HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD ABATEMENT PROGRAM IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA1

ABSTRACT: Winter Creek is a tributary of the Washita River in south-western Oklahoma. The Soil Conservation Service installed floodwater retarding structures which controlled runoff from 56 percent of a 33-square-mile (8550-hectare) gaged drainage area. Application of a hydrologic model to the flood peaks indicated that the structural treatment reduced the flood peaks an average of 61 percent. The Winter Creek channel has narrowed and deepened since the structural treatment was applied. The severe bank erosion occurring before treatment has been arrested and sediment yield from the watershed has been reduced 50 to 60 percent. In some reaches of the channel there has been a dense growth of trees in recent years.     

Change in environmental stability and the use of resources on small islands: The case of Formentera,Balearic Islands,Spain

Since the beginning of the 1960s, mass tourism has been the most important menace to the environmental stability of fragile and vulnerable Mediterranean microinsular systems. The socioeconomic changes introduced by tourism have produced important variations in the use of resources, including land. The result usually has been an increase in the level of artificiality of the territory, particularly in coastal areas. The intensity and frequency of change in the use of resources and the induced changes in the level of artificiality may be used as an estimation of environmental stability. The northern area of Formentera, Balearic islands, Spain, being the most environmentally important area of the island and simultaneously the most threatened by mass tourism development, has been chosen as a study case. Forty types of vegetation and land use have been estimated and mapped in the area. The stability level of each land use type has been estimated, before and after the development of tourism, and the main environmental processes have been identified. An attempt is made to predict some future trends and their variations.     

EFFECTS OF WOODY VEGETATION ON SANDY LEVEE INTEGRITY1

he influence of woody vegetation on the reliability of a sandy levee was investigated using field data in seepage and slope stability analyses. Field data were collected from selected sites within a 10-km segment of a channel levee on the Sacramento River near Elkhorn, California. Root architecture and distribution were determined using the profile-wall method in which root cross sections were exposed in the vertical wall of an excavated trench. Transects running both parallel and perpendicular to the crest of the levee were excavated at six sites. Each site was dominated by different plant species: five sites were adjacent to trees or woody shrubs, while one supported only herbaceous growth. Lateral plant roots were primarily restricted to, and modified, the near-surface soil horizons to a depth of approximately 1 meter. Root area ratios (RARs) did not exceed 2.02 percent and generally decreased exponentially with depth. At depths greater than 20 cm, mean RARs for sites dominated by wood species were not significantly different from the mean RAB for the herbaceous site. No open voids clearly attributable to plant roots were observed. Roots reinforced the levee soil and increased shear resistance in a measurable manner. Infinite slope and circular arc stability analyses were performed on the landward and riverward slopes under different hydraulic loading conditions. Infinite slope analyses indicated increasing root area ratio from 0.01 percent to 1 percent increased the factor of safety from less than one to more than seven. Circular arc analyses indicated that even the lower measured root concentrations sufficed to increase safety factors for arcs with maximum depths of about 1 m from less than one to about 1.2. Our findings suggest that allowing woody shrubs and small trees on levees would provide environmental benefits and would enhance structural integrity without the hazards associated with large trees such as wind-throwing.     

丙烯腈二元共聚物超滤膜的物化稳定性

应用红外光谱、差热分析和X衍射分析丙烯腈二元共聚物(PAN)超滤膜材料的结构特性,用浸渍对比试验观察了超滤膜在浸渍前后的性能变化。结果表明:PANA大分子侧向排列是有序的,纵向排列是无序的,因而可以制成具有较好分离性能的超滤膜,以PAN制备的超滤膜不仅具有良好的耐化学药品能力(其抗酸性优于抗碱性)和抗氧化能力,而且有较好的耐菌性。     

Structural perturbations of models used in mathematical biology

The paper discusses the importance of understanding structural perturbations of models used in mathematical biology, where we mainly focus on ecology and dynamical systems. We describe first briefly the classical modeling strategy and the derivation of model structures. Structural perturbations are then discussed, mainly in the framework of ODEs. We give some examples how insights obtained from this type of model could be transfered to other kinds of models. Finally we propose an alternative modeling strategy characterized by a systematic investigation of a models neighbourhood in an appropriately chosen model class.     

Effect of Al2O3 doping on the structure and performance of an Al2O3/Fe2O3 catalyst for mercury oxidation

In this study,the thermal stability of a Fe_2 O_3 catalyst for mercury oxidation was significantly improved by doping with Al_2 O_3.After 1 hr,the catalyst doped with 10 wt.% Al_2 O_3 still exhibited a mercury conversion efficiency of 70.9%,while the undoped sample even lost its catalytic activity.Doping with Al_2 O_3 retarded the collapse of the catalyst mesoporous structure during high-temperature calcination,and the doped samples maintained a higher specific surface area,smaller pore size,and narrower pore size distribution.Transmission electron microscope images revealed that after calcination at 350℃,the average size of the catalyst grains in Fe_2 O_3 was 23.4 nm;however,the corresponding values for 1%Al_2 O_3/Fe_2 O_3,3%Al_2 O_3/Fe_2 O_3,and 10%Al_2 O_3/Fe_2 O_3 were only 13.3,7.1,and 4.7 nm,respectively.Results obtained from X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry coupled with differential scanning calorimetry confirmed that doping with Al_2 O_3 also retards the crystallization of the catalysts at high temperature,constraining catalyst grains to a smaller size.     

北京地区不同类型降水对气溶胶粒子的影响

利用2013~2015年大气成分与气象观测资料,分析了北京地区不同类型降水对气溶胶粒子的影响,结果表明：随着降水强度增大,PM₁₀、PM_2.5、PM₁浓度下降的时次比例、浓度下降比例均增大,PM₁₀下降幅度大于PM_2.5和PM₁;不同类型降水对气溶胶浓度影响不同,对流性降水中大气运动剧烈,对3种颗粒物都有快速而显著的清除效果;稳定性降水细分为3类,显著冷空气型的冷空气垂直下沉运动和降水湿清除可使粒子浓度缓慢下降,无显著冷空气但有颗粒物传输型的降水过程对气溶胶粒子的湿沉降效果有限,无显著冷空气无传输型气溶胶粒子吸湿增长可能导致粒子浓度不会下降;降雪或雨夹雪过程中随着降雪强度增大,气溶胶粒子浓度下降比例增大,但下降时次比例呈指数或者对数变化.雨雪相态转换的降水过程更为复杂,除了上述因素之外,还需考虑雨雪相态转变带来的水滴（雪）粒径、降水粒子对周边气流的动力拖曳作用的变化、冷空气下沉运动对流型的改变.     

腐殖酸作用下酸性多孔介质中纳米TiO2的迁移与滞留机制

探讨了富里酸（FA）和胡敏酸（HA）存在条件下饱和石英砂填充柱中纳米二氧化钛（nTiO₂）的迁移和滞留机制.结果表明,pH 4.0条件下,不存在FA和HA时,nTiO₂不发生迁移;FA和HA吸附到nTiO₂表面,改变nTiO₂电动性质,促进其在饱和多孔介质柱中迁移.随着FA和HA浓度由1mg/L升高至10mg/L,nTiO₂的流出率（填充柱流出液与进液中nTiO₂总量的比值）分别由0.01和0.88升高至0.91和0.94;相同条件下,HA在nTiO₂表面的吸附量比FA大,对nTiO₂迁移性的促进作用也更大.离子抑制nTiO₂的迁移,且CaCl₂影响大于NaCl.相同NaCl浓度,与FA相比,HA作用下nTiO₂的迁移性更强,并且7%~56%的nTiO₂沉降在第二极小势能区,高于FA作用下的4%~17%,更易被重新释放.nTiO₂与石英砂之间的高势垒促进nTiO₂的迁移,而低势垒、第二最小势能、阻塞作用、扩散和重力沉降是nTiO₂滞留的主要原因.     

低层通风量及逆温条件对浙江省空气质量的影响分析

利用高时空分辨率的ERA-Interim资料,结合环保局空气质量监测数据,分析了1000 m以下低层大气扩散能力和大气层结条件对浙江省大气环境质量的可能影响.结果表明：浙江省700 m以下的大气扩散能力对全省大部地区的空气质量有明显影响,部分地区700~1000 m的大气扩散能力对空气质量也有一定的影响.但位于沿海的舟山,仅300 m以下的大气扩散能力对空气质量有显著的影响.将低层大气扩散能力分别与逆温层高度、空气质量做相关性分析,结果显示通过显著性检验的影响区域和影响高度有很好的一致性,说明三者之间存在密切的联系.逆温层高度越低,低层大气扩散能力越弱,空气质量越差,严重污染天气出现时常常伴随着强度较强或贴近地面的逆温发生.浙江省大气层结大部分时间处于中性状态,当大气层结转为较稳定时,污染物不易扩散稀释,空气污染较易发生.     

杀藻细菌色素Deinoxanthin的理化性质及其制剂研发

塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamarense)是一种有毒甲藻,常引发赤潮,对海洋环境及人类健康造成极大的威胁.前期研究发现,耐辐射球菌属的一株细菌Y35能够通过分泌杀藻化合物Deinoxanthin达到控制塔玛亚历山大藻生长的效果.为了加强Deinoxanthin的应用效果,对其在不同条件下的稳定性进行了研究.结果表明,杀藻化合物Deinoxanthin有较高的热稳定性,且在中性和碱性条件下稳定,在光照和紫外线辐射下易分解.而通过壳聚糖和海藻酸钠对Deinoxanthin进行包埋固定化,从而构建缓释微球提高了Deinoxanthin的稳定性.杀藻制剂能够高效地表现出杀藻效果,杀藻制剂的研发为杀藻细菌色素应用于藻华治理奠定了基础.