Effects of geomorphic conditions, wind speed, and precipitation on dustfall over northern China

We investigated how dustfall flux (DF) and dust particle size (DPS) were affected by geomorphic conditions, wind speed, and precipitation using data from 27 sites in northern China. The sites with the greatest DF and greatest median diameter of dustfall (MDD) were primarily in desert regions and had extensive mobile sands. DF and MDD were lowest in agricultural regions, which had low levels of coarse particles because of human land use and high vegetation coverage that restrained blowing sand. DF values were higher and MDD values were lower in the western agricultural region than in the eastern agricultural region because the former is closer to desert regions and contains more fine dust that has traveled far. In regions with extensive desertified lands, DF values were lower than those in desert regions, and MDD values were greater than in agricultural regions, possibly due to coarsening of soil texture by desertification processes combined with higher vegetation coverage and soil moisture than in desert regions, thereby restraining blowing sand. Although high DF and MDD always coincided spatially with strong winds and low precipitation, the strong winds and low precipitation did not always mean high DF and MDD. High DF also coincided temporally with periods of low precipitation, but low precipitation did not always mean high DF. Thus, although the spatial trends in DF and DPS were controlled mostly by geomorphic conditions, and monthly trends in DF were controlled mainly by wind speed, weak wind and high precipitation can restrain the blowing sand at certain times and locations. Seasonal changes in DPS may be controlled simultaneously by geomorphic conditions, meteorological factors, and distance from source areas, not solely by the winter monsoon.     

戈壁砾石覆盖度与风蚀强度关系实验研究

戈壁表面的砾石覆盖度对风沙物质的运移有不可忽略的影响,在极端干旱区砾石覆盖是防沙治沙的重要手段。通过风洞实验模拟了阿拉善戈壁区砾石覆盖度与风蚀强度的关系。结果表明,当因地表风化作用等产生的松散颗粒物被吹蚀后,不同地点、不同样品之间风蚀强度有明显的差异,因而砾石覆盖度与风蚀强度之间的相关关系并不显著;但数据标准化后则表明,当砾石覆盖度在40%以下时,随砾石覆盖度的增加风蚀强度也有所增大。戈壁地区的风沙运动中,在砾石覆盖度小于40%条件下,不同风速下风蚀强度的变异系数是不同砾石覆盖度下的风蚀强度的变异系数的2倍左右。在极端干旱的戈壁区,影响风蚀强度的因素十分复杂,砾石覆盖度增大不仅不能控制风蚀现象的发生,反而增强气流对地表的风蚀能力,这一因素可能是阿拉善高原戈壁区成为中亚强沙尘暴主要源地的重要原因之一。     

Factors contributing to dust storms in source regions producing the yellow-sand phenomena observed in Japan from 1993 to 2002

Asian-dust (yellow-sand) phenomena observed in Japan have been increasing in recent years, especially from 2000 to 2002. The main cause is severe dust events in arid and semi-arid regions of northeast Asia. The dust source area in northeast Asia (target area: 35°–45°N and 100°–115°E) was identified with reference to past results, and the relationship between the yellow-sand phenomena observed in Japan and dust outbreaks in the target area was examined during the springtime (March to May) from 1993 to 2002. The annual change in the number of dust phenomena observed in Japan agreed well with the Dust Storm Frequency (DSF) in the target area (R² = 0.8796). Even though strong wind (≧7.0 m s⁻¹) has a profound effect on dust storms (R² = 0.515), coverage of the Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI), ranging from 0 to 0.1 (bare land with snow cover) and 0.1 to 0.2 (bare land) in April, also affected dust storms in the target area (R² = 0.486 and 0.418).     

中国戈壁综合自然区划研究

中国戈壁广泛分布于北方的干旱与极干旱区域,直至目前尚未系统地开展戈壁分区研究。本文在综合分析戈壁特征与形成发生机制关系后认为,我国戈壁的最主要特征是地表砾质覆盖;表层具孔状漆漠结皮,其下具棕红色紧实层及石膏层;植物覆盖度极低,生长旱生极旱生灌木—半灌木。戈壁形成发生的区域仅限于干燥度4以上的干旱、极干旱区域。根据戈壁特征及发生条件的区域分异,选取干温指标、区域地质地貌建造指标、地表物质成因形态指标,将中国戈壁分布区划分为温性干旱极干旱戈壁区、暖性干旱极干旱戈壁区和青藏高原北部亚寒干旱极干旱戈壁区3个一级区(区),其下按区域地质地貌建造特征划分出9个二级区(地区),再按戈壁地表物质成因与形态差异划分出19个三级区(亚地区)。还可根据土壤和植被的地域分异进一步划分出若干个四级区(小区)。     

沙漠、戈壁和黄土表土岩石磁学特征及其对黄土磁化率机制的意义

黄土高原黄土来自于其北部或西北部的沙漠和戈壁被广泛认可。本文选取西北地区典型的沙漠、戈壁和黄土表土样品,进行系统的岩石磁学研究。结果显示：沙漠和戈壁磁学特征相似,以磁铁矿占绝对优势,磁颗粒为多畴和假单畴,几乎不含超顺磁颗粒,磁性矿物总体含量高于黄土表土。黄土表土以磁铁矿为主,同时含有磁赤铁矿,磁颗粒以成壤过程中形成的超顺磁和单畴颗粒为主。虽然沙漠和戈壁细粒中亚铁磁性矿物相对比例明显高于粗粒,但粗粒组分含量大,对磁性稀释作用显著,全样总体表现为粗粒磁性特征。影响沙漠、戈壁和黄土磁化率的主导因素不同,沙漠和戈壁为磁性矿物含量主导型,磁性矿物总含量高,黄土表土为磁性矿物粒度主导型,超顺磁对磁化率贡献占主导。合理区分风速论和成土论两种磁化率机制,需准确判断成壤程度和氧化还原状态。因此,不同环境条件下磁化率的环境意义及古气候重建,需首先准确区分影响磁化率的主导因素。     

额济纳旗典型地表沙尘释放潜力及沙尘天气频发成因

额济纳旗位于极端干旱的内陆河下游，绿洲退化严重，沙尘天气频发，已成为内蒙古西部主要沙尘源区。为揭示该区域沙尘频繁成因，对区域4种典型地表（富沙砾戈壁、富沙戈壁、绿洲退化地、绿洲）沉积物组分、风蚀强度、沙尘释放强度、多年平均月沙尘日数及大风日数等进行了综合分析。结果表明：以风沙活动为主要特征的绿洲退化地，粉沙黏土组分含量高，PM₁₀沙尘释放强度大（0.2796 kg·d^-1·m^-2），为研究区强沙尘释放地表；富沙及富沙砾戈壁地表，风蚀强度大，但粉沙黏土组分含量低，PM₁₀沙尘释放强度较大（0.1267 kg·d^-1·m^-2，0.0672 kg·d^-1·m^-2）；尽管绿洲地表粉沙黏土组分含量高，但由于植被、水分等因素的制约，其PM₁₀沙尘释放强度最小（0.0240 kg·d^-1·m^-2）。额济纳旗绿洲被大面积强沙尘释放源（绿洲退化地和戈壁）包围，局地沙尘内循环过程中粉尘颗粒的富积，为当地高频沙尘天气提供了丰富的尘源，这是额济纳旗沙尘天气频发的主要原因。     

基于遥感影像识别的戈壁分类体系研究

戈壁是中国西北干旱地区的一种主要地表景观类型。由于戈壁所处地带自然条件恶劣,人烟稀少,不便于实地调查研究的开展,所以目前关于戈壁的研究资料非常少,就现有为数不多的研究来看,现有戈壁类型划分存在交叉问题,难以将戈壁分清,且分类没有从全局考虑。为了促进戈壁研究的规范化,本文首先对戈壁进行明确定义,然后从戈壁分布的气候区、动力条件、地貌特征、地表物质组成、植被、水文与土壤等7个方面,对戈壁内涵进行界定。同时,本文在参照现有戈壁分类基础上,从戈壁的形成原因、地表物质组成与植被盖度角度,分三级建立了一套既考虑戈壁区生态保护与利用,又易于遥感影像识别的戈壁分类体系,对每一级每一类戈壁在影像上表现的特征以及通过遥感影像如何提取进行了较为详细的阐述。     

Characteristics of the Gobi desert and their significance for dust emissions in the Ala Shan Plateau (Central Asia): An experimental study

Using intact samples of Gobi surfaces, we conducted wind tunnel experiments and related analyses to describe the surface characteristics of Gobi deserts and their significance for dust emissions in the Ala Shan Plateau, an area of Central Asia with high dust emissions. Under relatively high wind velocities (22 m s⁻¹), the total sediment transport approached 700 g m⁻², with the fine fractions (<50 μm in diameter) accounting for up to 26 g m⁻². In consecutive experiments, the emission rates decreased greatly due to depletion of erodible particles. In the Ala Shan Plateau, coverage by gravels varied, and aeolian sediment transport increased with increasing gravel cover (to about 30%); above that level, transport decreased. Because gravel cover was less than 30% in most areas, the gravel may not play important role in dust emissions in this region. Although the Gobi surfaces are covered by gravel, high clay contents that may restrain sediment transport. In the Ala Shan Plateau, dust emissions therefore appear to be controlled mainly by the availability of fine particles, which is in turn controlled by their deposition by ephemeral streams, by their creation via physical, salt, and chemical weathering, and by other processes such as aeolian abrasion.     

1980—2015年风蚀影响下中国北方土壤有机质与养分流失时空特征

中国北方干旱/半干旱区是全球主要的沙尘源区之一,风蚀造成的沙尘排放可导致大量的土壤有机质（SOM）与养分流失,并通过传输与沉降过程对其进行空间再分配,对空气质量、气候变化、植被生长及生物地球化学过程等具有重要影响。本文利用WRF/Chem（Weather Research Forecasting with Chemistry）v3.7.1大气化学传输模型,对1980—2015年间中国北方沙尘排放及其引起的SOM、全氮（TN）与全磷（TP）的时空变化过程进行了精细化模拟,探究了中国北方风蚀引起的SOM、TN与TP养分流失的时空变化特征。结果表明：① 1980—2015年来平均每年约有66.59 Tg的沙尘颗粒排放至大气;② 沙尘排放具有较大的时空差异,沙尘排放源区主要集中在新疆东部、内蒙古西部的巴丹吉林沙漠和腾格里沙漠等地区;③ 每年因沙尘排放引起的SOM、TN和TP流失量分别约为0.07 Tg、0.004 Tg和0.005 Tg;④ 1980—2015年间中国北方沙尘排放及其引起的SOM、TN与TP的流失量具有较强的年际波动,未呈现显著的趋势性变化特征。本研究对于认知风蚀在碳循环与养分循环过程中的作用,以及对深入了解中国北方的土地退化机理具有重要意义。     

Spatial trends of dustfall over northern China in the spring and their influencing factors

The spatial trends of dustfall of different sizes over northern China during April and May 2001,and March 2002,and their influencing factors,were analyzed.We divided the dustfall into seven grades based on particle size.Total dustfall and dustfall for each grade were highest in desert regions then in regions undergoing desertification,and the total dustfall,dustfall 100 μm and dustfall 250 μm were higher in western agricultural regions closer to desert areas than in eastern agricultural regions.The spatial trends in dustfall 300 μm in diameter were most strongly correlated with dust events,and the content of coarse particles increased with increasing severity of dust events.Because the spatial trend for dust events appears to be controlled by geomorphic conditions,vegetation coverage,soil moisture,and the distance from dust source,dustfall 300 μm in diameter appears to have the same controlling factors as dust events,but the control decreases with increasing particle size.Wind,the driving force for dust emissions,also influenced the spatial trends in dustfall 200 μm in diameter,and especially for dustfall 50 to 100 μm in diameter.Although dustfall 300 μm in diameter and precipitation were not strongly spatially correlated,there is some evidence that high precipitation decreased deposition by restraining blowing sand.The coarser the dustfall,the weaker the correlation with wind speed;however,transport of larger particles still occurs,and further research will be required to test the possibility that this dust is entrained mainly by the small-scale dust devils that are commonly observed in the study area.     

戈壁分类体系与编目研究

建立统一的戈壁分类和编目体系,是进一步深入研究戈壁的理论基础,也是合理开发利用戈壁资源的前提。到目前为止,只有少量文献或著作提到戈壁或戈壁类型,关于戈壁编目的研究更鲜有报道。为了促进戈壁研究的规范化,本文在参照现有戈壁分类基础上,结合戈壁科学考察成果,根据戈壁的形成原因、地表物质组成与植被类型,分三级建立了戈壁分类体系,并对每一级每一类的戈壁特征进行了较为详细的阐述。在戈壁分类基础上,提出戈壁编目设想,以期为进一步深入开展戈壁研究奠定基础。     

Modern dust storms in China: an overview

This paper discusses the sources, spatial distribution, frequency and trend of dust storms in China. Most dust storms in China originate from one of three geographic areas: the Hexi (River West) Corridor and western Inner Mongolia Plateau, the Taklimakan Desert, and the central Inner Mongolia Plateau. Dust is most likely from deteriorated grasslands, Gobi, alluvial, lacustrine sediments and wadis at the outer edge of deserts. But deserts themselves contribute only slightly to the dust storm directly. Two geographic areas frequently have dust storms: one is in the western Tarim Basin, a ground surface of deteriorated land and wadi, but it only affects its neighboring areas, and the other one is in the western Inner Mongolia Plateau, a ground surface of Gobi, alluvial and lacustrine sediments, but it causes most of the dust storms in north China. Generally speaking, dust storms have reduced in most regions of China from the 1950 to 2000. Dust storms are highly correlated with human activities and climate changes.     

层次分析法在下垫面因子影响沙尘暴危险度研究中的应用

沙尘暴是一种危害严重的气象灾害,其形成依赖于大气环流和沙质地表两种不同密度的物理介质的相互作用,风力条件和下垫面的性质是影响沙尘暴强度和危害程度的两个重要因素。减轻沙尘暴危害的有效方法就是改善沙尘暴源地的下垫面状况,但这需要评估下垫面各因子在不同天气、气候背景条件下对沙尘暴发生的影响程度。从下垫面的角度出发,以内蒙古中西部地区为例,利用气象资料和实测数据,应用AHP方法对下垫面定性与定量因子进行综合分析,得出不同地区下垫面因子对沙尘暴发生作用的权重,为从下垫面角度研究沙尘暴危险度奠定基础。     

中国东部沙区表层沉积物粒度特征

通过分析中国东部沙区表层沉积物粒度特征及其与风力、植被覆盖的相关性,探讨了东部沙区现代风沙沉积环境及其区域差异性。结果显示:东部沙区各沙漠/沙地粒径级配相对一致,均以细沙、中沙为主,粒度分布整体呈单峰形态,中等分选,粒度分布和分选性均与西部沙区有较大不同。风力和植被覆盖状况的差异决定了各沙地所处的风沙环境性质和风沙活动强度不同,导致东部沙区表层沉积物粒度特征存在明显的区域差异性。其中,库布齐沙漠粒度特征与该区风蚀、搬运、堆积过程频繁交替的风沙活动方式密切关联;呼伦贝尔沙地粒度特征反映了风蚀主导的风沙环境;科尔沁沙地、浑善达克沙地,毛乌素沙地粒度特征和风沙活动方式相对复杂,与这3个沙地内部风蚀主导区和沙尘沉降主导区镶嵌分布的格局有关。东部沙区表层沉积物平均粒径和分选系数均与沙地年均风速和植被总盖度双因素之间具有显著的非线性相关性。     

基于遥感的中国北方风沙地貌类型分析

风沙地貌在我国有广泛的分布,特别在北方,对区域生态安全、社会经济发展有重大影响。为了了解我国风沙地貌最新状况,通过解译2000~2002年的Landsat7 ETM影像,建立了我国风沙地貌类型数据库。对北方风沙地貌的分析表明:1.我国北方风沙地貌主要分布在新疆、内蒙古、青海、宁夏、甘肃、陕西、吉林、黑龙江8省区,其中以新疆、内蒙古的面积最广、地貌类型最丰富;2.类型多样性上,干旱区沙漠的地貌类型远比半干旱区的沙地丰富,其中有些类型分布普遍,还有些类型仅仅局限于特定区域,是在特定的风力、风向、植被等作用下形成的;3.沙丘动态上,沙漠除古尔班通古特与乌兰布和沙漠以固定、半固定为主外其他都以流动为主,沙地沙丘则以固定、半固定状态占优势。本文从沙丘形态类型角度分析了我国风沙地貌的最新特征,具有定位、定量特点,所建数据库不仅能用于风沙地貌的定期遥感监测,还能对沙丘形态演化进行定位监测研究。     

Calibration of the MDCO dust collector and of four versions of the inverted frisbee dust deposition sampler

Wind tunnel experiments were conducted to determine the efficiency of sediment samplers designed to measure the deposition of aeolian dust. Efficiency was ascertained relative to a water surface, which was considered the best alternative for simulating a perfectly absorbent surface. Two types of samplers were studied: the Marble Dust Collector (MDCO) and the inverted frisbee sampler. Four versions of the latter catcher were tested: an empty frisbee, an empty frisbee surrounded by an aerodynamic flow deflector ring, a frisbee filled with glass marbles, and a frisbee filled with glass marbles and surrounded by a flow deflector ring. Efficiency was ascertained for five wind velocities (range: 1–5 m s^− 1) and eight grain size classes (range: 10–89 μm). The efficiency of dust deposition catchers diminishes rapidly as the wind speed increases. It also diminishes as the particles caught become coarser. Adding a flow deflector ring to a catcher substantially improves the catcher's efficiency, by up to 100% in some cases. The addition of glass marbles to a catcher, on the other hand, does not seem to increase the efficiency, at least not at wind velocities inferior to the deflation threshold. For higher velocities the marbles protect the settled particles from resuspension, keeping them in the catcher. The following five parameters determine the accumulation of aeolian dust in a catcher: the horizontal dust flux, the weight of the particles, atmospheric turbulence, resuspension, and the dust shadow effect created by the catcher. The final accumulation flux depends on the combination of these parameters. The catchers tested in this study belong to the best catchers currently in use in earth science and have been the subject of various aerodynamic studies to improve their efficiency. Nevertheless the catching efficiency remains low, in the order of 20–40% for wind speeds above 2 m s^− 1. Other catchers suffer from the same low efficiencies. There is, thus, evidence to believe that dust deposition rates published in the aeolian literature and obtained by collecting the sediment in a catcher largely underestimate the true deposition. The errors are considerable, of the order of 100% and more. A reconsideration of the literature data on aeolian dust deposition measured by catchers is, therefore, required.     

东部沙区表土有机质和速效养分与风沙环境关系初探

东部沙区表土有机质、速效养分含量普遍较低。按照库布齐沙漠、毛乌素沙地、浑善达克沙地、科尔沁沙地和呼伦贝尔沙地的次序,有机质和速效K含量逐渐增大,这种分布格局与区域风沙环境性质、风沙活动方式密切相关;各沙漠/沙地内部,表土有机质和速效K含量分别与植被盖度、颗粒平均粒径、分选系数之间存在较好的相关性。速效N和速效P含量未表现出上述变化规律。可见有机质和速效K含量对风沙环境的变化较为敏感,因而其在表土中的再分配可以在一定程度上反映局地风沙环境的变化,而速效N和速效P对风沙环境的指示意义不明显。东部沙区表土有机质、速效N及速效P含量普遍高于西部沙区,而速效K含量明显偏低。     

新疆策勒沙漠-绿洲过渡带不同下垫面地表蚀积变化特征

沙漠-绿洲过渡带天然植被具有良好的防风阻沙效益,对绿洲内部农田起到重要生态保护作用。在新疆策勒沙漠-绿洲过渡带流沙地、半固定沙地、绿洲边缘固定沙地6个不同植被覆盖度样地风蚀、风积变化观测基础上,结合地表风速数据,探讨流沙地、半固定沙地、固定沙地不同植被覆盖度和地形下地表风蚀风积变化特征及其影响因素。结果表明：流沙地表现出较强烈的地表风蚀;半固定沙地整体表现出强烈的地表风积;固定沙地上植被覆盖度越高、植株越高和排列方式越均匀、整体地势越低,单位面积风积量也就越大、风蚀量越小,风蚀主要发生在灌丛沙堆的上风向、侧翼、背风风向的裸低凹沙地表面,较高沙堆侧翼的地表风蚀量最大。植被覆盖度与单位面积风蚀量呈多项式或指数函数关系递减,植被覆盖度与单位面积风积量不呈函数分布,说明除了植被覆盖度外,植株类型、高度、排列方式、地形等都会对地表风积量产生一定影响。     

半干旱区植被风沙动力过程耦合研究: Ⅲ. 应用

 以科尔沁地区的奈曼旗为例对植被-风沙动力耦合模型进行实际应用,模拟10余年来生物量和风蚀量的分布变化,并与遥感数据进行对比。对奈曼地区1987年至2002年土壤水分补给量、生物量和风蚀量的模拟结果表明：土壤水分补给量与降水量有较明显的相关性,通常春夏土壤水分补给量较高、秋冬季较低。土壤水分补给量与降水量在空间分布上较为一致,地势低洼处比周边地区高。生物量的季节变化规律主要表现为夏季最高;秋季若雨水充足可形成一个次高峰,若降雨量较小则生物量迅速下降;冬季和初春生物量最低。生物量的空间分布格局为南部、地势低洼以及离河流较近的区域生物量较高。风蚀量的季节变化规律表现为初春季最高,夏季最低,秋季逐步上升,上升的速度视生物量情况而变化,冬季较稳定。风蚀量的空间分布格局是北部平原地区和植被覆盖较低的地区风蚀量较高。     

基于RWEQ的20世纪90年代以来内蒙古锡林郭勒盟土壤风蚀研究

土壤风蚀是中国北方地区重要的生态环境问题。锡林郭勒盟位于中国干旱、半干旱地区,是中国北方典型风蚀区,其特殊的地理位置又使得本区成为华北重要的生态屏障,为此锡林郭勒盟全区均划入了京津风沙源治理工程区。为了更好地阐明锡林郭勒盟的土壤风力侵蚀过程,指导区域的荒漠化防治,,基于气象、遥感数据,利用RWEQ模型定量分析了20 世纪90 年代以来锡林郭勒盟的土壤风蚀时空格局,揭示土壤风蚀的主要影响因素。研究表明：锡林郭勒盟多年平均土壤风蚀量为3.39 亿t。土壤风蚀强度以微度和轻度为主,主要集中在植被较好,风蚀力较低,降雨量较高,雪被覆盖地表时间较长的东、中部地区以及南部地区。侵蚀强度为中度以上的侵蚀区集中在苏尼特右旗、正镶白旗和正蓝旗的浑善达克沙地;90 年代以来,锡林郭勒盟的土壤风蚀强度总体上呈减弱趋势,主要与风场强度的减弱,植被盖度等的变化有关。土壤风蚀多发生于风蚀力较大的春季,风蚀强度较大区域的春季植被盖度与风蚀量呈显著负相关（r>0.7,p<0.01）,且近20 年植被盖度提升有效降低了该区域的土壤风蚀。