THE PROGRAM OF GLOBAL CHARACTER RESEARCH OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM IN THE 22TH SOLAR CYCLE—Forward of the Proceedings

The expert group for strategic study of promoting coherence research on astronomy,space science and earth science organized in the summer of 1985 by the planning Bureauof CAS presented a proposal on the global character research of solar-terrestrial systemin 1986. The proposal was extensively supported by the scientific workers in the fields ofsolar physics, space physics and geo-sciences, and also the persons in HQ of CAS. Pro-fessor Zhou Guang-zhao, the president of CAS, suggested emphasizing the coordinatedstudy in the period of the solar maximum year. The application for one of

RESEARCH ON THE GLOBAL CHARACTER OF THESOLAR-TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM FROM THE MAJOR SOLAR EVENTS IN MARCH AND AUGUST, 1989

The great sunspot group which appeared in March, 1989, has been the largest one inrecent four decades. There occurred also the extraordinary solar activities and majorgeophysical effects associated with this region. A lot of solar-geophysical data have beenacquired througy the joint observations in China. A workshop on the observations andanalyses of the major solar-terrestrial events in March and August, 1989, was held

Advances in terrestrial system research in China

Land surface is of spatial-temporal heterogeneity. Terrestrial system（TS） comprehensively studies on land surface and physical regionalization objectively describes geographical zonation of the system. China has a vast area with apparent spatial variations in resources and environmental conditions, which highly influence on socio-economic development. In this paper, progress of the TS studies in China is overviewed and research priorities in the near future are prospected. Since the 1950 s, China has paid great attention to the TS study as its socio-economic development, and conducted research on physical geographical regionalization, eco-geographical regionalization and comprehensive regionalization. Along with the deepening of global change research, dynamics of TS have been highly concerned. During the studies, methodology has been developed from qualitative research of integration of experts＇ brainpower gradually to quantitative research based on field observation and experiments of the natural processes, including physical, chemical and biological processes, as well as application of information technology and mathematical simulation. In the near future, TS would combine with the ideology, objectives and key researches of Future Earth program, to focus on the mechanism and regional effects of interaction among land surface elements, the response of TS to global change, the quantitative recognition on regional unit boundary, and the application to TS in sustainable socio-economic development.

System Integration of Terrestrial Mobile Communication and Satellite Communication——The Trends, Challenges and Key Technologies in B5G and 6G

Mobile communication standards have been developed into a new era of B5G and 6G.In recent years,low earth orbit(LEO)satellites and space Internet have become hot topics.The integrated satellite and terrestrial systems have been widely discussed by industries and academics,and even are expected to be applied in those huge constellations in construction.This paper points out the trends of two stages towards system integration of the terrestrial mobile communication and the satellite communications:to be compatible with 5G,and to be integrated within 6G.Based on analysis of the challenges of both stages,key technologies are thereafter analyzed in detail,covering both air interface currently discussed in 3GPP for B5G and also novel network architecture and related transmission technologies toward future 6G.

Summary of Recent Climate Change Studies on the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in the Terrestrial Ecosystem and Ocean in China

This article reviews recent advances over the past and their relationship to climate change in China. The was 0.19-0.26 Pg C yr-1 for the 1980s and 1990s. 4 years in the study of the carbon-nitrogen cycling net carbon sink in the Chinese terrestrial ecosystem Both natural wetlands and the rice-paddy regions emitted 1.76 Tg and 6.62 Tg of CH4 per year for the periods 1995 2004 and 2005 2009, respectively. China emitted -1.1 Tg N20-N yr-1 to the atmosphere in 2004. Land soil contained -8.3 Pg N. The excess nitrogen stored in farmland of the Yangtze River basin reached 1.51 Tg N and 2.67 Tg N in 1980 and 1990, respectively. The outer Yangtze Estuary served as a moderate or significant sink of atmospheric CO2 except in autumn. Phytoplankton could take up carbon at a rate of 6.4 ×1011 kg yr-1 in the China Sea. The global ocean absorbed anthropogenic CO2 at the rates of 1.64 and 1.73 Pg C yr-1 for two sinmlations in the 1990s. Land net ecosystem production in China would increase until the mid-21st century then would decrease gradually under future climate change scenarios. This research should be strengthened in the future, including collection of more observation data, measurement of the soil organic carbon （SOC） loss and sequestration, evaluation of changes in SOC in deep soil layers, and the impacts of grassland management, carbon-nitrogen coupled effects, and development and improvement of various component models and of the coupled carbon cycle-climate model.

Evaluation and mapping of relative sensitivity of the terrestrial ecosystems to acidic deposition in Fujian

Based on the semi-quantitative approach, four environmental factors of sites (i.e. bedrock lithology, soil type, land use, and rainfall) were categorized, weighted and combined to determine and assess the relative sensitivity of the terrestrial ecosystems to acidic deposition in Fujian Province. Then the factors have been digitized and combined to assign an overall value for each mesh square (16.77 km×18.39 km) by using the geographic information system (GIS) The results indicated that the most sensitive area in Fujian was mainly located in the southeast, and the least: ensitive area was distributed sporadically in the east along the coast. Due to slow weathering rate of siliceous rocks, acid to weakly acid reactions of the soils, along with the greater percent of coniferous forests, more than 80 percent of the total area exhibits higher sensitivity classes (4–7).

BEACON SYNCHRONIZATION TECHNOLOGY FOR “BEIDOU” TERRESTRIAL IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM

Synchronization is an essential technology in the radio navigation system. The technique for improving the “Beidou” positioning ability is presented through constituting the terrestrial improvement system, and the beacon synchronization of the improvement system with the “Beidou” one-way time transfer model is realized.The direct digital synthesis (DDS) is adopted to generate the pseudo-random code clock having high precision and stability. Meanwhile, the CPLD device is used to design the synchronization pulse picking-up module, the spread spectrum PN code generator and the spread spectrum modulator. Measurement results indicate that the beacon synchronization has the high precision and the stability.

Quantifying the impacts of fire aerosols on global terrestrial ecosystem productivity with the fully-coupled Earth system model CESM

Fire is a global phenomenon and a major source of aerosols from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere.Most previous studies quantified the effect of fire aerosols on climate and atmospheric circulation,or on the regional and site-scale terrestrial ecosystem productivity.So far,only one work has quantified their global impacts on terrestrial ecosystem productivity based on offline simulations,which,however,did not consider the impacts of aerosol–cloud interactions and aerosol–climate feedbacks.This study quantitatively assesses the influence of fire aerosols on the global annual gross primary productivity(GPP)of terrestrial ecosystems using simulations with the fully coupled global Earth system model CESM1.2.Results show that fire aerosols generally decrease GPP in vegetated areas,with a global total of−1.6 Pg C yr^−1,mainly because fire aerosols cool and dry the land surface and weaken the direct photosynthetically active radiation(PAR).The exception to this is the Amazon region,which is mainly due to a fire-aerosol-induced wetter land surface and increased diffuse PAR.This study emphasizes the importance of the influence of fire aerosols on climate in quantifying global-scale fire aerosols’impacts on terrestrial ecosystem productivity.

A Study on Development of a Hybrid Aerial/Terrestrial Robot System for Avoiding Ground Obstacles by Flight

To date, many studies related to robots have been performed around the world. Many of these studies have assumed operation at locations where entry is difficult, such as disaster sites, and have focused on various terrestrial robots, such as snake-like, humanoid, spider-type, and wheeled units. Another area of active research in recent years has been aerial robots with small helicopters for operation indoors and outdoors. However,less research has been performed on robots that operate both on the ground and in the air. Accordingly, in this paper, we propose a hybrid aerial/terrestrial robot system. The proposed robot system was developed by equipping a quadcopter with a mechanism for ground movement. It does not use power dedicated to ground movement, and instead uses the flight mechanism of the quadcopter to achieve ground movement as well. Furthermore, we addressed the issue of obstacle avoidance as part of studies on autonomous control. Thus, we found that autonomous control of ground movement and flight was possible for the hybrid aerial/terrestrial robot system, as was autonomous obstacle avoidance by flight when an obstacle appeared during ground movement.

Effects of grassland amelioration on terrestrial ecosystem nutrients:a case study in Jianou Niukenglong Grassland Ecosystem Experimental Station, Fujian Province

This paper studies the effects of land cover changes on distributions andcirculations of nutrients in a terrestrial ecosystem, taking Jianou Niukenglong Grassland EcosystemExperimental Station as a case study. During a two year experiment from 1994 to 1996, the land covertypes were changed from desert slopeland to grasslands, in particular, Chamaecristarotundifolia(pers) green + Pasdum thunbergii and Glycine max var. + Pasalum thunbergii. In order tostudy land cover change effects on nutrients in the terrestrial ecosystem, we selected organicmaterials (OMs), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and aluminum (Al) to study theirchanges in total soil nutrient concentrations, nutrient reserves in soil, distributions andreservations of nutrients in distinct grassland communities and overall nutrient contents reservedin terrestrial ecosystem, and their circulation with land cover change. The experimental resultsindicate that with the increase of vegetation coverage, the total concentrations of N, P and K growrapidly in the soil, but that of Al decreases markedly. The increases of the total concentrations ofN, P and K were mainly the consequences of changes of the factors that affect soil evolution, e.g.,soil moisture, and changes of soil evolution processes, e.g., weathering rate and the decrease ofsoil erosion. These changes were caused by land coverage growth from desert slopeland to grassland.With the change of the land cover types and the increase of land coverage, the activity of Alaccelerated as well, and the vertical penetration and lateral penetration of Al have been increased.Therefore, the loss of Al within the experimental terrestrial ecosystem was inevitable, and thetotal concentration and reserve of Al in soil have become smaller and smaller, in spite of thegrowth of grass absorbing some amounts of Al. The Al reserve has increased in vegetation, but it hasdeclined in total terrestrial ecosystem. Land cover change also affects the circulations ofnutrients in the terrestrial ecosystem and for the purpose of study on nutrient circulations, wechoose to study plant absorption, litter and reservation of nutrients to establish an index toindicate the situations of nutrient circulations within terrestrial ecosystems. The results indicatethat in the two land cover types (two grassland ecosystems), the sequence of nutrient circulationindices are N > K > P > Al in Chamaecrista rotundifolia(pers) green + Pasalum thunbergii and P > N >K > Al in Glycine max var. + Pasalum thunbergii. On the basis of the study, we can conclude thatland cover change affects both distributions and circulations in the terrestrial ecosystem, and thatdifferent changes have distinct influences on distributions and circulations. Some nutrients wereaffected differently in some contents.

Intelligent Interference Management and Secure Communications for Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Systems

Satellite-terrestrial integrated(STI)systems represent the right solution to meet complex requirements of several services and sharing of the limited spectral resources between satellite systems and terrestrial ones must be considered to optimize performance.Network architectures and traffic demand are different for the satellite component and for the terrestrial 5G/6G one,so that the requirements of spectral resources for satellite and terrestrial systems are expected to vary dynamically in a significant range.

Research Advances in Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystem

The net primary productivity of vegetation reflects the total amount of carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis each year. The study of vegetation net primary productivity is one of the core contents of global change and terrestrial ecosystems. This article reviews the current research status of net primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation, and comprehensively analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of three types of productivity estimation models, climate relative models, biogeochemical models, and light energy utilization models. The light energy utilization models have become the mainstream method for estimating vegetation net primary productivity because they can directly use remote sensing data. However, there are still many deficiencies in the estimation of vegetation net primary productivity, which need to be further improved and tested.

A landslide monitoring method using data from unmanned aerial vehicle and terrestrial laser scanning with insufficient and inaccurate ground control points

Non-contact remote sensing techniques,such as terrestrial laser scanning(TLS)and unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)photogrammetry,have been globally applied for landslide monitoring in high and steep mountainous areas.These techniques acquire terrain data and enable ground deformation monitoring.However,practical application of these technologies still faces many difficulties due to complex terrain,limited access and dense vegetation.For instance,monitoring high and steep slopes can obstruct the TLS sightline,and the accuracy of the UAV model may be compromised by absence of ground control points(GCPs).This paper proposes a TLS-and UAV-based method for monitoring landslide deformation in high mountain valleys using traditional real-time kinematics(RTK)-based control points(RCPs),low-precision TLS-based control points(TCPs)and assumed control points(ACPs)to achieve high-precision surface deformation analysis under obstructed vision and impassable conditions.The effects of GCP accuracy,GCP quantity and automatic tie point(ATP)quantity on the accuracy of UAV modeling and surface deformation analysis were comprehensively analyzed.The results show that,the proposed method allows for the monitoring accuracy of landslides to exceed the accuracy of the GCPs themselves by adding additional low-accuracy GCPs.The proposed method was implemented for monitoring the Xinhua landslide in Baoxing County,China,and was validated against data from multiple sources.

Effects of atmospheric mercury pollution on terrestrial ecosystem in Chongqing, China

The results from investigations indicated that mercury pollution in terrestrial ecosystem was serious due to the anthropogenic mercury emission growing in Chongqing, China. The concentration of atmospheric mercury in Chongqing was 34.4±2.7 ng/m\+3 with the range of 9.2—101.5. The accumulation of mercury in surface soil was increasing with time. The mercury content of some agricultural products have exceeded the food health standard value, especially near the mercury emission sources. The mercury accumulation in soil plant system was affected by atmospheric mercury and a positive correlation between them was found. Volatilization of mercury was the most important processes with which soil mercury joined the global mercury recycling.

Fate of BHC in the terrestrial ecosystem

The fate of BHC in the terrestrial ecosystem was investigated under both laboratory and field conditions. The uptake, accumulation and degradation of BHC in earthworms and corn plants were studied. Earthworms could absorb and accumulate BHC residues from soil. Statistically, significant correlation existed between the amounts of BHC in soil and in earthworms. Different species of earthworms appeared to concentrate BHC in their bodies to different extents. In a terrestrial ecosystem, the uptake, accumulation of BHC residues by soil animals and plants had an effect on each other.

Experimental Simulation Study of the Dominant Enrichment Area of Terrestrial Organic Matter in the Shallow-Delta Sedimentary System of the Yacheng Formation in the Qiongdongnan Basin

Shallow-delta sedimentary systems receive both terrestrial and marine organic matter. As oil and gas exploration activities determine that the source rocks of the deep-water area of the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea, are generally rich in and even dominated by terrestrial organic matter, this has led many researchers to examine the rules governing terrestrial organic matter enrichment in shallow-delta sea sedimentary systems. However, the deep burial of source rocks in deep-water areas and the relatively small amount of drilling undertaken have greatly restricted the study of these rules. In this study, the ‘forward modeling' research method was used to observe and analyze the deposition and preservation of terrestrial organic matter through flume experiments, where the depositional results were carefully depicted and sampled. The total organic carbon content of selected samples was measured and when combined with qualitative observations and quantitative comparison results, the dominant enrichment areas of terrestrial organic matter were identified. The experimental results show that the overbank parts of the delta front, the dune countercurrent surface, the low-lying parts, the delta front slope area and the shallow-prodelta sea area are where terrestrial organic matter is predominantly enriched. This provides an important basis and guidance for the prediction of the development areas of marine source rocks with terrestrial input in the deep-water areas of the Qiongdongnan Basin.

Human impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem of Fildes Peninsula of King George Island, Antarctica

Antarctic environment has valuable baseline information for understanding the global change. The objectives of this study were to investigate the impacts of human activities on Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem. Based on the investigation results and the sampling analysis of the environment of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, it was shown that there are some artificial radioactive elements—? ? 137 Cs in Antarctic environment: the radioactivity of 137 Cs in the surface soil, the surface moss, the fruticose lichen and the crustaceous lichen are 6 00—14 80, 25 07, 29 04 and 58 07 Bq/kg separately; i.e. the sequence of 137 Cs specific activity is as follows: crustaceous lichen>fruticose lichen>surface moss>surface soil, which demonstrates that the crustaceous lichen is one of the most sensitive monitor ways for the effect of the long term diffusion of 137 Cs. The impacts of the scientific research activities on the partial ecosystem of Fildes Peninsula include: the changes of the landscape and the soil material have made a strong freezing thawing process, which decreases the stability of the ground surface, causes the degradation of the vegetation in the some small areas; some small lakes, runoff and lichens in middle areas of Fildes Peninsula have been affected by the wastes of the stations, in the surrounding areas of the expedition stations, the concentration of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in the lichen and the water are higher than that of the contrasting area. Fildes Peninsula is one of the most crowded areas of expedition stations, at some extent, the environment and terrestrial ecosystem have been affected by the human activities. The conservation of the environment and ecosystem should be an important aspect of Antarctic environmental sciences.

Risk Assessment of Carbon Sequestration for Terrestrial Ecosystems in China

Climate change will alter the capacity of carbon sequestration,and the risk assessment of carbon sequestration for terrestrial ecosystems will be helpful to the decision-making for climate change countermeasures and international climate negotiations.Based on the net ecosystem productivity of terrestrial ecosystems simulated by Atmosphere Vegetation Integrated Model,each grid of the risk criterion was set by time series trend analysis.Then the risks of carbon sequestration of terrestrial ecosystems were investigated.The results show that,in the IPCCSRES-B2 climate scenario,climate change will bring risks of carbon sequestration,and the high-risk level will dominate terrestrial ecosystems.The risk would expand with the increase of warming degree.By the end of the long-term of this century,about 60% of the whole country will face the risk;Northwest China,mountainous areas in Northeast China,middle and lower reaches plain of Yangtze River areas,Southwest China and Southeast China tend to be extremely vulnerable.Risk levels in most regions are likely to grow with the increase of warming degree,and this increase will mainly occur during the near-term to mid-term.Northwest China will become an area of high risks,and deciduous coniferous forests,temperate mixed forests and desert grassland tend to be extremely vulnerable.

The^(137)Cs activity and its geographical significance in terrestrial ecosystem of Great Wall Station,Antarctica

The radioactive isotope 137 Cs is one of the important tracers for studying the physical processes and the human impacts on the environment. Based on the investigation results of the terrestrial ecosystem of Great Wall Station, Antarctica, it was shown that there are some artificial radioactive elements 137 Cs in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem. The sequence of 137 Cs specific activities is as follows: crustaceous lichen>fruticose lichen>surfacemoss>surface soil, and the crustaceous lichen is one of the most sensitive ways in monitoring the impact of the longterm diffusion of 137 Cs on the environment.

Carbon cycle in the Arctic terrestrial ecosystems in relation to the global warming

The relationship between the global warming and carbon cycle in the Arctic terrestrial ecosystem was discussed based on a literature survey. As a result, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) concentrations increased markedly during the past few centuries. The increase in concentration of these greenhouse gases was coupled with the global warming. Summer temperature in the Arctic regions showed a rapid rising. The Arctic soil is a huge organic carbon pool, with a mean estimate of 355×10 9 tC, being 23.7% 32.3% of global soil carbon pool. At present the Arctic terretrial ecosystem is functioning as a sink of atmospheric CO 2. The rising global temperature resulting from an increase in atmospheric CO 2 would influence markedly the Arctic soil carbon and CO 2 source/sink relation of the Arctic ecosystems.