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Article 3: 3S Technology Application on Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment/3S 技术在生物多样性监测与评价领域的应用研究(英文) Author: Liu Huan, Master of Science (First Class Honours), The University of Auckland
This article attempted to review the relevant theories on biodiversity conservation at three layers: ecosystem diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity, illustrated by substantial case studies which were updated in recent years and published in China. Then the new theories and its corresponding improvement in conservation methods were discussed in this article.
Calculations have been made of high-resolution transmission in the CO2 absorption bands between 12 μ and 18 μ by direct integration across the bands, for both homogeneous and atmospheric slant paths. Mixed Doppler-Lorentz broadening has been used at pressures lower than 100 mb. A method to eliminate the Curtis-Godson approximation has been developed and applied to the slant-path calculations. Comparisons have been made with previous theoretical and experimental data, and reasons for the discrepancies are discussed.
Atmospheric transmittance models for absorbing gases with constant mixing ratios were described in the two preceding papers of this series. In this paper a method for calculating atmospheric transmittances for absorbing gases with variable mixing ratios is described. Because the model uses only arithmetic operations, it is computationally fast as well as accurate. Details of the computational algorithm are given, including the calculation of the expansion coefficients. In a test of eleven independent profiles, the resulting transmittances agreed with line-by-line calculations in an rms sense to within 0.0090 in the worst case and to within 0.0018 in all other cases. This paper also includes a discussion for computing transmittances when several gases absorb in the same spectral interval. These three papers provide a complete treatment for modeling transmittances in inhomogeneous atmospheres.
Article 6. Modeling of annual net primary production of a forest in the Taramakau Valley, Westland, New Zealand Author: Liu Huan (1983-), Master of Science (First Class Honours), The University of Auckland Advisor: George Perry, School of Environment, The University of Auckland