FOREST‐RIVER INTERACTIONS: INFLUENCE ON HYPORHEIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATIONS IN A FLOODPLAIN TERRACE1

ABSTRACT: In large floodplain rivers, hyporheic (subsurface) flow‐paths transfer nutrients from productive riparian terraces to oligotrophic off‐channel habitats. Because dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fuels microbial processes and hyporheic microorganisms represent the first stage of retention and transformation of these nutrients, understanding DOC flux can provide information on the constraints of microbial metabolism in the hyporheic zone of rivers. We monitored hydrology, physicochemical indicators, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics during low and high discharge periods in the hyporheic zone of a riparian terrace on the Queets River, Washington, to understand what processes control the supply of carbon to subsurface microbial communities. As discharge increased, terrace hyporheic flowpaths changed from parallel to focused, and the location of surface water inputs to the terrace shifted from the terrace edge to head. Overall, DOC concentrations decreased along hyporheic flowpaths; however, concentrations at points along the flowpaths varied with position along the head gradient and age of the overlying vegetation. We estimated that there is insufficient DOC in adverting surface water to support hyporheic microbial metabolism in this riparian terrace. These trends indicate that there are additional carbon sources to the subsurface water, and we conclude that DOC is leaching from overlying riparian soils within the forest patches. Thus, subsurface DOC concentrations reflect a balance between surface water inputs, metabolic uptake, and allochthonous inputs from forest soils.     

利用人工降雨手段化汛期特大暴雨灾害为可利用水资源

利用美国1979-1995年NCEP/NCAR再分析及其它格点资料进行分析。发现汛期影响我国特大暴雨及洪涝灾害的，是一支存在于南，北两半球之间的非亚支“宏观气流系统”，它的气流运行具有一定的规律性，因而，对我国的特大暴雨和洪涝灾害，不但可以进行及时的监测和预报，而且可以在这支宏观气流系统的上游地带施行人工影响云雨工程，把空中丰沛水分降到需要雨水的地区，化洪涝灾害为宝贵的水资源。     

新疆1950～1997年洪旱灾害的统计与分形特征分析

基于新疆1950～1997年的洪旱灾害统计资料,运用一般统计学方法与分形理论分析了新疆这段时期内相应的洪旱灾害特征。分析发现,20世纪80代年以来新疆洪旱灾害呈急剧扩大的态势,20世纪80年代和90年代与50年代相比,洪水与干旱灾害成灾面积都增大了约6～7倍;1950～1997年新疆洪旱灾害时间序列具有明显的分形特征,相应的饱和分维数分别为d=2.9733与d=3.6921,饱和关联维数对应的嵌入空间的最小维数为9。     

国外非工程防洪减灾战略研究(Ⅰ)──减灾措施

对洪泛区与洪水灾害的关系进行了阐述，对工程防洪减灾措施和非工程借施进行了定义和划分，讨论了美国及其它国家在非工程措施方面的做法．     

沈阳市浑河南堤防洪标准的数值模拟计算

浑河原为沈阳南部的一条河流，随着经济的发展，市区扩展迅速，按沈阳市的规划，浑河以南地区不久将发展成为有３０万人口的新区。因此，需在浑河南岸修建堤防，以保护浑南新区不受洪水的危害。但南堤的修建是否会对北岸大堤的防洪安全造成威胁成为防洪规划决策中一个亟待回答的问题。     

NEW DIRECTIONS IN FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT1

ABSTRACT: Over the last 30 years, average annual riverine flood damages have exceed $2 billion. Damages associated with the Mississippi River Flood of 1993 exceeded $12 billion and these costs do not include the non-quantifiable, human impacts of this disaster. In a report submitted to the White House in June 1994, a federal interagency floodplain management review committee proposed better ways to manage the nation's floodplains. The committee indicated that the 1993 Mississippi River flood was the result of a significant hydrometeorological event, that federal flood control efforts in the Mississippi basin had prevented nearly $20 billion in potential damages, and that, in spite of federal flood damage reduction efforts, throughout the nation people and property remain at risk to inevitable future flooding. It recommended that the division of decision and cost-sharing responsibilities among federal, state and local governments be more clearly defined, and that the nation adopt a strategy of, sequentially, avoiding inappropriate use of the flood-plain, minimizing vulnerability to damage through both nonstruc-tural and structural means, and mitigating damages as they occur. The report did not call for abandonment of human use of the flood-plain but argued for full consideration of the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of all future floodplain activity.     

华北中部早涝成因的分析研究

本文对北京等华北中部5站1956至1985年旱涝成因进行了分析讨论.结果表明,区域性旱涝主要是在海洋和局地土壤热状况异常作用下产生的.对华北中部而言,冬季黑潮海温与局地地温变化是引起汛期旱涝变异最重要的原因.前期下垫面热源异常对后期旱涝影响往往是通过累积的异常加热造成环流形势和系统的异常而实现的.海温与地温影响降水的机制不同,前者的影响是大尺度的,而后者的影响只是区域性的.当海温异常造成的大尺度环流变化与局地热状况都有利于降水时.洪涝更容易发生,反之易旱.     

世界不同区域火山爆发与我国华南夏季旱涝的关系

本文将世界火山爆发地点分为6个区域,根据500a来火山活动和我国华南旱涝资料,研究了中国华南阜涝与不同火山区域及不同季节火山爆发的统计关系,发现了不同区域火山爆发对华南旱涝的影响不同。     

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATING WATERSHED CONDITIONS WITh RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS1

ABSTRACT: Many rainfall-runoff modeling studies compare flood quantiles for different land-use and/or flood mitigation scenarios. However, when flood quantiles are estimated using conventional statistical methods, comparisons may be misleading because the estimates often misrepresent the quantile relationship between scenarios. An alternate statistical procedure is proposed, in which rainfall-runoff modeling is used to evaluate an approximate relationship between flood quantiles for different scenarios. Monte Carlo experiments show that the proposed method produces flood quantile estimates that better reflect the differences between scenarios. The ratio between quantiles for different scenarios is more accurate, so comparisons of the scenarios using flood quantiles are more reliable.     

GENERALIZED SKEW COEFFICIENTS OF ANNUAL FLOODS FOR LOUISIANA STREAMS1

ABSTRACT: A generalized skew map for Louisiana streams was developed using data from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas with 20 or more years of annual flood records. A comparison between the newly developed Louisiana Generalized Skew Map (LGSM) and the generalized skew map recommended by the U.S. Water Resources Council (WRCGSM) was performed. The mean square error for the LGSM was 16 percent less than that of WRCGSM in direct application of the two maps. Performance of the new map was compared with the WRCGSM and with a regional analysis procedure through its application to the Log Pearson Type 3 (LP3) distribution. Two-thirds of the stations tested had lower standardized root mean square deviations (SRMSD) by a narrow margin using the skew coefficients obtained from LGSM instead of WRCGSM. The regional analysis also performed as well as the LGSM in terms of SRMSD. Thus, it was concluded that both LGSM and the regional analysis provide a more reliable tool for flood frequency analysis for Louisiana streams with short annual flood records.