Since the reform and opening-up program started in 1978,the level of urbanization has increased rapidly in China.Rapid urban expansion and restructuring have had significant impacts on the ecological environment espec...Since the reform and opening-up program started in 1978,the level of urbanization has increased rapidly in China.Rapid urban expansion and restructuring have had significant impacts on the ecological environment especially within built-up areas.In this study,ArcGIS 10,ENVI 4.5,and Visual FoxPro 6.0 were used to analyze the human impacts on vegetation in the built-up areas of 656Chinese cities from 1992 to 2010.Firstly,an existing algorithm was refined to extract the boundaries of the built-up areas based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System(DMSP_OLS)nighttime light data.This improved algorithm has the advantages of high accuracy and speed.Secondly,a mathematical model(Human impacts(HI))was constructed to measure the impacts of human factors on vegetation during rapid urbanization based on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer(AVHRR)Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI)and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)NDVI.HI values greater than zero indicate relatively beneficial effects while values less than zero indicate proportionally adverse effects.The results were analyzed from four aspects:the size of cities(metropolises,large cities,medium-sized cities,and small cities),large regions(the eastern,central,western,and northeastern China),administrative divisions of China(provinces,autonomous regions,and municipalities)and vegetation zones(humid and semi-humid forest zone,semi-arid steppe zone,and arid desert zone).Finally,we discussed how human factors impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.We found that urban planning policies and developmental stages impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The negative human impacts followed an inverted′U′shape,first rising and then falling with increase of urban scales.China′s national policies,social and economic development affected vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The findings can provide a scientific basis for municipal planning departments,a decision-making reference for government,and scientific guidance for sustainable development in China.展开更多
We theoretically explore the tunability of optomechanically induced transparency(OMIT)phenomenon and fast-slow light effect in a loop-coupled hybrid optomechanical system in which two optical modes are coupled to a co...We theoretically explore the tunability of optomechanically induced transparency(OMIT)phenomenon and fast-slow light effect in a loop-coupled hybrid optomechanical system in which two optical modes are coupled to a common mechanical mode.In the probe output spectrum,we find that the interference phenomena OMIT caused by the optomechanical interactions and the normal mode splitting(NMS)induced by the strong tunnel coupling between the cavities can be observed.We further observe that the tunnel interaction will affect the distance and the heights of the sideband absorption peaks.The results also show that the switch from absorption to amplification can be realized by tuning the driving strength because of the existence of stability condition.Except from modulating the tunnel interaction,the conversion between slow light and fast light also can be achieved by adjusting the optomechanical interaction in the output field.This study may provide a potential application in the fields of high precision measurement and quantum information processing.展开更多
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41171143,40771064)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(No.NCET-07-0398)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.lzu-jbky-2012-k35)
文摘Since the reform and opening-up program started in 1978,the level of urbanization has increased rapidly in China.Rapid urban expansion and restructuring have had significant impacts on the ecological environment especially within built-up areas.In this study,ArcGIS 10,ENVI 4.5,and Visual FoxPro 6.0 were used to analyze the human impacts on vegetation in the built-up areas of 656Chinese cities from 1992 to 2010.Firstly,an existing algorithm was refined to extract the boundaries of the built-up areas based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System(DMSP_OLS)nighttime light data.This improved algorithm has the advantages of high accuracy and speed.Secondly,a mathematical model(Human impacts(HI))was constructed to measure the impacts of human factors on vegetation during rapid urbanization based on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer(AVHRR)Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI)and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)NDVI.HI values greater than zero indicate relatively beneficial effects while values less than zero indicate proportionally adverse effects.The results were analyzed from four aspects:the size of cities(metropolises,large cities,medium-sized cities,and small cities),large regions(the eastern,central,western,and northeastern China),administrative divisions of China(provinces,autonomous regions,and municipalities)and vegetation zones(humid and semi-humid forest zone,semi-arid steppe zone,and arid desert zone).Finally,we discussed how human factors impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.We found that urban planning policies and developmental stages impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The negative human impacts followed an inverted′U′shape,first rising and then falling with increase of urban scales.China′s national policies,social and economic development affected vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The findings can provide a scientific basis for municipal planning departments,a decision-making reference for government,and scientific guidance for sustainable development in China.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62061028)the Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists of Jiangxi Province,China(Grant No.20162BCB23009)+2 种基金the Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics(Grant No.KF202010)the Interdisciplinary Innovation Fund of Nanchang University(Grant No.9166-27060003-YB12)the Open Research Fund Program of the Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Acquisition and Manipulation of Ministry of Education(Grant No.OEIAM202004).
文摘We theoretically explore the tunability of optomechanically induced transparency(OMIT)phenomenon and fast-slow light effect in a loop-coupled hybrid optomechanical system in which two optical modes are coupled to a common mechanical mode.In the probe output spectrum,we find that the interference phenomena OMIT caused by the optomechanical interactions and the normal mode splitting(NMS)induced by the strong tunnel coupling between the cavities can be observed.We further observe that the tunnel interaction will affect the distance and the heights of the sideband absorption peaks.The results also show that the switch from absorption to amplification can be realized by tuning the driving strength because of the existence of stability condition.Except from modulating the tunnel interaction,the conversion between slow light and fast light also can be achieved by adjusting the optomechanical interaction in the output field.This study may provide a potential application in the fields of high precision measurement and quantum information processing.
