A novel two-dimensional model for colloid transport in physically and geochemically heterogeneous porous media

A two-dimensional model for colloid transport in geochemically and physically heterogeneous porous media is presented. The model considers patchwise geochemical heterogeneity, which is suitable to describe the chemical variability of many surficial aquifers with ferric oxyhydroxide-coated porous matrix, as well as spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity, which results in heterogeneous flow field. The model is comprised of a transient fluid flow equation, a transient colloid transport equation, and an equation for the dynamics of colloid deposition and release. Numerical simulations were carried out with the model to investigate the colloid transport behavior in layered and randomly heterogeneous porous media. Results demonstrate that physical and geochemical heterogeneities markedly affect the colloid transport behavior. Layered physical or geochemical heterogeneity can result in distinct preferential flow paths of colloidal particles. Furthermore, the combined effect of layered physical and geochemical heterogeneity may result in enhanced or reduced preferential flow of colloids. Random distribution of physical heterogeneity (hydraulic conductivity) results in a random flow field and an irregularly distributed colloid concentration profile in the porous medium. Contrary to random physical heterogeneity, the effect of random patchwise geochemical heterogeneity on colloid transport behavior is not significant. It is mostly the mean value of geochemical heterogeneity rather than its distribution that governs the colloid transport behavior.     

北京9个树种叶片滞尘量及叶面微形态解释

不同树种叶片对PM(颗粒物)的滞留能力存在较大差别,并与其表面特性密切相关. 在北京市选择空气相对清洁的植物园和污染严重的国贸桥2个地点,测定了9个常见绿化树种——白蜡、大叶黄杨、垂柳、国槐、毛白杨、玉兰、紫叶李、元宝枫和银杏的单位叶面积滞尘量及其粒径组成,并观测了各树种叶面微形态结构. 结果表明,国贸桥和北京植物园9个树种PM、PM>10、PM_2.5~10和PM_2.5平均滞留量之比分别为1.64、1.60、1.89和2.50,该比值随PM粒径减小呈增大的趋势. 环境污染会改变树木叶片表面结构与性质,从而改变其滞尘能力. 叶面沟槽深且间距大、润湿性好、气孔密度(>189 N/mm2)(以单位面积气孔数计)较大有利于滞尘;气孔密度(>217 N/mm2)更大的叶片有利于滞留PM_2.5~10. 此外,叶面绒毛数量直接影响PM_2.5滞留量,在不同污染程度下均表现为有绒毛树叶的PM_2.5滞留能力更强.      

杭嘉湖地区大气氮、磷沉降特征研究

通过2013年9月~2014年8月杭嘉湖地区杭州、嘉兴和湖州3个典型站点大气氮、磷沉降数据,探讨了杭嘉湖地区大气氮、磷沉降的污染特征.结果表明,目标地区内大气氮、磷沉降通量水平较高,分别为4950.74~5585.80,65.25~69.72kg/(km2·a);直接降入水域中的氮、磷素分别为6038.4,77.8t,分别相当于农业源的氮、磷入河量的39.6%和5.9%.氮沉降以湿沉降形式为主,磷沉降以干沉降形式为主;氮、磷湿沉降通量主要受降雨量影响,且随降雨量的增加而增加;氮、磷沉降存在时空差异性,大气氮干沉降通量以杭州、嘉兴地区为较高,大气磷干沉降通量以嘉兴地区为最高,大气氮湿沉降通量则以湖州、嘉兴地区为较高,大气磷湿沉降以湖州地区最高;时间尺度上,氮沉降夏秋两季最高,磷沉降以秋冬两季最高.     

大气氮湿沉降对青山湖富营养化的影响

针对大气湿沉降氮的区域通量问题,通过2008年春、夏季对临安青山湖区湿沉降中氮素化学形态的分析,揭示了大气氮湿沉降的时间分布特征,通过估算大气氮湿沉降的输入通量,研究湿沉降对湖区水体富营养化的贡献.结果表明,春季青山湖降水总氮浓度范围为(1.30±0.02)—(9.80±0.85)mg.L-1,其中铵态氮占总氮比例最高,为40.7%,硝态氮和有机氮的比例分别为33.5%和25.8%;雨水氮浓度随着降雨强度的增大呈显著下降趋势,铵态氮和硝态氮所占的比例随着降雨的进行会逐渐升高,而有机氮的比例却有不断降低的趋势;青山湖春季大气氮沉降负荷为6.64 kg.hm-2,雨水中平均的氮浓度为(4.86±0.65)mg.L-1,严重超过了水体富营养化0.2 mg.L-1的阈值,对青山湖水生生态系统造成潜在的威胁.     

中国硫沉降数值模拟

采用致酸污染物长距离传输模型ATMOS,对我国2002年排放的SO₂所产生的S沉降分布进行了数值模拟研究.分别将模式输出的ρ(SO₂),SO₄2-湿沉降量与实际监测地面层的ρ(SO₂),降水中SO₄2-湿沉降量进行相关性分析;对我国总S沉降、地面层ρ(SO₂)分布,以及S干、湿沉降分布特点等模拟结果进行详细分析.在此基础上,得到模拟各网格的总S沉降数值,将其与相应的S沉降临界负荷值进行比较,获得95%保证率(RAINS-Asia)下我国1°×1°S沉降超临界负荷分布图.为控制我国的S沉降,对各省SO₂减排的形势进行分析,并提出具体要求.      

LANDSLIDE INITIATION,RUNOUT, AND DEPOSITION WITHIN CLEARCUTS AND OLD‐GROWTH FORESTS OF ALASKA1

ABSTRACT: More than 300 landslides and debris flows were triggered by an October 1993 storm on Prince of Wales Island, southeast Alaska. Initiation, runout, and deposition patterns of landslides that occurred within clearcuts, second‐growth, and old‐growth forests were examined. Blowdown and snags, associated with cedar decline and “normal” rates of mortality, were found adjacent to at least 75 percent of all failures regardless of land use. Nearly 50 percent of the landslides within clearcuts occurred within one year following timber harvest; more than 70 percent of these sites had hydrophytic vegetation directly above failures. In following the runout paths of failures, significantly more erosion per unit area occurred within clearcuts than in old‐growth forests on slopes with gradients from 9 to 28* (16 to 54 percent). Runout length, controlled by hillslope position within deglaciated valleys, was typically longer in old‐growth forests than in second growth and clearcuts (median values were 334, 201, and 153 m, respectively). Most landslides and debris flows deposited in first‐and second‐order channels before reaching the main stem channels used by anadromous fish. Slide deposits in old‐growth forests were composed of a higher proportion of woody debris than deposits derived from slides in second growth or clearcuts.     

广东韶关地区大气氮干湿沉降特征研究

2012 年4 月-2013 年9 月利用自动分离干湿沉降的采样器对广东省韶关市降雨和干沉降进行采集,分析样品降雨量、降尘量及氮营养盐干湿沉降浓度,计算各指标干湿沉降通量,利用沉降通量分析其影响因素及季节性变化趋势,为该地区大气氮沉降的通量预测及其环境管理提供支持,并为其生态环境中污染物的控制与减排提供科学依据.结果表明,观测期间总氮干沉降通量、湿沉降通量和总沉降通量平均值分别为47.73、295.7 和310.5 kg·km^-2·month^-1.氨态氮、硝酸盐氮与有机氮干沉降通量平均值分别为17.39、12.98 和17.37 kg·km^-2·month^-1,其湿沉降通量平均值分别为132.4、117.0 和46.23kg·km^-2·month^-1.总氮湿沉降通量占总氮总沉降通量平均比例为83.19%,说明总氮沉降通量以湿沉降为主.影响因素方面,总氮干沉降通量与降尘量无相关性;湿沉降受降雨量影响较大,所以受雨季影响,韶关地区4-6 月总氮湿沉降负荷较大.成分组成上,干沉降中氨态氮平均占总氮比例35.48%,硝酸盐氮平均占27.96%,有机氮平均占36.55%,因此该地区氮营养盐干沉降中以氨态氮和有机氮为主;氮营养盐湿沉降以氨态氮和硝酸盐氮为主,氨态氮平均占总氮比例46.87%,硝酸盐氮平均占40.64%,有机氮平均比例为12.49%,说明该地区湿沉降同时受到农业活动和工业活动的影响.季节变化上,氮营养盐干沉降通量由大到小依次为冬季、春季、秋季、夏季,湿沉降通量春季较高,夏秋两季较低.     

中国地区大气汞的干沉降速度

借助箱模式对汞的干沉降过程进行敏感性分析,并利用区域大气环境模式系统RegAEMS计算中国地区汞干沉降速度的时空分布特征。结果表明,森林下垫面下三类汞（气态零价汞、活性气态汞和颗粒态汞）的干沉降速度较大( 0.13、4.5和0.45 cm·s^-1),水体表面上的相对较小（0.0012,0.5和0.11 cm·s^-1）。敏感性分析发现,三类汞的干沉降速度随着近地层风速增加;降水或者地表湿度降低会导致零价汞和活性气态汞干沉降速度增加;雪盖厚度会减小气态零价汞的干沉降速度而增加活性气态汞的干沉降速度。三类汞的干沉降速度在区域上分布类似,东北以及南部地区最高,华东地区最小。季节变化上,气态零价汞、活性气态汞的干沉降速度在多数下垫面都夏季最大,冬季最小;颗粒态汞季节变化不明显。     

Deposition and resorption of organic aerosol constituents in the respiratory tract as calculated from particle size distribution data

Data on the particle size distributions of organic aerosol constituents were used as input for a study, designed to calculate the fractions of the particulate concentrations of these compounds, deposited into the respiratory tract. The known relation between the deposition probability and the particle size as described by the ICRP‐model was used. The organic constituents were from the classes of the aliphatic hydrocarbons, carboxylic acids, polycyclic and aza‐heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Aerosol samples were obtained by Hi‐Vol cascade impactor sampling at suburban, rural and sea shore background stations as well as in an industrial emission site (coke oven).

Our approach uses the measured concentrations, being average values within each impactor particle size interval, as well as the integrated average deposition probabilities. This procedure was validated experimentally for eight model distributions from the literature, for which an infinitesimal calculation of the deposited fractions was possible.

Dilution reduces total particulate concentrations in the remote areas and predominantly determines the total deposited pollutant concentrations. Of these, pulmonary and nasopharyngeal deposition are most significant and, as a first approximation, correspond largely to the relative importance of the accumulation and dispersion modes of the sampled aerosol. A particle size distribution shift toward larger particles within the accumulation mode occurs upon ageing of the aerosol and reduces the pulmonary deposited fraction of the measured compounds in the background sites, compared to the one in the suburb. The total deposited fraction, however, increases. The contributions of biogenic higher odd n‐alkanes and, to a lesser extent, of even carboxylic acids to the dispersion mode of the aerosol result in an increased nasopharyngeal deposition at the background sites mainly during summer.

Since little information on the bio‐availability of organic aerosol constituents is available in the literature, the fractions of the particulate pollutant concentrations, resorbed in the tissues from the deposited material, were calculated, assuming an average efficiency of 70% for pulmonary and of 10% for nasopharyngeal and tracheobronchial resorption. A nearly constant total resorbed fraction of 20±2% resulted, independent of the sampling station or the season chosen, in contrast with the total deposited fractions, for which significant differences were observed. The predominant pulmonary resorption as well as compensating effects of the nasopharyngeal resorption level out the relatively small differences in particle size distributions observed. Based on these data, a first estimate in nanogram of the daily intake by inhalation of the organic pollutants studied can be formulated as four times the particulate pollutant concentration, expressed in ngm^‐3.     

Dry deposition and particle size distributions of nitrate and sulfate in ambient air

This study reports the dry deposition pollutants of anion species (NO₃ ^‐ and SO₄ ^‐2) in the Ping Tung City of Southern Taiwan. Several deposition properties are discussed in this paper. It included dry deposition flux, anion species size distribution and deposition velocities. Noll Rotary Impactor (NRI) and Microorifice Uniform Deposit Impactor (MOUDI) were used to collect ambient air coarse and fine particulate. Dry deposition plate was applied to collect particle deposition flux. Dionex 2000i/SP Ion Chromatography equipped with 4 mm AG4A‐SC and AS4A‐SC column was employed to analyze the anion species. The eluent solution is 1.8 mM sodium carbonate/1.7 mM sodium bicarbonate. The measured dry deposition flux of nitrate ranged from 0.63 to 3.96 mg/m²‐day and averaged 2.12 mg/m²‐day, while the measured dry deposition of sulfate ranged from 1.17 to 9.53 mg/m²‐day and averaged 3.92 mg/m²‐day. The particle size distribution of nitrate has bimodal particle size distributions. However, the sulfate displayed uniform particle size distribution for all four sampling sites. Mean cumulative fraction (F%) of nitrate in the particle size range below 1, 2.5, 10 and 25 μm, in sequence, were 34.6%, 60.9%, 91.0% and 97.6%, respectively. However, the mean F% of sulfate in the particle size range below 1, 2.5, 10 and 25 um, in sequence, were 57.3%, 82.6%, 90.3% and 98.0%, respectively. The sulfate has more F% in the submicron particles. The mean MMD _o of nitrate and sulfate are 2.35 and 0.87 μm, respectively. The mean dry deposition velocities of nitrate and sulfate are 0.45 and 0.38 cm/sec, respectively.