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Typhoons have a significant effect on the marine depositional environment and depositional process. In this paper, we used the high-resolution Chirp sonar sub-bottom profiler and radioisotope detection techniques to examine the storm-deposited layer formed in the seawater near the path of Typhoon Saola along the coast of Fujian, China. The thickness of the typhoon-deposited layer acquired using these two methods was 10-25 cm. The thickness, sediment grain size, and δ13C values of the deposited sedimentary layer indicated that it was mainly matter from the re-suspension and redistribution of seafloor sediments. The particle sizes of the sediments in the storm-deposited layer became coarser, indicating that the fine-grade compositions spread over a wider range out of the coastal zone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A spatial-temporal model with Model Maker tool is designed to retrieve Land Surface Temperature (LST) and to describe the changes of urban heat island, as well as urban development. Spectral Radiance, Brightness Temperature, NDVI, and Emissivity are first calculated from TM and ETM+, which are then used to compute LST by using Qin et al.’s mono-window algorithm. The LST is classified based on normalized statistical method, and the normalized heat images are computed between different times. Therefore, the urban heat changes can be shown in the map clearly and directly through an urban heat conversion matrix. Such a model has been applied in this study to obtain the urban heat conversion matrix of South China from 1990 to 2000. The results indicate that the LST increased areas mainly locate along the major roads in the eastern bank of the Pearl River, which is a result of speedy urban expansion and need to be noticed in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]