Car industry ; China ; Commercial network ; Economic integration ; Enterprise ; Germans ; Industrial mobility ; International trade ; Joint venture ; Sub-contracting ; Transnational corporation
To benefit from the growing car market nearly all the big car manufactures have established production facilities in China in the last few years. The interdependence with important suppliers has brought many german suppliers to China too. The paper
Forest phenological patterns of Northeast China inferred from MODIS data
China ; Forest ; North-Eastern China ; Phenology ; Remote sensing ; Spatial distribution ; Typology ; Vegetation index
This paper describes the application of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series data for forest phenological patterns. The forest phenological phase of Northeast China (NE China) and its spatial characteristics were
) and growing season length (GSL). Then the spatial patterns of forest phenological variables of NE China were mapped and analyzed. Results indicate that forest phenological phase from MODIS data is comparable with the observed data.
Distribution of available soil water capacity in China
Agropedology ; China ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Spatial distribution
The aim of this work was to estimate available soil water capacity (ASWC) based on physical and chemical properties and analyze the spatial distribution of ASWC in China. The pedo-transfer functions (PTFs), derived from 220 survey data of ASWC
, and the empirical data of ASWC based on soil texture were applied to quantify the ASWC. GIS technology was used to develop a spatial file of ASWC in China and the spatial distribution of ASWC was also analyzed. The ASWC is different according to the complex soil
types and their distribution. It is higher in the east than in the west, and the values reduce from south to north except the northeastern part of China.
Climatic trends of different intensity heavy precipitation events concentration in China
China ; Climatic trend ; Climatic variability ; Flood ; Forecast ; Heavy rain ; Monsoon ; Precipitation ; Statistics
Based on 740 stations of daily precipitation datasets in China, the precipitation-concentration degree (PCD) and precipitation-concentration period (PCP) of different intensity durative precipitation events were calculated to analyze
Visualization issues in the development of electronic atlas in China
Atlas ; Automated mapping ; China ; Internet ; Map ; Multimedia ; Years 1990-99
The AA. discuss the development of electronic atlas in China, with focus on the issues of visualization. They particularly categorise this development into 4 periods, and then analyse the characters in each period and discuss the visualization
Historical overview of permafrost studies in China
Cartography ; China ; Ground ice ; History of sciences ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Spatial distribution ; Twentieth Century ; Years 2000-2009
Although soil freeze/thaw phenomena were reported centuries ago in the historical Chinese literature, systematic study of permafrost in China started in the 1950s, driven by economic development and industrial resource exploration. Intensive
Bioclimatology ; China ; Climatic data ; Climatic index ; Comfort ; Human bioclimatology ; Seasonal variation ; Spatial variation
The clo index, which indicates the amount of clothing required to maintain comfort, is used to evaluate the human thermal climates in China. Daily clo values for 200 stations were computed using daily air temperature, wind speed, and cloud-cover
Based on data from the Loess Plateau of China, some non-linear relationships between forest cover, mean annual rainfall erosivity and annual precipitation have been found. A threshold has been identified. Furthermore, 2 thresholds are identified
The influence of different underlying surface on sand-dust storm in northern China
Arid area ; China ; Duricrust ; Dust storm ; Lithology ; Northern China ; Sand ; Surface deposits ; Wind
In this paper, a quantitative research on the relationship between different underlying surface and sand-dust storm has been made by using 40 years meteorological data of 5 different types of underlying surface in northern China, which include
Understanding cultivated land dynamics and its driving forces in northern China during 1983-2001
AVHRR ; China ; Cultivated land ; Ecology ; Geographical information system ; Land use ; NOAA ; Northern China ; Plant canopy ; Remote sensing ; SPOT ; Vegetation index
Based on the long-term serial NOAA/NDVI dataset during 1983-1999 and SPOT/VGT dataset in 2001, the land use/cover change information in the 13 provinces of northern China was extracted based on the analysis of the cultivated landscape
Modelling scenarios of land use change in northern China in the next 50 years
China ; Ecology ; Impact ; Land use ; Model ; Northern China ; Scenario ; Simulation ; Years 1990-99
A system dynamics (SD) model with the aim to modelling scenarios of land use change and assessing ecological impact in northern China in the next 50 years is developed here. The accuracy assessment with the historic data from 1990 to 2001 indicated
Surface sample collection and dust source analysis in northwestern China
Aeolian dust ; Aeolian features ; Aeolian transport ; China ; Desert ; Dune ; Gansu ; Grain size distribution ; Lacustrine sediment ; Microstructure ; Mineralogy
An exploratory attempt to identify the potential source areas (PSAs) of dust is carried out in northwestern China. The attempt includes surface sample collection in fields and analysis of the samples. Sample collections cover surface types
such as mobile dunes, deteriorated land, Gobi desert and lacustrine sediment which were identified as major PSAs in previous studies in northwestern China. The experiments include analysis of particle surface microtextures using the scanning electron microscope