In situ measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide at Yanbian,China:Estimating its northeast Asian emission regions

High-precision(±0.1 ppm) and high-frequency(hourly averaged) in situ measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO2) were made for the first time from August 2005 to July 2007 at Yanbian,China using a non-dispersive Infrared(NDIR) analyzer with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory(NOAA/ESRL) standards.The results of these measurements are presented in this paper and are used to investigate the regional representativeness of regional background data at Yanbian and determine the CO2 emission source regions in Northeast Asia.The phase of the monthly variations at Yanbian reflects the special regional characteristics,which were overall in excellent agreement with other observatories in the middle-to-high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.Applying a hybrid receptor model to the regional emission source events in cold period(November-April),we estimated the distribution of the major CO2 emissions in the northeast Asia.The results indicated that the strongest potential emission areas contributing to Yanbian are the Beijing & Tianjin metropolitan areas,southwestern part of Shandong Province including Jinan,and Vladivostok.The results of this study reveal the usefulness of in situ CO2 measurements at Yanbian in establishing the scientific foundation for monitoring the large CO2 emission areas in northern China and Russia.Continued monitoring of CO2 at Yanbian within a regional network should provide significant contributions to both understanding the global/regional carbon cycle and constraining "top-down" emissions in Northeast Asia.

CO2 emission driving forces and corresponding mitigation strategies under low-carbon economy mode:evidence from China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

On account of the background of China's "new normal" characterized by slower economic growth, this paper analyses the low-carbon economy status quo in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and empirically investigates the relationship between carbon dioxide(CO_2) emissions and its various factors for China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region using panel data econometric technique. We find evidence of existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve. Results also show that economic scale, industrial structure, and urbanization rate are crucial factors to promote CO_2emissions. However, technological progress, especially the domestic independent research and development, plays a key role in C0_2 emissions abatement. Next, we further analyze the correlation between each subregion and various factors according to Grey Relation Analysis. Thereby,our findings provide important implications for policymakers in air pollution control and C0_2 emissions reduction for this region.

Structure and Kinematics of Emission Line Regions in AGN

I will review some key aspects of the physical conditions of the line emitting regions in AGN. The innermost BLR extends at radii of light days to light weeks from the central ionizing source. There are strong indications that the BLR clouds are connected to the outer region of an accretion disk. Trends of radial acceleration of the line emitting clouds have been found in the extended narrow line region. Ⅰ will concentrate on observations taken in the optical wavelength range. Finally, Ⅰ will discuss different methods to determine the mass of the central supermassive black hole from the emission lines.

Pre-Earthquake Ionospheric Anomalies of the Wenchuan Earthquake Studied with DEMETER Satellite

The pre-earthquake ionospheric anomalies in Wenchuan,China(21°-41°N,93°-113°E)are studied and analyzed using the summer nighttime data from 2005 to 2008 measured by DEMETER(Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emission Transmitted from Earthquake Regions)satellite detectors ICE(Internet Communications Engine),IAP(In Application Programming),and ISL(Interior Switching Link).In this paper,we take the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as an example,use the spatial gridding method to construct the background field over the epicenter,analyze the background characteristics of very low frequency(VLF)electric field components,low-energy particle parameters,and plasma parameters,and define the perturbation intensity index of each parameter before the earthquake to extract each parameter anomaly in both space and time dimensions.The results show that the background values of some ionospheric parameters in the Wenchuan area are related to spatial distribution.Moreover,anomalous enhancement of low-frequency electric field power spectral density,H+concentration,He+concentration and ion concentration with different intensities and anomalous weakening of ion temperature were extracted in the fifteen days before the Wenchuan earthquake.After filtering the data to exclude external interference,such as solar activity,this paper concludes that there is some connection between these anomalies and the Wenchuan earthquake.