards Banquet, the Student/GOLD Reception luncheon, the Women-in-Engineering Reception at Navy Pier, and the various formal and informal meetings at the conference hotel. The conference hotel, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, was selected because of its layout, which facilitated interaction among people by providing large common spaces and keeping all attendees sufficiently close to each other. The Hospitality Suite welcomed a record number of registered guests, and the first-ever program for children of those attending the Awards Banquet was a success.

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting [Call for papers

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting [Call for papers

Deep Scientific Drilling in Koyna, India – Brain-storming Workshop on Geological Investigations 19-20, March 2013, Report on 2nd International Symposium on “Advances in Earthquake Science” (AES-2013) and International School on “Use of e-infrastructures for Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment in Indian Subcontinent” PAGES 4th Open Science Meeting at Goa, Geochemical Mapping: An Application, Hydrogeology of Aquifers in the Deccan Traps, India

Deep Scientific Drilling in Koyna, India – Brain-storming Workshop on Geological Investigations 19-20, March 2013, Report on 2nd International Symposium on “Advances in Earthquake Science” (AES-2013) and International School on “Use of e-infrastructures for Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment in Indian Subcontinent” PAGES 4th Open Science Meeting at Goa, Geochemical Mapping: An Application, Hydrogeology of Aquifers in the Deccan Traps, India

SUMMARY REPORTS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS FROM THE 2013 AQUATIC SCIENCES MEETING, NEW ORLEANS

Limnology and Oceanography BulletinVolume 22, Issue 2 p. 49-55 Meeting HighlightFree Access SUMMARY REPORTS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS FROM THE 2013 AQUATIC SCIENCES MEETING, NEW ORLEANS First published: 18 December 2014 https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.201322249AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume22, Issue2May 2013Pages 49-55 RelatedInformation

Knowledge Exchange

Abstract“Anthropologists at the All Scientists Meeting of the Long Term Ecological Research Network” by Mark Moritz, Michael Paolisso, Courtney Carothers, Sean Downey, Kathleen Galvin, Drew Gerkey, Steven Lansing, Terrence McCabe, Amber Wutich and Rebecca Zarger“Bulgarian Protesters Take Down Their Government” by Kristen Ghodsee“Airbrushing Dissent in a Pastel Hue: On Urban Development in Metro Manila” by Faith R KaresKeywords:Ecological research, urban anthropology, political anthropology

High‐order CFD methods: current status and perspective

SUMMARYAfter several years of planning, the 1st International Workshop on High‐Order CFD Methods was successfully held in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 7–8, 2012, just before the 50th Aerospace Sciences Meeting. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the German Aerospace Center provided much needed support, financial and moral. Over 70 participants from all over the world across the research spectrum of academia, government labs, and private industry attended the workshop. Many exciting results were presented. In this review article, the main motivation and major findings from the workshop are described. Pacing items requiring further effort are presented. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Bridging genomics technology and biology

A report on the UK Genome Science Meeting, held at the University of Nottingham, UK, 2–4 September 2013.

Epilepsy therapy: anticonvulsants, lessons learned and unmet medical needs

Interview by Rona Williamson, Commissioning EditorHenrik Klitgaard, PhD, is currently Vice-President, UCB Fellow, Neurosciences Therapeutic Area and is based in Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium. He received a PhD in Human Physiology in 1989 at the August Krogh Institute at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). During his university career, Klitgaard worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (France) and at Harvard University (MA, USA). Klitgaard is a leading figure in the epilepsy research community, thanks to more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and 15 reviews and book chapters, as well as frequent lectures at top neuroscience and epilepsy science meetings. His memberships and accolades include a position on the US National Institute of Health’s epilepsy advisory committee, membership of the Neurobiology Committees of both the International League Against Epilepsy and American Epilepsy Society and a seat on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the patient organization C.U.R.E. (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy). For more than two decades, Klitgaard has conducted antiepileptic drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. He has contributed numerous publications on basic and applied aspects of epilepsy research and has frequently been an invited speaker at epilepsy congresses and meetings. During his career in the pharmaceutical industry, Klitgaard has been involved in the discovery and development of antiepileptic drugs at both Novo Nordisk A/S and UCB Pharma. He is also currently involved in the development of two clinical and several preclinical AED candidates.

The Value of Resident Presentations at Scientific Meetings

As journal editors, we strongly support resident research and believe that poster submissions are an effective and important medium for residents to present their findings at national and international scientific meetings. Contrary to common misconceptions, posters are not necessarily a “lesser” presentation; many excellent, published studies have been presented originally as posters. Program committees might choose the oral program for reasons other than scientific merit (driven by CME requirements or attendee ratings, “controversial” clinical topics to drive meeting attendance, etc.). As a result, high-quality clinical and basic research may not be accepted to the podium portion of the program. Additionally, posters have some advantages over podium presentations for the presentation of clinical and basic science. Oral presentations are time-limited and only heard once, whereas posters stay up for one or more days—sometimes the entire meeting—and viewers can spend as much time as they like reviewing the findings. Posters also allow more dialogue and interaction. Most meetings have meet-the-author receptions for presenters to discuss their work, and at many meetings blocks of time are dedicated to poster viewing and discussion. Moreover, some societies are moving toward also providing electronic poster access to attendees, further enhancing the distribution of work presented in this format. Moving forward, posters are likely to be increasingly a valuable part of more meetings, as they have been at some basic science meetings for years. In addition, a poster presentation is often the first or only opportunity for a resident to attend a national meeting, which is generally a very positive experience for several reasons: residents will learn a great deal, improve their appreciation of research and its application, and begin to build contacts with peers and colleagues. It also engages them in a process of scientific inference, moving from observations in their own patients to generalizations that may improve the lives of others. Furthermore, like all facets of clinical training, the skills to perform and publish proper clinical and basic science research need to be developed. Encouraging residents to present at meetings, whether in a poster or oral format, teaches them to develop a working hypothesis, sound methodology, and appraise the literature in a critical manner. Often, it takes a project or two to learn these techniques, resulting in a personalized style of research that will improve their success for publication and the quality of their future submissions. As journal editors, we have an obligation to peer-review and publish the best research and scientific material, regardless of whether it originates as a poster, podium presentation, or an independent submission. Posters, because of their visual format, are often the preferred venue for case reports, which can be difficult to get accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Nevertheless, we all agree that giving residents an opportunity to attend meetings and describe their work is important. Residents should also be encouraged to prepare a manuscript for possible publication in conjunction with their poster. We believe that resident research and poster submissions can play a beneficial role in helping become better journal authors. Although we certainly recognize the increasing financial pressures on academic medical centers and departments, we would urge that training programs provide some level of financial support of this important enterprise, with the details obviously left to the discretion of individual departments. The immediate payoff may not always be apparent, but we believe the eventual benefit to the training program and the specialty is certainly worthy of support.

Advancing the Gemini Observatory

Gemini Science and User Meeting; San Francisco, California, 17–20 July 2012 More than 100 astronomers gathered in San Francisco to discuss results from the Gemini Observatory and to plan for its future. The Gemini Observatory consists of twin 8.1 meter diameter optical/infrared telescopes located on mountaintops in Hawai'i and Chile. Gemini was built and is operated by an international partnership that currently includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina.

News from the SETAC Europe Student Advisory Council - September 2012

The Student Advisory Council is the speaking tube of SETAC Europe’s students aiming to support young researchers in becoming fully-fledged members of the Society. In this article we report our latest activities during the 6th SETAC World Congress/SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting in Berlin, Germany, and the upcoming 3rd Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Meeting in Krakow, Poland.

Open Questions on the Origin of Life (OQOL)

The papers in this collection record the talks given at the conference on “Open Questions on the Origin of Life” held in Leicester in May 2012. This was the third such meeting in a series inspired by Professor Luisi with the agenda to discuss open problems and new approaches. The format of the papers presented here broadly keeps to that of the conference, with the extended abstracts of the talks followed by comments from other delegates, which capture just some of the lively discussions. Prior to the meeting the community is asked to submit questions for each of the conference sessions which are then chosen by ballot. In fact, the main characteristic of this kind of meeting is to collect those questions in the field of the origin of life which are not yet answered. Thus, while most of the conventional science meetings emphasize the new achievements, and ignore the points of ignorance, our meeting dwells precisely on the” dark side”, more in particular on the reasons why certain questions remain unsolved, and occasionally even ignored in the scientific discussion—and we try to understand why this is so, possibly looking for ways to come out of the impasse. This is not the place to summarise the individual questions or contributions but some of what seemed to us to be key themes did emerge. The largest group of contributions were identified by their authors as concerning the transition from chemistry to biology, perhaps because this can be interpreted as simply another way of posing the origin-of-life question in general terms, which is not quite the intention of these meetings. But one specific issue is whether we need new conceptual Orig Life Evol Biosph (2012) 42:379–383 DOI 10.1007/s11084-012-9298-x

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting [Steering Committee

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting [Steering Committee