Constructing a raster-based spatio-temporal hierarchical data model for marine fisheries application

Marine information has been increasing quickly. The traditional database technologies have disadvantages in manipulating large amounts of marine information which relates to the position in 3-D with the time. Recently, greater emphasis has been placed on GIS （geographical information system）to deal with the marine information. The GIS has shown great success for terrestrial applications in the last decades, but its use in marine fields has been far more restricted. One of the main reasons is that most of the GIS systems or their data models are designed for land applications. They cannot do well with the nature of the marine environment and for the marine information. And this becomes a fundamental challenge to the traditional GIS and its data structure. This work designed a data model, the raster-based spatio-temporal hierarchical data model （RSHDM）, for the marine information system, or for the knowledge discovery fi＇om spatio-temporal data, which bases itself on the nature of the marine data and overcomes the shortages of the current spatio-temporal models when they are used in the field. As an experiment, the marine fishery data warehouse （FDW） for marine fishery management was set up, which was based on the RSHDM. The experiment proved that the RSHDM can do well with the data and can extract easily the aggregations that the management needs at different levels.

A Spatio-temporal Data Model for Road Network in Data Center Based on Incremental Updating in Vehicle Navigation System

The technique of incremental updating,which can better guarantee the real-time situation of navigational map,is the developing orientation of navigational road network updating.The data center of vehicle navigation system is in charge of storing incremental data,and the spatio-temporal data model for storing incremental data does affect the efficiency of the response of the data center to the requirements of incremental data from the vehicle terminal.According to the analysis on the shortcomings of several typical spatio-temporal data models used in the data center and based on the base map with overlay model,the reverse map with overlay model (RMOM) was put forward for the data center to make rapid response to incremental data request.RMOM supports the data center to store not only the current complete road network data,but also the overlays of incremental data from the time when each road network changed to the current moment.Moreover,the storage mechanism and index structure of the incremental data were designed,and the implementation algorithm of RMOM was developed.Taking navigational road network in Guangzhou City as an example,the simulation test was conducted to validate the efficiency of RMOM.Results show that the navigation database in the data center can response to the requirements of incremental data by only one query with RMOM,and costs less time.Compared with the base map with overlay model,the data center does not need to temporarily overlay incremental data with RMOM,so time-consuming of response is significantly reduced.RMOM greatly improves the efficiency of response and provides strong support for the real-time situation of navigational road network.

Spatio-temporal Changes and Associated Uncertainties of CENTURYmodelled SOC for Chinese Upland Soils, 1980-2010

Detailed information on the spatio-temporal changes of cropland soil organic carbon(SOC) can significantly contribute to the improvement of soil fertility and mitigate climate change. Nonetheless, information and knowledge on the national scale spatio-temporal changes and the corresponding uncertainties of SOC in Chinese upland soils remain limited. The CENTURY model was used to estimate the SOC storages and their changes in Chinese uplands from 1980 to 2010. With the Monte Carlo method, the uncertainties of CENTURY-modelled SOC dynamics associated with the spatial heterogeneous model inputs were quantified. Results revealed that the SOC storage in Chinese uplands increased from 3.03(1.59 to 4.78) Pg C in 1980 to 3.40(2.39 to 4.62) Pg C in 2010. Increment of SOC storage during this period was 370 Tg C, with an uncertainty interval of –440 to 1110 Tg C. The regional disparities of SOC changes reached a significant level, with considerable SOC accumulation in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China and SOC loss in the northeastern China. The SOC lost from Meadow soils, Black soils and Chernozems was most severe, whilst SOC accumulation in Fluvo-aquic soils, Cinnamon soils and Purplish soils was most significant. In modelling large-scale SOC dynamics, the initial soil properties were major sources of uncertainty. Hence, more detailed information concerning the soil properties must be collected. The SOC stock of Chinese uplands in 2010 was still relatively low, manifesting that recommended agricultural management practices in conjunction with effectively economic and policy incentives to farmers for soil fertility improvement were indispensable for future carbon sequestration in these regions.

Spatio-temporal model for soil characteristic of reclamation land

The development of spatio-temporal data model is introduced. According to the soil characteristic of reclamation land, we adopt the base state with amendments model of multi-layer raster to organize the spatio-temporal data, using the combined data structure on linear quadtree and linear octree to code. The advantage of this model is that it can easily obtain the information of certain layer and integratedly analyze the data with other methods. Then, the methods of obtain and analyses are introduced. The method can provide a tool for the research of the soil characteristic change and spatial distribution in reclamation land.

STGI:a spatio-temporal grid index model for marine big data

Marine big data are characterized by a large amount and complex structures,which bring great challenges to data management and retrieval.Based on the GeoSOT Grid Code and the composite index structure of the MongoDB database,this paper proposes a spatio-temporal grid index model(STGI)for efficient optimized query of marine big data.A spatio-temporal secondary index is created on the spatial code and time code columns to build a composite index in the MongoDB database used for the storage of massive marine data.Multiple comparative experiments demonstrate that the retrieval efficiency adopting the STGI approach is increased by more than two to three times compared with other index models.Through theoretical analysis and experimental verification,the conclusion could be achieved that the STGI model is quite suitable for retrieving large-scale spatial data with low time frequency,such as marine big data.

Data-Driven Approaches for Spatio-Temporal Analysis:A Survey of the State-of-the-Arts

With the advancement of telecommunications,sensor networks,crowd sourcing,and remote sensing technology in present days,there has been a tremendous growth in the volume of data having both spatial and temporal references.This huge volume of available spatio-temporal(ST)data along with the recent development of machine learning and computational intelligence techniques has incited the current research concerns in developing various data-driven models for extracting useful and interesting patterns,relationships,and knowledge embedded in such large ST datasets.In this survey,we provide a structured and systematic overview of the research on data-driven approaches for spatio-temporal data analysis.The focus is on outlining various state-of-the-art spatio-temporal data mining techniques,and their applications in various domains.We start with a brief overview of spatio-temporal data and various challenges in analyzing such data,and conclude by listing the current trends and future scopes of research in this multi-disciplinary area.Compared with other relevant surveys,this paper provides a comprehensive coverage of the techniques from both computational/methodological and application perspectives.We anticipate that the present survey will help in better understanding various directions in which research has been conducted to explore data-driven modeling for analyzing spatio-temporal data.

An interactive 4D spatio-temporal visualization system for hydrometeorological data in natural disasters

Dynamic visualization of multidimensional hydrometeorological data is vital for decision-makers to catch situational awareness and command an emergency response in natural disasters.Nevertheless,few software tools can comprehensively visualize hydrometeorological data in different scales,dimensions,and time.In this paper,an interactive 4D spatio-temporal visualization system based on a virtual globe is proposed.Voxel-based data model and multi-level index are adopted to organize the field data in a unified data structure.Meanwhile,it is resampled in both spatial and temporal dimensions in memory to prepare smooth data stream for rendering.Ten field models,including large-scale volume rendering and adaptive streamline rendering,are accelerated and integrated to display the field data collaboratively.The profile analysis and eddy tracking improve user experience in interactively exploring specific scenes.The system is tested against both large-scale meteorological data in the atmosphere and small-scale hydrological data at the surface,using typhoon landfall and riverine flood,respectively.The results demonstrate the applicability and efficiency of the system to dynamically visualize hydrometeorological data.

时空数据表达研究

描述了目前时态数据模型和时空数据模型的发展,现已共识时态是任何信息的一个重要属性,但是时态数据库中时态关系代数的基本思路是通过在关系模式上显式化时变语义来进行简单结构的时态数据建模,而时空数据建模中时态对象代数是在对象结构上显式化时变语义来进行复杂结构的时态数据建模,并深入探讨了时空数据模型中地理信息的时间维表达方式,指出了各种时空数据模型存在的主要问题。

改进基于事件的时空数据模型

本文回顾了基于状态的时空数据模型和基于事件的时空数据模型。为了完整记录下时空的变化过程,有利于时空过程的查询,论文针对栅格数据提出了一种改进基于事件的时空数据模型。该模型完整地记录下地理现象的变化过程,并将地图数据的当前状态作为基图。由于大多应用中对现状图调用的最多,所以将现状图作为基图改进了系统的运行效率。最后,为了体现模型查询变化信息的优势,文章分析了一些时空查询实例。

Dynamic evolution trend of comprehensive transportation green efficiency in China:From a spatio-temporal interaction perspective

It is urgent and important to explore the dynamic evolution in comprehensive transportation green efficiency(CTGE)in the context of green development.We constructed a social development index that reflects the social benefits of transportation services,and incorporated it into the comprehensive transportation efficiency evaluation framework as an expected output.Based on the panel data of 30 regions in China from 2003-2018,the CTGE in China was measured using the slacks-based measure-data envelopment analysis(SBM-DEA)model.Further,the dynamic evolution trends of CTGE were determined using the spatial Markov model and exploratory spatio-temporal data analysis(ESTDA)technique from a spatio-temporal perspective.The results showed that the CTGE shows a U-shaped change trend but with an overall low level and significant regional differences.The state transition of CTGE has a strong spatial dependence,and there exists the phenomenon of“club convergence”.Neighbourhood background has a significant impact on the CTGE transition types,and the spatial spillover effect is pronounced.The CTGE has an obvious positive correlation and spatial agglomeration characteristics.The geometric characteristics of the LISA time path show that the evolution process of local spatial structure and local spatial dependence of China’s CTGE is stable,but the integration of spatial evolution is weak.The spatio-temporal transition results of LISA indicate that the CTGE has obvious transfer inertness and has certain path-dependence and spatial locking characteristics,which will become the major difficulty in improving the CTGE.

Spatio-temporal differentiation of spring phenology in China driven by temperatures and photoperiod from 1979 to 2018

Large amounts of data accumulated in ecology and related environmental sciences arouses urgent need to explore useful patterns and information in it.Here we propose coclustering-based methods and a temperatures-photoperiod driven phenological model to explore spatio-temporal differentiation in long-term spring phenology in China.First,we created the first bloom date(FBD)dataset in China from 1979 to 2018 using the extended spring indices and China Meteorological Forcing Dataset.Then we analyzed the dataset using Bregman block average co-clustering algorithm with I-divergence(BBAC_I)and kmeans algorithm.Such analysis delineated the spatially-continuous phenoregions in China for the first time.Results showed three spatial patterns of FBD in China and their temporal dynamics for 40 years(1979–2018).More specifically,overall late spring onsets occur in 1979–1996,in which areas located in Jiangxi,northern Xinjiang and middle Inner Mongolia experienced constant changing spring onsets.Overall increasingly earlier spring onsets occur in 1997–2012,in which areas located in Fujian,Hunan and eastern Heilongjiang experienced the most variable spring onsets.Stable early spring onsets over China occur after 2012.Results also showed 15 temporal patterns of spring phenology over the study period and their spatial delineation in China.More specifically,most areas in China have the same FBD category for 40 years while northern Guizhou,Hunan and southern Hubei have the same category in 1979–1997 and then fluctuate between different categories.Finally,our results have certain directive significance on the design of existing observational sites in Chinese Phenological Network.