Parameterization of the roughness length over the sea in forced and free convection

In the condition of free convection, the Charnock relation is inadequate. In this paper we extend the Charnock relation to include the effect of free convection on the roughness length. As a result, the singularity in the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory can be avoided. This paper shows two approaches to derive the roughness length formula in the forced and free convections. The first approach is based on the mixing length theory and the use of the observational data of the vertical velocity variance. We introduce a new vertical velocity scale based on the vertical velocity variance; this velocity variance is well behaved in the atmospheric boundary layer and easy to obtain from field experiments. The second approach is based on the theoretical framework of Sykes et al. (Q R Met Soc, 119: 409–421). From that framework, we develop a theory to obtain the roughness length formula. The results of these two approaches are in agreement with each other. In the past, a multiplication factor associated with free convection was considered to be a constant. This paper shows that this multiplication factor is, in fact, also dependent on the depth of the mixing height. In previous studies, experimental works were often conducted without taking into account the depth of the mixing height. Not taking into account the mixing height in the estimation of the roughness length in free convection would result in an inaccurate estimate of the roughness length and hence the drag coefficient. An erratum to this article can be found at     

剂量-效应关系两种置信区间的比较

毒性实验存在随机误差,同时剂量-效应曲线(DRC)拟合也会产生误差.因此,合理表征剂量-效应关系及其置信区间非常重要.本研究在剂量-效应曲线非线性拟合基础上,阐述了构建拟合函数置信区间(FCI)与实验观测置信区间(OCI)的基本原理.并以对氯苯酚及等效应浓度比混合物为例,说明目前多数文献使用的FCI不能有效地描述真实毒性实验的不确定度,提出以OCI表征DRC,以求真实反映观测毒性效应的不确定度.利用剂量加和与独立作用模型预测了混合物毒性,并与OCI比较,得到混合物毒性作用类型.建议在分析混合物协同、拮抗、独立与加和作用时,应充分考虑OCI.     

测定化学物对乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制毒性的微板吸光法研究

随着化学污染物种类与数量的日益增多,高通量测试方法显得越来越重要。基于乙酰胆碱酯酶(ACh E)抑制法原理,以多功能酶标仪为测试设备,96孔微板为暴露反应载体,建立了测定化学物对ACh E抑制毒性的微板吸光法。系统研究了ACh E浓度、碘化硫代乙酰胆碱(ATCI)浓度、二硫代二硝基苯甲酸(DTNB)浓度对显色吸光度、吸光度变化速率、化学物测试毒性的影响。结果表明,随着ACh E、DTNB、ATCI的浓度增加,吸光度均增加;吸光度变化速率与ACh E浓度呈正相关,与DTNB浓度基本无关,与ATCI浓度呈现先增后减的双相关系;随着ATCI浓度增加,灭多威剂量-效应曲线(DRC)向右移动。最终建立的优化测试条件为DTNB 0.2 g·L~(-1)、ATCI 0.2 g·L~(-1)、ACh E 0.04 U·m L~(-1)、p H 6.8、反应温度29℃及暴露时间15 min;并与国标方法进行了对比与验证,发现试剂加样顺序对毒性测定结果有显著影响。基于ACh E的微板毒性测试结果表明,灭多威的DRC呈现良好的S型曲线,可用Weibull函数有效表征,拟合决定系数R2大于0.97,空白变异控制在了±10%以内。此方法可用于化学污染物的高通量毒性检测。     

Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem

The objective of this study was to model the trade-offs between ecological and productive performance of a grassland agroecosystem. We developed a dynamic model linking grass dynamics controlled by livestock grazing to stochastic population dynamics of two wader bird species with high conservation value. Bird dynamics were driven by both direct and indirect effects of grazing. Viable control framework was used to predict grazing strategies ensuring production and conservation and to generate the whole trade-off curve between ecological and productive performance. Bird population size was used as an indicator of ecological performance and the total number of grazing days defined productive performance. Model results show that conciliating ecological and productive performance implies a temporal shift in grazing sequences. The best ecological performance was obtained at intermediate levels of productive performance. Without grazing or with too low a grazing intensity, it was not possible to maintain any of the bird populations due to the indirect effects of grazing on habitat quality. However, too high a level of grazing implied fast population decline for both populations due to direct negative effects of grazing on nest survival. Field data on current grazing regimes and grass height showed a low proportion of suitable fields in our case study area. This result indicates an antagonism between direct and indirect effects of grazing on wader birds, implying the need of very specific management of grassland. Our results illustrate the fact that European grasslands are anthropic habitats which are highly dependent on human activity. In such habitats, trade-off curves are not expected to be strictly decreasing or increasing.     

REGIONAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF TOTAL SOLUTES IN THE SASKATCHEWAN RWER BASIN1

ABSTRACT: In the Saskatchewan River Basin (365,000 km²), which drains the Canadian prairie from the Rocky Mountains east to Manitoba, concentrations of total solutes are usually within the range of 100 to 1000 mg/L. Total solutes levels in tributaries increase markedly from west to east across the basin, as mountain snowmelt and dilute surface runoff are replaced by ion-rich ground water and concentrated prairie runoff as the major influences on solute concentrations. In contrast, total solutes concentrations in main-stem rivers are nearly constant, ranging 200–300 mg/L, with only a small increase across the basin. Dilute mountain runoff dominates solute concentrations in main-stem rivers, despite the influx of increasingly ion-rich water from tributaries. The principal long-term trends in total solute concentrations across the basin, as revealed by linear and sine-curve regressions, were due to the construction of reservoirs, which depress the natural winter maximum in solute concentrations and disrupt the sinusoidal annual pattern, while sharply reducing seasonal variation. These regression methods did not show anticipated anthropogenic increases in salt load in the Red Deer or South Saskatchewan Rivers, but a trend of slowly increasing solutes concentrations (2 mg/L/yr) was detected for autumn flows in the lower Bow River. Municipal wastes from the City of Calgary or irrigation return flows are probably responsible for this increase.     

测定回弹法专用测强曲线的数据融合方法

混凝土强度现场检测结果的准确性直接关系到结构的安全性。笔者利用通用回弹测强曲线提供的共性信息和现场试验得到的个性信息 ,通过数据融合方法 ,提出适应于现场情况的混凝土强度与回弹值之间的关系曲线。该曲线仍运用原有的幂函数形式并保持回归参数不变 ,通过增加位置参数反映现场试验的个性信息。其修正后的结果既反映混凝土回弹值和强度值之间的一般关系 ,又反映现场试验的实际情况。在混凝土回弹检测中采用该曲线 ,可极大地提高检测精度和检测结果的可靠性     

滑坡的发生与降雨关系的研究

在分析滑坡的地质资料和气象资料的基础上,讨论了降雨诱发滑坡的机制,并深入探讨了滑坡与降雨的关系,包括:滑坡与降雨的分布特点、滑坡与降雨频次之间的关系、滑坡与降雨在时间上的关系等。结果表明:滑坡发生的概率和滑坡数量不仅与降雨量的大小成正相关关系,而且与滑坡发生的当天降雨及前期降雨特征关系密切。     

Hazard evaluation of hydrogen–air deflagration with flame propagation velocity measurement by image velocimetry using brightness subtraction

Deflagration phenomena in hydrogen–air mixtures initially filled in 1.4 m³ spherical latex balloons were measured using a high-speed digital video camera and pressure transducers. The image velocimetry using brightness subtraction was introduced to eliminate the background effects for obtaining accurate time evolution records of flame propagation velocity. The maximum flame propagation velocity of about 100 m/s was observed with maximum overpressure 15 kPa at 1 m from ignition point. According to the detailed flame propagation velocity records, there were long deceleration durations. The observed maximum overpressure was smaller than the overpressure estimated by the basis of the observed maximum flame propagation velocity and the pressure wave theories of spherical flames. A new blast curve plot of scaled overpressure vs. distance was tentatively proposed.     

Generalized Nondimensional Depth‐Discharge Rating Curves Tested on Florida Streamflow1

Abstract: A discharge rating is a relationship between stage and discharge at a specific point in a river stream or lake outlet structure. Rating curves are useful for interpolating and perhaps extrapolating flow measurements and for use directly in storage routing models. However, rating data and stations are limited. A generalized nondimensional mathematical expression that describes the rating relation of depth and discharge has been developed and tested against observations from 46 stations in West‐Central Florida. Three approaches were tested in sequence to select the best fit. The proposed model is a log‐linear equation with zero intercept and a slope that fits more than 50% of the stations were analyzed. The model is normalized by the depth and discharge values at 10% exceedance from data published by the U.S. Geological Survey. For ungauged applications, Q₁₀ and d₁₀ were derived from a relationship shown to be reasonably well correlated to the watershed drainage area. The average relative error for this parameter set shows that for the flow range up to the Q₁₀ discharge, better than 30% agreement with the USGS rating data can be expected for about 50% of the stations. Further analysis is required to determine why so many stations exhibit such similar behavior and to identify the criteria or parameters governing the differences.     

无锡市工业废水污染变迁及其解释

运用EKC分析和分解分析方法,拟合了1991年~2005年无锡工业废水污染随经济发展的演变轨迹,并实证解释了轨迹背后的经济原因。EKC分析结果表明,无锡市工业废水排放量的演变轨迹呈U型,但是市区、江阴和宜兴拥有不同的转折点（7 401元,10 059元,4 718元）。分解分析结果表明,工业废水污染排放强度减轻是形成U型轨迹左半部分的主要原因,而经济规模的大幅度扩张则是形成U型轨迹右半部分的主要原因。