An Overview of Distribution Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms in Global Arid Areas

The ecological environment in arid areas is extremely fragile and especially sensitive to climate response. Continuous research on the climate and its impact mechanism in the arid zones is of great scientific significance for deeper understanding of the cause of climatic formation and better prediction of climate in arid regions. Some research progresses in recent decades both at home and abroad have been overviewed, including the distribution of arid areas, the causes of arid area climatic formation and arid area climate change. Studies have shown that AI index is an effective criterion for dividing arid areas. There are 8 major arid areas in the world; climatic formation in arid areas is the result of multiple factors; there are 6 kinds of influencing factors, such as Hadley Cell, land-air interaction and so on; the unlikely trend between dry and wet is obvious in arid areas, and some regions are facing more severe drought trends such as North Africa and China-Mongolia, while others show a trend of wetting such as the Midwest of the United States. At present, there are still some scientific problems to be solved urgently:The response of various arid regions to global warming is quite different, and climate prediction in these zones is both important and difficult; the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a tremendous impact on the arid area of China-Mongolia, but the models of this field are not perfect enough; there are no accepted conclusions about the causes of climatic formation in different arid regions and the causes of their different wet and dry trends. At present, it is still impossible to quantitatively distinguish the relative contributions of various influencing factors in the climate evolution of drylands and their response processes.     

西北干旱区地下水生态功能评价指标体系构建与应用

西北干旱区降水稀少、蒸发强烈,水资源紧缺,自然湖泊湿地、天然植被绿洲和土壤盐渍化程度对地下水生态水位具有强烈依赖性,因此,西北干旱区地下水生态功能评价指标体系构建成为一个重要课题.本文基于对干旱区不同类型生态状况与地下水位埋深之间关系的机制研究,构建了以浅层地下水埋藏状况为核心要素的"西北干旱区地下水生态功能评价指标体系",它由地下水对自然湿地景观维持性、天然植被绿洲维持性、农田土地质量维持性及其隶属的6项要素指标构成;在石羊河流域中、下游平原区应用结果表明,该套指标体系可为西北干旱区地下水功能评价提供参考,同时还表征石羊河流域中、下游平原区地下水生态功能脆弱,生态功能较弱和弱的分布范围占示范应用区总面积的87.86％,地下水生态功能强、较强分布范围仅占5.07％.由此可见,进一步提高西北干旱区地下水生态功能保护能力刻不容缓.     

Spatial variability of aridity oyer northern India

Spatial variability of aridity over northern India (north of 20°N) is studied by examining variations in the arid area. Area with an objectively determined summer monsoon rainfall (June to September total) of less than 500 mm is identified as arid area. The summer monsoon rainfall of 212 rain-gauges from 212 districts of the region for the period 1871–1984 are used in the analysis. An interesting feature of the arid area series is that it shows decreasing trend from beginning of the present century. The summer monsoon rainfall fluctuations over five subjectively divided zones over northern India are examined to understand the association between rainfall and the arid area variations. The rainfall series for northwest India shows a significant increasing trend and that for northeast India a significant decreasing trend from the beginning of this century. Rainfall fluctuations over the remaining zones can be considered intermediate stages of a systematic spatial change in the rainfall pattern. This suggested that the recent decreasing trend in the arid area is due to a westward shift in the monsoon rainfall activities. From correlation analyses it is inferred that perhaps the recent decreasing trend in the arid area and increasing trend in the monsoon rainfall over northwest India are associated with a warming trend of the northern hemisphere.     

干旱区凝结水研究进展

凝结水是维系干旱、半干旱地区主要食物链的水分来源之一,具有重要的生态意义。较详细地列举了目前国内外在干旱区测定凝结量及其持续时间所采用的研究方法,从凝结水的数量特征以及时间格局两方面阐述了不同地域凝结水的时空差异性,并从气象因素、凝结面的类型及其位置、周边植被对其作用等方面综合分析了影响凝结水发生的主要因素,探讨了干旱区凝结水的生态作用及其意义,展望了干旱区凝结水未来的研究趋势。提出在未来的干旱区凝结水研究中应加强与气象学、生态学等多学科的交叉,从能量平衡角度加强对凝结水量的研究;同时,改进和规范凝结水的测量方法,开展荒漠植被对凝结水的生理响应研究以及凝结水对极端干旱胁迫植物的作用研究。     

干旱区城市水系规划研究——以内蒙古乌海市为例

干旱区约占我国陆地面积的30%,区内水资源短缺,严重的制约了城市的发展,因此探讨干旱区城市水系规划对区内城市发展具有重要意义.以内蒙古鸟海市水系规划为例,对干旱区城市水系规划的内容和模式进行研究.认为干旱区城市水系规划应在协调水资源利用的同时,更注重水系的生态环境发展与景观系统规划,以实现水资源的可持续利用和水系的可持...     

甘肃干旱与半T旱地区水资源可T持续开发利用对比分析

甘肃半干旱区天然降水是主要的水资源，而干旱区的水资源来自于南部祁连山以及阿尔金山的山区降水和冰雪融水.甘肃半干旱区在小麦生长需水关键期的5～6月，降水量离差系数大，农业生产易遭旱灾.河西干旱区出山径流较稳定，为灌溉农业的稳定提供了基础.甘肃半干旱地区的水资源持续开发利用应主要拦蓄大气降水，配合开发地下水，并合理规划利用地表水，其中雨水集流工程和旱作节水农业技术的推广政策和措施是关键.干旱区的水资源持续开发利用主要应通过水价调整来引导建立节水型经济结构和推广节水技术，政策支持重点领域是水资源的合理配置并完善绿洲资源保护与水源涵养林保护的法规体系     

1470—2008年中国西北干旱地区旱涝变化特征分析

研究西北干旱地区的旱涝变化规律对于区域抗旱减灾具有重要的现实意义。建立区域综合旱涝指数模型,利用西北4省区19个站点的旱涝等级序列,建立区域综合旱涝指数序列。发现区域在1470—2008年间呈现出干旱频发的态势,且区域内的西部比东部、高海拔地区较低海拔地区更易发生干旱灾害。利用经验模态分解方法处理区域综合旱涝指数序列,发现区域综合旱涝指数变化存在2.5年、7.5年、13.1年、25.7年、77.0年和134.8年等准周期变化。且近539年来,西北干旱地区区域综合旱涝指数呈减小趋势,未来区域干旱综合强度有减轻态势。     

末次盛冰期以来中国北方干旱区演化及短尺度干旱事件

对中国北方干旱区329个古土壤和湖泊沉积物的14C年龄数据的时空分布及频数统计分析表明, 从末次盛冰期至冰消期, 我国整个干旱区受控于西风带;在全新世, 干旱区东部环境变化主要受控于东亚季风系统, 而其西部仍属西风控制区。全新世以来, 中国干旱区存在至少4次百年至千年级的干旱事件, 且干湿变化基本上与全球西风模式区的气候变化相反, 而与低纬非洲干旱区气候变化有很好的对应关系 。由于我国干旱区和非洲干旱区的干湿变化均受控于来自低纬热带海洋的夏季风的强弱, 因此　两区干旱事件的同时发生可能与低纬热带海洋的气候变化有关。同时, 本文利用14C年龄的时空分布和其它地质资料, 初步恢复了末次盛冰期和全新世最适宜期我国干旱区的沙漠分布状况。     

Comparative analysis of groundwater formation in arid and super-arid deserts (with examples from Central Asia and northeastern Arabian Peninsula)

Groundwater formation within arid and super-arid deserts is discussed through comparative analysis. Although fresh groundwater is being formed in both types of deserts, mainly from infiltrated surface runoff, in arid deserts, infiltration is currently taking place, whereas in super-arid areas, it occurred mainly in the Pleistocene pluvial epoch. Groundwater discharge conditions are also different. In arid deserts, the discharge occurs mainly through transpiration by phreatophytes, which form phyto-hydrogeological ecosystems where the dominant factor is an interaction between groundwater and vegetation, with transpiration reaching over hundreds of mm/year and the thickness of the groundwater evaporation zone extending over 10 m. Active subsurface water exchange does not favor the preservation of Pleistocene fossil groundwater. Super-arid deserts, however, have an extremely scarce vegetative cover (low, if any), physical evaporation, a thin zone of evaporation influence, and slow water outflow. Favorable conditions therefore exist for the preservation of relict low-mineralized waters. Furthermore, arid and super-arid deserts differ by types of groundwater accumulation and horizontal and vertical zonalities. In arid deserts, hydrogeological problems are connected with the anthropogenic influence upon groundwater, and with control on rational use of surface water and groundwater. In super-arid deserts, the basic problem is depletion of fossil groundwater.     

我国沙尘暴特征及其与干旱关系的研究进展

阐述了我国沙尘暴空间分布、时间演变的最新事实特征，综述了我国沙尘暴与干旱关系研究方面有代表性的新成果，在此基础上探讨了沙尘暴灾害的形成及其与干旱相互作用的物理机制。     

应用多光谱遥感信息反演干旱区浅水湖泊水深

选取位于中国北方干旱区的湖泊乌梁素海为研究区,基于2002-2004年的LandsatTM数据以及同期实测水深数据,根据水深遥感原理,通过1次,2次,3次实测水深数据与遥感影像反射率及其组合之间的相关关系,选取五变量,三变量,二变量及一变量的非对数及对数模型进行湖泊水深估值,继而通过误差分析及模型对比,最终确定出3次实测数据五变量非对数模型作为乌梁素海的最优估值模型。该模型利用多光谱组合确定水深的估值模式,克服了单光谱信息难以综合反映沉水植物、芦苇、水色及底质空间变化的困难,符合干旱区浅水湖泊的特性,结果可为干旱区其它浅水湖泊水深反演提供新的思路和参考。     

开展干旱环境动力学研究的若干问题

根据目前干旱环境研究的现状，提出了“干旱环境动力学”的概念及其科学问题提法、研究方法论和研究途径，为干旱环境动力学的建立提供了一个科学框架。干旱环境系统是地球系统的一部分，建立干旱环境动力学，应以地球系统科学的基本原理为出发点。但它应着重研究地球系统科学中十至百年时间尺度干旱环境发展规律和趋势，特别是人类活动在该时间尺度内对干旱环境的影响。为了研究干旱环境问题，自然科学领域的地理科学、生物科学、大气科学、水文和水利以及地质学等必须形态统一的观点和普适的方法论，从而形成相对独立且学科交叉的干旱环境动力学。气候动力学已相对成熟，干旱环境动力学建模可以气候动力学为基础。建模成败的关键是如何将生态过程物理化和化学化，如何建立水文子系统、生态子系统和土壤子系统的数学模型，并与气候动力学模式相互耦合。     

Early Cretaceous Paleoclimate Characteristics of China: Clues from Continental Climate-indicative Sediments

The Cretaceous was one of the most remarkable ‘greenhouse' climate periods in geological history. Most of the reported studies of the Cretaceous paleoclimate are based upon marine sedimentary records. Large spatial scale paleoclimatic reconstruction, which has a higher time resolution based upon continental sediments in China, is rarely found. This study presents paleoclimate reconstruction for the six time periods of the Early Cretaceous in China by employing continental climate-indicative sediments, including calcareous deposits, coal, oil shale, gypsum, halite, desert sedimentary systems, ferruginous deposits and laterite, copper-bearing deposits, limestone and dolomite. Based on the distribution of the association of climate-indicative sediments and the influences of paleotopography and orogenic belts(or important structural belts) on climate, seven climatic zones have been identified: 1) a warm and humid zone; 2) a warm and humid-warm and arid zone; 3) a warm and arid zone; 4) an arid and hot zone; 5) the Tibet hot and humid zone; 6) a hot and arid-semiarid zone; and 7) a hot and humid-hot and arid one. It is found that the Early Cretaceous climatic zones of China were nearly latitudinally distributed from northwest to southeast. The aridhot climatic zone expanded in the Aptian, suggesting that a hotter and drier climate prevailed in later period of the Early Cretaceous. Conversely, the humid climatic zone expanded in the Albian, indicating that a wetter climate appeared at the end of the Early Cretaceous. The overall distribution pattern of the seven climatic zones indicates that a hot-warm and arid climate was predominant in China; this coincides with a global ‘greenhouse climate' background. However, palaeogeographic features and specific geologic events, such as the existence and disappearance of the eastern high plateau, and the uplift and denudation of Yinshan, Yanshan, Tianshan, Qinling and Dabie Mountains, led to distinctive regional climatic features of the Cretaceous in China.     

内蒙古干旱区赛乌素金矿氧化带及金表生地球化学研究

该矿是内蒙古干旱草原气候区典型的含金硫化物石英脉型矿床。研究表明:自全新世以来该氧化带一直处于干旱气候控制之下;金的表生演化除具有颗粒增大、形态复杂、品位变富和成色增高外,金、银出现双峰富集且基本处同一深度;这与潮湿气候区金、银以“单峰”富集及“上金下银”规律形成鲜明对比。太阳泵是金、银“双峰”富集的主要成因;金的下部富集与较低pH环境有关;伊利石2M_1是金、银上部富集峰主要成因之一。     

干旱灾害对干旱气候变化的响应

通过分析中国北方50 a来的降水资料,结果表明:干旱气候变化的主要特征表现在20世纪90年代夏季降水量有明显的减少趋势,干旱化趋势主要发生在北方,主要包括河北、山西、山东和西北地区东部.西北地区西部降水有明显增多趋势,西北地区东部降水量持续偏少,干旱连年发生.干旱气候的产生带来了严重的干旱灾害,无论从全国或甘肃省的近50 a来干旱灾害可以看出,90年代的干旱发生最为频繁,干旱灾情最为严重,2000年是干旱最严重的一年.干旱气候变化引发干旱化趋势明显,其影响程度非常严重和深远,应重视和加强干旱气候与干旱灾害的监测预测和防御对策的研究.     

我国干旱区生态需水若干问题评述

生态需水是当前水问题研究中的一个热点问题,对于生态环境急剧恶化的我国内陆干旱区,这一研究尤为紧迫.目前生态需水尚无明确统一的定义,研究方法也因人而异.归纳了已有的生态需水的相关概念和干旱区生态需水研究的主要成果、研究方法等.从概念主体角度,区分了生态需水、环境需水、生态环境需水之间的关系,并对     

北方地区地下水系统退化的气候干旱化效应

北方气候干旱化趋势越来越强烈, 对生态环境产生了巨大影响.在分析气候干旱化研究现状基础上, 讨论了地下水系统在地球表层系统中的地位、对地球表层系统的调节作用以及对北方干旱化趋势研究的意义, 分析了地下水系统的退化对北方气候干旱化的作用.研究表明其已经产生了不可忽视的环境效应, 具体表现在地下水的过量开采使区域地下水系统退化, 导致地球浅表水、热、CO₂转换模式的改变, 造成水热失调, 加快局域气候干旱化.认为应该研究地下水系统演化规律, 揭示其时相变化对干旱化形成和发展的作用机理, 评估、预测未来地下水开发的相关环境效应, 提出防止干旱化的地下水开发调控模式, 从而为北方干旱化地区实施可持续发展提供科学依据.      

干旱区绿洲地下水位调控方法与模型研究进展

适宜的地下水位是干旱区绿洲健康稳定发展的基础。从地下水生态水位的调控机理、调控方法、调控模型和应用实践入手,综述了干旱区绿洲地下水生态水位调控的研究进展:地表水与地下水相互转化规律是干旱区绿洲地下水生态水位调控的理论基础,掌握人类活动强烈影响下的地表水与地下水的响应关系是关键;地下水的补给、排泄和开发利用是实现地下水位调控的三个主要途径,不同调控方法在作用环节、适用性及效果方面存在显著差异;基于不同的研究重点,目前形成了以水资源配置、水循环过程和生态过程为核心的三类调控模型;建议继续深化强人类活动影响下干旱区绿洲生态水文响应机理与演变规律研究,构建基于调控措施-循环转化-响应反馈的地下水生态水位调控体系。     

干旱区陆面过程和大气边界层研究进展

干旱区陆面过程和大气边界层不仅与气候、生态、水资源密切相关,而且影响我国气候格局和东亚大气环流,是一个十分重要的研究领域,近20多年已取得了比较系统的研究进展.从干旱区陆面热力和水分过程特征、干旱区大气边界层结构特征、干旱区陆面过程参数及其参数化公式、非均匀下垫面大气边界层理论、干旱城市大气边界层特征与污染机理等方面归纳总结了干旱区陆面过程和大气边界层领域取得的部分研究进展.并且,认为科学试验的代表性、复杂下垫面的影响、尺度转化、地表能量不平衡、极端天气过程的相互作用、水分过程的复杂性等问题是干旱区陆面过程和大气边界层研究领域的突出问题和未来研究重点.     

同位素技术在寒旱区水科学中的应用进展

近20a来,同位素技术作为一种新技术在寒区旱区水科学研究中得到越来越广泛的应用.中国学者在大气降水稳定同位素,干旱区地下水起源,盐湖中氯、硼、锂等同位素的应用研究中取得了较大进展,在寒区旱区同位素剖面的建立和古地理、古环境演化信息的提取上得到了一系列重要的成果,还对蒸发过程的同位素分馏理论进行了探索和发展.随着科技的发展和同位素应用水平的提高,同位素技术还将在寒区旱区水科学中取得更大进展.