Monitoring the effect of restoration measures in Indonesian peatlands by radar satellite imagery

In the context of the ongoing climate change discussions the importance of peatlands as carbon stores is increasingly recognised in the public. Drainage, deforestation and peat fires are the main reasons for the release of huge amounts of carbon from peatlands. Successful restoration of degraded tropical peatlands is of high interest due to their huge carbon store and sequestration potential. The blocking of drainage canals by dam building has become one of the most important measures to restore the hydrology and the ecological function of the peat domes. This study investigates the capability of using multitemporal radar remote sensing imagery for monitoring the hydrological effects of these measures. The study area is the former Mega Rice Project area in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, where peat drainage and forest degradation is especially intense. Restoration measures started in July 2004 by building 30 large dams until June 2008. We applied change detection analysis with more than 80 ENVISAT ASAR and ALOS PALSAR images, acquired between 2004 and 2009. Radar signal increases of up to 1.36 dB show that high frequency multitemporal radar satellite imagery can be used to detect an increase in peat soil moisture after dam construction, especially in deforested areas with a high density of dams. Furthermore, a strong correlation between cross-polarised radar backscatter coefficients and groundwater levels above -50 cm was found. Monitoring peatland rewetting and quantifying groundwater level variations is important information for vegetation re-establishment, fire hazard warning and making carbon emission mitigation tradable under the voluntary carbon market or REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) mechanism.     

黄河中上游能源化工区重点产业发展战略生态风险评价

结合黄河中上游能源化工区重点产业发展战略生态风险宏观性、综合性、复杂性的特点,论文以生态风险景观评价方法及3S技术等为研究手段,综合考虑重点产业发展战略人为风险源及自然风险源,以生态风险受体和终点选择、风险源分析、暴露危害分析、生态风险综合评价及生态风险分区为评价步骤,揭示了重点产业发展战略潜在生态风险空间分异特征。研究结果表明：黄河中上游重点产业战略实施区可划分为三类生态风险监控区,生态风险重点监控区自然风险源分布集中,重点产业人为风险源和自然风险源交织在一起,极易发生生态风险放大效应,生态风险次重点监控区自然生态风险源分布较单一,局部重点产业人为风险源强度增强,将增加区域生态风险水平,生态风险监控区自然生态风险源分布范围较小,潜在生态风险水平相对较低。论文探索了战略环评生态风险评价方法和评价思路,为国内重点产业发展战略生态风险评价提供了借鉴。     

四川省农村环境空气污染源分布及其对自动监测点位设置影响的研究

将四川省农村地区分成平原和浅丘区、小起伏山地和高丘区、高山峡谷区三种类型区域。利用GIS软件,将四川省划分网格,分别统计每个网格中的工业废气污染点源数量和主要交通线路长度,得出四川省工业废气污染点源密度分级图和四川省主要公路密度分布图,以及结合农村污染面源的情况分析,总结出农村区域的主要污染密度分布类型。结果表明,在一定区域范围内,农村平原和浅丘区的工业源、交通源、农村面源分布均匀;高丘区、小起伏山区、高山峡谷区的污染源分布均具有明显的地理分布特性,山间平地和山谷台地的污染源分布密度高;根据四川省污染源分布规律给农村空气自动监测布点提供了指导。     

Integrating soil carbon cycling with that of nitrogen and phosphorus in the watershed model SWAT: Theory and model testing

In this paper we describe and test a sub-model that integrates the cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) watershed model. The core of the sub-model is a multi-layer, one-pool soil organic carbon (S_C) algorithm, in which the decomposition rate of S_C and input rate to S_C (through decomposition and humification of residues) depend on the current size of S_C. The organic N and P fluxes are coupled to that of C and depend on the available mineral N and P, and the C:N and N:P ratios of the decomposing pools. Tillage explicitly affects the soil organic matter turnover rate through tool-specific coefficients. Unlike most models, the turnover of soil organic matter does not follow first order kinetics. Each soil layer has a specific maximum capacity to accumulate C or C saturation (S_x) that depends on texture and controls the turnover rate. It is shown in an analytical solution that S_x is a parameter with major influence in the model C dynamics. Testing with a 65-yr data set from the dryland wheat growing region in Oregon shows that the model adequately simulates the S_C dynamics in the topsoil (top 0.3 m) for three different treatments. Three key model parameters, the optimal decomposition and humification rates and a factor controlling the effect of soil moisture and temperature on the decomposition rate, showed low uncertainty as determined by generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation. Nonetheless, the parameter set that provided accurate simulations in the topsoil tended to overestimate S_C in the subsoil, suggesting that a mechanism that expresses at depth might not be represented in the current sub-model structure. The explicit integration of C, N, and P fluxes allows for a more cohesive simulation of nutrient cycling in the SWAT model. The sub-model has to be tested in forestland and rangeland in addition to agricultural land, and in diverse soils with extreme properties such high or low pH, an organic horizon, or volcanic soils.     

重点源大气砷铅污染排放模型及特征

在我国的非常规性污染物质中,大气重金属砷、铅已越来越多地被关注和重视。文章综述了国内外人为源对大气中重金属排放的贡献,结果显示中国是全球人为活动向大气排放重金属最多的国家之一,燃煤和有色金属冶炼行业在相当长的时间内都将是最主要且最为重要的人为排放源。通过系统调研燃煤及有色金属冶炼业资源及产业布局状况,构建目前我国大气重金属相关清单模型,进行了我国重点源大气砷、铅排放清单分析,结果表明：（1）2000-2008年我国燃煤大气砷、铅排放量共为93733t,年均增长率为7．93％,2004-2008年有色金属冶炼业大气砷、铅排放量共为18836t,年均增长率为15．2％;（2）2000-2008年各经济部门中电力部门燃煤大气砷、铅放量始终最高,占燃煤大气排放总量的44．6％-57．1％,且呈逐年升高的趋势;（3）2000-2008年各省区中山西、河北、河南和湖南省是大气砷、铅的排放大户。其中,燃煤大气砷、铅排放量主要集中在人口密集、工业集中、经济发展速度较快的北部和中东部省区,包括山西、山东、河北、河南和江苏五省,占全国燃煤排放总量的39．1％,有色金属冶炼大气砷、铅排放量主要集中在我国有色金属工业较为发达的河南及湖南省,占全国有色金属冶炼业排放总量的47．3％。可以看出,我国需要高度重视大气重金属砷、铅的污染防治,加强排放控制基础能力建设,加快建立适合中国的大气砷、铅污染防治技术政策体系。     

太原市秋冬季大气污染特征和输送路径及潜在源区分析

采用环境空气质量指数(AQI)统计分析了2014～2018年太原市全年及秋冬季污染特征,并采用HYSPLIT后向轨迹模型计算了2014～2017年秋冬季逐时后向轨迹,结合太原市AQI,通过聚类分析、潜在源贡献因子和浓度权重轨迹方法对影响太原市的污染物输送路径和潜在源区进行了分析.结果表明,太原市污染状况不容乐观,太原市2014～2018年全年优良天数波动较大,尤其近两年从64%下降到不足50%;然而秋冬季优良天数稳步上升,2018年超过50%,空气质量有好转趋势.污染类型可能发生变化,全年及秋冬季PM_(2.5)为首要污染物的污染天数下降显著,PM_(10)为首要污染物的天数上升明显.聚类分析2014～2017年秋冬季太原的后向轨迹,53%的气团来自偏西方向,21%来自西北方向,12%来自西南方向,14%来自偏东方向,其中西南方向轨迹是外来污染物输送进入太原的主要轨迹,对太原空气质量有显著影响.PSCF和CWT分析表明,影响太原空气质量的重要潜在源区主要位于汾渭平原的陕西汉中、西安和山西的吕梁、临汾等地.建立汾渭平原及其周边区域联防联控机制对控制区域污染有着重要意义.     

环境因子对土壤微生物呼吸及其温度敏感性变化特征的影响

在田间条件下研究土壤微生物呼吸及其温度敏感性(Q10)的变化特征及其影响因素对准确理解地区的气候变暖潜力具有重要意义.本研究依托长武农田生态试验站的裸地处理,利用土壤碳通量系统(Li～8100)连续6 a (2008～2013年)监测裸地处理下的呼吸速率、土壤温度和水分,探究土壤微生物呼吸及其温度敏感性的变化特征及其影响因素.在日变化尺度上,土壤微生物呼吸速率的变化特征呈单峰曲线,且这种变化趋势主要与土壤温度有关(P 0. 05),然而日平均土壤微生物呼吸速率和Q10在不同土壤水分含量条件下不同.均呈现出:适度的土壤水分条件较高的土壤水分条件较低土壤水分条件的趋势[土壤微生物呼吸速率:1. 20μmol·(m~2·s)~(-1)、0. 95μmol·(m~2·s)~(-1)、0. 79μmol·(m~2·s)~(-1); Q10:2. 12、1. 93、1. 59].在季节尺度上,土壤微生物呼吸速率和Q10均呈现出雨季大于非雨季的趋势[土壤微生物呼吸速率:1. 11μmol·(m~2·s)~(-1)、0. 90μmol·(m~2·s)~(-1); Q10:1. 96、1. 59],且这种变化趋势与土壤温度和水分的变化有关(P 0. 05),然而土壤温度和土壤水分的双变量模型比土壤温度或者土壤水分的单变量模型能解释更多的土壤微生物呼吸季节变异性(R~2:0. 45～0. 82、0. 32～0. 67、0. 35～0. 86;模拟值和实测值的拟合系数:0. 76、0. 64、0. 58).在年际尺度上,年累积土壤微生物呼吸变化于226 g·(m~2·a)~(-1)和298 g·(m~2·a)~(-1)之间,Q10变化于1. 48～1. 94之间,而年累积土壤微生物呼吸和Q10的年际变异性主要与年平均土壤水分含量有关(P 0. 05),且年平均土壤水分别可以解释39%和54%的年累积土壤微生物呼吸和Q10年际变异性.在裸地处理上,土壤有机碳由试验初的6. 5 g·kg~(-1)下降到目前的5. 5 g·kg~(-1),但是年累积土壤微生物呼吸却高达255 g·(m~2·a)~(-1),即裸地处理的呼吸流失量比土壤有机碳的流失量高20倍以上.     

新冠肺炎疫情对咸阳市空气质量的影响

利用机器学习模型控制气象因素影响,定量分析了疫情期间污染源减排对咸阳空气质量的影响.结果表明,与未发生疫情情景相比,疫情期间咸阳PM_2.5、PM₁₀、SO₂、NO₂和CO浓度分别下降19.3%、26.0%、13.4%、60.1%和9.1%,NO₂降幅最大,SO₂和CO降幅较小,O₃浓度不降反而上升50.9%.在一次排放和二次生成前体物都下降的情况下,PM_2.5降幅低于预期,O₃浓度不降反升,反映出PM_2.5和O₃治理的复杂性,暗示了剩余污染源对咸阳空气质量影响较大,而停产限产政策（与疫情影响类似）对咸阳空气质量改善有限,未来应重点关注散煤和生物质燃烧、热力生产和供应、原油加工及石油制品制造等剩余污染源的治理.     

Effect of environmental parameters on the degradability of polymer films in laboratory-scale composting reactors

Previous research in our laboratory reported a convenient laboratory-scale composting test method to study the weight loss of polymer films in aerobic thermophilic (53°C) reactors maintained at a 60% moisture content. The laboratory-scale compost reactors contained the following synthetic compost mixture (percentage on dry-weight basis): tree leaves (45.0), shredded paper (16.5), food (6.7), meat (5.8), cow manure (17.5), sawdust (1.9), aluminum and steel shavings (2.4), glass beads (1.3), urea (1.9), and a compost seed (1.0) which is designated Mix-1 in this work. To simplify the laboratory-scale compost weight loss test method and better understand how compost mixture compositions and environmental parameters affect the rate of plastic degradation, a systematic variation of the synthetic mixture composition as well as the moisture content was carried out. Cellulose acetate (CA) with a degree of substitution (DS) value of 1.7 and cellophane films were chosen as test polymer substrates for this work. The extent of CA DS-1.7 and cellophane weight loss as a function of the exposure time remained unchanged when the metal and glass components of the mixture were excluded in Mix-2. Further study showed that large variations in the mixture composition such as the replacement of tree leaves, food, meat, and sawdust with steam-exploded wood and alfalfa (forming Mix-C) could be made with little or no change in the time dependence of CA DS-1.7 film weight loss. In contrast, substituting tree leaves, food, meat, cow manure, and sawdust with steam-exploded wood in combination with either Rabbit Choice (Mix-D) or starch and urea (Mix-E) resulted in a significant time increase (from 7 to 12 days) for the complete disappearance of CA DS-1.7 films. Interestingly, in this work no direct correlation was observed between the C/N ratio (which ranged from 13.9 to 61.4) and the CA DS-1.7 film weight loss. Decreasing moisture contents of the compost Mix-2 from 60 and 50 and 40% resulted in dramatic changes in polymer degradation such that CA DS-1.7 showed an increase in the time period for a complete disappearance of polymer films from 6 to 16 and 30 days, respectively.Guest Editor: Dr. Graham Swift, Rohm & Haas.Paper presented at the Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society—Second National Meeting, August 19–21, 1993, Chicago, Illinois.     

大鹏湾表层沉积物中碳、氮、磷的多年调查结果和有机质来源分析

依据1998—2006年18个航次13个站的调查资料,简要描述和分析了大鹏湾表层沉积物中包括碳、氮、磷的多项生物地球化学要素多年的平均空间分布和年际变化,并依据TOC/TN原子比探讨沉积物中有机质的来源.结果表明,大鹏湾的水动力条件对沉积物中各生物地球化学要素的分布变化影响不大,TOC、TN和TP含量分别为(17600±4600) mg·kg^-1、(1738±446) mg·kg^-1和(562±89) mg·kg^-1,比珠江口和大亚湾高.9年调查期间,TOC、TC、TN和TP含量的年际变化趋势都是上升的,表明随着周边地区经济的迅速发展和人口的不断增加,产生的大量有机质通过小河流和地表径流排放入海,使大鹏湾中沉积物的环境逐渐恶化.TOC/TN原子比为12.4±2.5,介于海洋浮游生物源和陆生高等植物源之间,反映了大鹏湾表层沉积物中有机质是陆源和水生2种来源的混合输入.TOC/TN原子比呈逐年上升趋势,表明大鹏湾接受陆源有机质与水生有机质的比例逐渐增加.