A GIS FOR THE ANTARCTIC SPECIALLY MANAGED AREA OF ADMIRALTY BAY,KING GEORGE ISLAND,ANTARCTICA

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    摘要 ABSTRACT AGISisproposedasatoolforthemanagingplanfortheAntarcticspeciallymanagedarea(ASMA)inAdmiraltyBay.TheASMAcomprisestheareaconsideredtobewithintheglacialdrainagebasinofthebay.Furthermore,itincludespartofSSSINo.8adjacenttotheareabutoutsideoftheglacialdrainagebasin.Threestationsandsixrefugesarelocatedinthearea.UsingaSPOTsatelliteimagemap,thelimitsoftheASMAaremarkedanditsareaisre_calculated.Itconsistsof362km2,including186km2islandicefieldandsmallcirqueglaciersand32km2ice_freefield.Therestcompriseswaterofthebayandasmalladjacentarea(8km2)oftheBransfieldStrait.TheASMA_GISwillconsistsof12datalayersrangingfromthephysiographicsettingstothebiologicalandadministrativefeatures.AlldatawillbeimplementedintoArc/InfoGISaccordingtothecartographicguidelinesoftheSCARWG_GGI.First,fiveplansofinformationwillberealisedusingatopographicdatabasecompiledfromvarioussourcesanddatafromtherevisedbathymetricchartpublishedbytheBrazilianNavyHydrographicSurveyandalsoincluding:1)LimitsoftheASMAandprotectedareas;2)Glaciologicalfeatures(e.g.drainagebasinlimits)and3)Humanpresence(e.g.stationsandhistoricalsites).ThesebasicGISlayerswillbeoperationalinearly2001.Then,additionaldataontheremaininglayers(e.g.hydrology,geologyandgeomorphology)willbeincludedfrompublishedsources.TheASMA_GISwillformanimportantdatabaseforenvironmentalmonitoringandstudiessurveyingtemporalchangesoffeaturessuchasglacierfrontpositionsorbirdbreadingsites.
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    出版日期 2001年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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