Numerical study on salinity stratification in the Pamlico River Estuary

The variations of current circulation, salt intrusion, and vertical stratification under different river flow and wind conditions in the Pamlico River Estuary (PRE) were investigated in this paper using a three-dimensional numerical model. The model was calibrated and verified against water level variation, temperature, and salinity variations during 2003 and 2001, respectively. Eight sensitivity tests were conducted with different river flow and wind conditions specified in the model. Model results show that salinity intruded further upstream under scenarios with low flow, downriver local wind, and remote-wind-caused water level set-up conditions. In contrast, the responses of salinity stratification to different environmental forcing functions were different in different portions of the estuary. Salinity stratification was enhanced under high flow condition at the lower part of the estuary, under upriver wind near the river mouth, under downriver wind at the upstream to middle portion of the estuary, and under remote-wind-caused water level set-up condition at the majority of the estuary except near the river mouth. Model results also show that across-channel wind tended to reduce salt intrusion and salinity stratification in the PRE through increased vertical mixing.     

Wind impact on pollutant transport in a shallow estuary

A three-dimensional numerical model, EFDC （ environmental fluid dynamics code） is applied to the Pamlico River Estuary （PRE） in eastern North Carolina of the United States to examine the wind impact on pollutant age distributions and residence time. A series of model experiments representing base case, remote-wind-induced water level set-up and local winds cases are conducted. Model results indicate that the pollutant mean age and the system residence time are functions of gravitational circulation in the PRE. The system responses to remote-wind-induced water level set-up are different in different portions of the PRE. Under such condition, dissolved substances in the upstream portion of the PRE have a younger age and shorter residence time （compared with the base case） , by contrast, they have a older age and longer residence time in the downstream portion of the PRE. Upriver and downriver local winds appear to have opposite impacts on pollutant age distributions. The substances are retained much longer within the PRE under upriver wind than those under downriver wind. The model results also suggest that across - river winds may lead to longer residence time through enhanced turbulence mixing, which slows down the gravitational circulation in the PRE.     

Sources of sediment to the Neuse River estuary, North Carolina

The Neuse River estuary is part of the large Albemarle/Pamlico estuarine/lagoonal system (APES) of North Carolina. Exchange between the APES and the open ocean is restricted to inlets in the Outer Banks barrier islands. Freshwater discharge of the Neuse River is low in relation to the size of its estuary, so that the estuary is normally brackish over most of the area which accumulates fine-grained sediments. Mud (silt + clay) accumulation rates are low ( 6 mm year⁻¹).From the mud distribution and the dynamics of suspended sediment in the estuary it has been inferred that the Neuse retains fines efficiently, with probable episodic (high discharge) losses seaward, to Pamlico Sound.As part of a study of particle transport, deposition, and accumulation in the Neuse estuary, we have collected radiochemical data (10 cores) and chemical data (seven cores) on sediment cores from the main channel of the estuary between New Bern, North Carolina and the estuary mouth. K/Al increases in the lower estuary, consistent with earlier reports of increasing illite in the clay fraction. Landward transport of sediment from Pamlico Sound is the most plausible explanation for the increasing K/Al (illite). A marine sediment source may, therefore, be important for the lower estuary.The distribution of sediment inventories (quantities per cm² of sediment column) of particle-reactive radionuclides is consistent with the hypothesis of landward sediment transport. Inventories of excess ²¹⁰Pb, ¹³⁷Cs, and ^239,240Pu are coherent through the estuary and show the effects of particle redistribution processes on regionally uniform inputs. To obtain excess (anthropogenic) Zn and Cu, we use metal/Al normalization to estimate natural backgrounds. Anthropogenic metal inputs are concentrated at the head of the estuary, and sediment inventories of excess Zn and Cu generally decrease seaward. Normalization of the excess Zn and excess Cu inventories to excess ²¹⁰Pb inventories corrects the raw metal inventories for effects of lithology and sediment redistribution. The normalized excess Zn inventory decreases smoothly seaward, while the normalized excess Cu inventory shows an unexplained mid-estuary maximum. Low normalized inventories of anthropogenic metals at the estuary mouth indicate that little modern riverine sediment is stored there.Increasing K/Al (illite) and decreasing anthropogenic Zn and Cu in the lower estuary are thus both consistent with a predominantly marine sediment source. We conclude that landward transport of muds from Pamlico Sound has contributed significantly to the sediment balance of the lower Neuse estuary.     

珠江口及其以东近海海域表层海水中三氟乙酸的初步研究

采用衍生化处理和气相色谱-质谱联用分析方法, 测定了珠江口及其以东近海海域表层海水中的三氟乙酸(Trifluoroacetic acid, TFA)含量。珠江口及其以东近岸的红海湾和大亚湾海区TFA浓度范围分别为113—170ng.L–1和202—336ng.L–1。红海湾内海水中TFA的平均水平(279ng.L–1)明显高于外海海水(210ng.L–1), 说明港湾内或其周边地区可能有TFA的点源输入。此外, 外海海水中TFA平均浓度比珠江口高69.1ng.L–1, 表明这种亲水性强、稳定性高的化合物除了已知的人为来源外, 可能还存在未知的人为源或自然源, 使得海洋作为其最终的汇浓度不断累积。     

Satellite-measured temporal and spatial variability of the Tokachi River plume

River plumes have important effects on marine ecosystems. Variation in the extent and dispersal of river plumes is often associated with river discharge, wind characteristics and ocean circulation. The objectives of this study were to identify the Tokachi River plume by satellite, determine its relationship with river discharge and clarify its temporal and spatial dynamics. SeaWiFS multispectral satellite data (normalized water-leaving radiance: nL_w) with 1.1 km spatial resolution were used to determine the spatial and temporal variability of the plume during 1998–2002. Supervised maximum likelihood classification using six channels of nL_w at 412, 443, 490, 510, 555 and 670 nm with each band's spectral signature statistic was used to define classes of surface water and to estimate the plume area. Supervised maximum likelihood classification separated three to four classes of coastal water based on optical characteristics as a result of wind stress events. The satellite-observed plume area was correlated with the amount of river discharge from April to October. The plume distribution patterns were influenced by wind direction and magnitude, the occurrences of a near-shore eddy field and surface currents. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) was used to express the spatial and temporal variability of the plume using anomalies of nL_w(555) monthly averaged images. The first mode (44% of variance) showed the turbid plume distribution resulting from re-suspension by strong wind mixing along the coast during winter. This mode also showed the plume was distributed along-shelf direction in spring to early autumn. The second mode (17% of variance) showed spring pattern across-shelf direction. EOF analysis also explained the interannual variability of the plume signature, which might have been affected by the flow of the Oyashio Current and the occurrence of a near-shore eddy field.     

Longitudinal and depth variation of bacterioplankton productivity and related factors in a temperate estuary

Bacterioplankton productivity (BP) spatial variation was investigated in relation to potential resources, including primary productivity and dissolved organic matter, in the micro-tidal Neuse River–Pamlico Sound estuarine system, North Carolina, USA. Estuarine BP was predicted to correlate with the trophic gradient, decreasing along the salinity gradient in parallel with the decrease in organic matter and primary productivity. This prediction was tested over four years at spatial scales ranging from kilometers to meters along the riverine axis and with depth. The general pattern of BP across the salinity gradient was unimodal and matched the phytoplankton patterns in peak location and variability. Peak locations varied with discharge, especially in 2003 when above average discharge moved peaks downstream. Spatial coherence of BP with other variables was much less at short time scales. The effect of temperature, nutrients, and phytoplankton on BP varied by location, especially fresh versus brackish stations, although only temperature explained more than 20% of the BP variation. Depth variation of BP was as great as longitudinal variation and bottom samples were often higher than surface. BP was strongly correlated with particulate organic carbon at the pycnocline and bottom, highlighting the importance of particulate matter as a resource. Station-averaged BP and phytoplankton data corresponded well with two published meta-analyses, although the offset of the freshwater station suggested longitudinal differences in community composition or resource availability.     

基于遥感技术对黄河口水色与岸线季相变化特征研究

使用Landsat-5 TM 2004年11月24日与2005年5月13日黄河口遥感影像,配合准同期外业实测资料,进行黄河口水体水色物质叶绿素a与悬浮泥沙的动态反演与河口岸线解译.研究表明由于秋末与春初黄河上游来水物质含量的差异,上述悬浮指标值存在显著的季相差异.根据样值与光谱特征建立的反演模型得出的反演值与实测值有平均在0.85以上的相关关系,具有很好的反演效果.岸线解译成果表明,黄河口岸线演变迅速,在河流平枯水量时期仍然具有较强的变化,岸线推进尤以新河口附近显著.这表明,使用遥感手段是进行河口生态环境质量监测的有效手段,是进行岸线动态变化研究的一种基本技术支撑手段.     

基于EOF法的长江口高潮位时空变化特征研究——长时间序列的高潮位EOF分析

根据长江口6个主要潮位站1993-2008年潮位资料,通过经验正交函数分析法(EOF法)分析了长时间序列和三峡工程前后月平均高潮位变化规律以及2000年的日高潮位变化规律,并探究其影响因素。结果表明:EOF分析前三个主成分贡献率为98.19%,可以反映潮位变化的主要过程。EOF1的影响因子是径流量,在空间上均为正值,呈上游至下游递减趋势,时间系数呈季节性变化;EOF2的影响因子是月平均海平面变化,在空间上有明显的分布差异,时间系数总体有上升趋势。三峡工程前后影响因子的作用有一定变化,径流量的影响增强,海平面减小。徐六泾以上河段的潮位站受径流丰枯影响,徐六泾以下高潮位受平均海平面控制更大。     

中国大陆海岸线近30 a的时空变化分析

基于遥感和地理信息系统的方法与技术,以1980、1990、2000和2010年4个时期为特征年,对近30年来我国大陆海岸线时空变化特征进行了分析研究。结果显示:（1）海岸类型转化显著,人工岸线所占比例由1980年的24.6%上升到2010年的56.1%;（2）海岸线变化呈现显著区域特征,变化较剧烈的区域集中在珠江口岸段、长江口-杭州湾岸段、海州湾-吕四段、滦河口-潍河口段及辽河口-葫芦岛港段;（3）3个时期相比,海岸开发由早期的围垦养殖向后期的城镇建设和海洋运输开发方式转变,并且这种转换方式在南方早于北方。     

珠江口近海海域海浪预报方法研究

根据珠江口近海海域的风区和水深等特点,将该海域划分为4个区域,结合港口规范方法、SMB 方法、适用于深浅水的风浪要素计算方法、原苏联预报模式以及莆田海堤试验站方法等 5 种风浪经验预报模式,对该海域 2004～2005 年的风浪进行后报、检验和订正,总结出对应不同区域最适合的风浪预报方法.     

风影响夏季长江冲淡水扩展的数值模拟研究

基于EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code)数值模式建立了长江口及其邻近海域的三维水动力学模型,用于研究风对夏季长江冲淡水扩展的影响。基于实测资料的验证结果表明,模型能够比较真实的反映潮汐、海流、温度和盐度的变化过程。敏感性试验的结果显示,风对夏季长江冲淡水的扩展有着非常显著的影响。在Ekman输送的作用下,长江冲淡水将向风向的右侧扩展。5 m/s风速下,东风、东南风、南风和西南风4个风向下的冲淡水明显向外海扩展,而西风、西北风、北风和东北风下的冲淡水都被限制在近岸水域。Ekman输送的强度随风速增强而增强,冲淡水向风向右侧的扩展也越来越明显。舌轴区因为层结明显,湍流活动相对较弱,对风能量的耗散相对较小,所以相同的风速增量对舌轴区表层水的加速作用最强,这导致更多的淡水经由舌轴区输送,使得淡水舌宽度随风速的增加而变窄。对长江口海域表面风的气候统计分析表明,上述数值试验结果能够很好的解释气候态下长江冲淡水扩展方向与表面风变化的关系。     

大洋河河口海域有色溶解性有机物的光学特性及遥感反演模型

有色溶解性有机物(CDOM)在河口混合过程中近似呈保守行为,可作为水团运动的示踪剂.基于2009年5月6日大洋河河口海域水体调查的实测数据,对该区域CDOM光学特性及遥感反演模型进行了研究,结果表明:研究区域CDOM主要来自河流输入,成分相对较稳定,属于典型的近岸二类水体区域;波长275～295 nm的光谱斜率和波长4...     

长江河口悬浮泥沙向浙闽沿岸输运近期变化的遥感分析

利用2000~2015年Terra-MODIS(terra-moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer,中等分辨率成像光谱仪)数据和2014年洪枯季现场数据建立泥沙反演模型,分析入长江河口泥沙大幅减少后河口表层悬沙向浙闽沿岸输运的时空变化和扩散形态。结果表明:(1)利用MODIS数据的二次型模型能够揭示长江口及邻近海域悬沙分布及输运特征,入海输运的长江口悬浮泥沙是浙闽沿岸连续悬浮泥沙带存在的物源;(2)受季风和沿岸流动力驱动,长江口悬沙向浙闽沿岸输运具有明显的季节性:春季,悬浮泥沙从长江口向浙闽沿岸呈条带状输运,春夏之交,南下的悬沙至温岭近岸海域出现中断现象;夏季,长江口大量悬沙滞留在长江口杭州湾近岸,仅有少量悬沙向南输运,泥沙带中断;秋季,10月下旬—11月中旬逐渐形成连续的近岸泥沙带;历冬至春,循环复始;(3)受近年来长江流域进入河口的泥沙减少影响,浙闽沿岸秋冬季连续的输沙带在春季提前断开,在秋季有推迟恢复的现象。本研究对于探究浙闽沿岸泥沙减少新格局,分析近海生态环境新变化具有重要意义。     

海河口近岸海域2005-2010年间水环境变化分析

通过分析海河口及其邻近海域2005-2010年进行的多次环境现场调查资料,同时结合历史数据进行对比分析,结果表明:(1)河口水体中COD、BOD5、氨氮是突出污染因子,海河口水体污染程度整体呈现先降低再升高的趋势而大沽排污河河口区域水质状况相对更差整体仍然呈现进一步恶化态势;邻近海域水体中无机氮为最主要污染物,而其中硝酸盐是无机氮中最主要组成部分,不过亚硝酸盐所占比例正在逐年升高,说明区域水体氧化还原环境潜在变化正在发生;(2)丰水期陆源大量无机氮输入使得区域水体大部分时间超该区域功能区划要求的Ⅳ类海水水质标准;不过底质沉积物环境相对比较稳定,各监测项目全部符合一类海洋沉积物质量标准要求;(3)与1983年历史监测数据相比,海河口邻近海域活性磷酸盐、无机氮含量增速迅猛,丰水期时最高增幅活性磷酸盐和无机氮分别高达了2430%和5919%;整体看来同一时期水质和底质环境有缓和趋势,但潜在威胁仍然严重;最后,在认真分析对海河口及其邻近海域造成污染的各污染源基础上,进一步提出了有针对性的对策建议。     

2006年夏季珠江冲淡水驱动的上升流

根据珠江口及其附近海域2006年夏季（7-8月）航次水文调查资料，发现调查期间，除了西南季风驱动下的冲淡水东向扩散外，粤西珠江口外冲淡水主要呈西向扩散趋势，并且西向扩散的冲淡水下存在上升流。已有的模型研究中，西南季风下珠江口外没有出现上升流，说明西南季风不是珠江口外上升流产生的主导因素。观测的温盐分布、潜标流速时间序列与走航ADCP流态表明，上升流产生的原因是:（1）口门外冲淡水南向扩展驱动了垂向重力环流；（2）密度跃层以下东北向沿岸流的底边界层Ekman效应；（3）口门外冲淡水团之间的气旋型中尺度涡旋作用。     

夏季闽江口和椒江口浮游动物群落结构的比较

根据2008年9月在闽江口水域和2010年8月在椒江口水域的调查资料,对两个河口浮游动物的种类组成、生态类群、优势种和生态适应差异进行分析比较,探讨夏季闽江口海域和椒江口海域浮游动物群落结构的区别及其组成受水团变化的影响。研究结果表明:夏季,椒江口受上升流的影响出现13个暖温带种,导致椒江口(44)水域浮游动物种类数要大于闽江口(36);闽江口海域夏季主要受到台湾暖流的影响,6个优势种全部为亚热带种,椒江口有7个优势种,包括4个亚热带种和3个暖温带种;从适温性上看,闽江口和椒江口均主要以亚热带种为主,椒江口由于上升流的原因出现较多数量的暖温带种,从适盐性上看,椒江口主要以近海种为主,闽江口主要以外海种为主,这是闽江口和椒江口浮游动物生态类群的主要差异;闽江口浮游动物群落结构主要受到台湾暖流和沿岸流的影响,而椒江口主要受到浙江近海上升流和沿岸流的影响,通过对两个河口群落结构的比较和生态适应差异的分析,表明水团是各自浮游动物群落结构的形成过程中的一个重要因素。     

长江口及邻近海域溢油实时预测研究

使用国际上最新发展起来的基于半隐式有限元法的SELFE模型,建立了1个采用非结构网格系统的三维风海流、潮流和斜压流耦合的长江口及邻近海域水动力模型.利用欧拉-拉格朗日和随机走动理论,在三维水动力模型的基础上研发了考虑溢油蒸发过程和波浪效应的三维溢油粒子扩散模型,结合实时预报的风场和相应的海浪场数据,形成了1个适用于本区...     

基于GOCI影像的长江口及其邻近海域CDOM遥感反演及其日内变化研究

采用静止轨道海洋水色卫星（GOCI）数据对长江口及其邻近海域有色溶解有机物（CDOM）反演。以QAA-CDOM算法为基础,根据实测数据,利用BP神经网络模型来拟合QAA-CDOM算法中需要针对长江口水体进行优化的悬浮颗粒后向散射系数b_bp与吸收系数a_p的关系,从而准确估算CDOM的浓度。结果表明,反演结果准确度较高,平均相对误差为0.35。基于GOCI日内连续成像的优势,选取2014年3月15日8景GOCI影像,利用优化后的QAA-CDOM-BP算法,对长江口及其邻近海域CDOM的日内变化进行反演和分析,得到的变化规律如下:长江口及其邻近海域的CDOM日变化主要受潮流、长江径流等共同影响。长江口内CDOM浓度在涨潮期高于退潮期,由于受长江冲淡水的作用,CDOM从口外往外海区呈现逐渐递减趋势。     

Delft3D在天文潮与风暴潮耦合数值模拟中的应用

本文应用Delft-3D水动力学计算软件,以长江口地区为例建立的台风风暴潮、天文潮耦合数值预报模型,对台风风暴潮、天文潮两潮耦合预报模式进行探研和分析。该模式不同于以往的单纯台风增水模型与天文潮叠加的风暴潮模式,而是在计算中直接对天文潮和台风风暴潮进行两潮耦合,有效地消除了近岸地区潮波与增水之间叠加的非线性影响。通过模拟台风8114和7708过境对长江口的影响,并与实测数据比较,预报结果和实测水位过程的对比说明,台风风暴潮耦合数值预报模式对增水和高潮的过程预报是准确的,两者在高水位时同步且相差甚微。     

基于GOCI静止水色卫星数据的长江口及邻近海域Kd(490)遥感反演及其在机载激光测深预评估中的应用

长江口水下三角洲地形地貌对于长江口航道安全、生态环境、海岸带工程等均具有重要意义,本次研究拟采用世界上第一颗静止水色卫星GOCI(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager)开展长江口Kd(490)的季节和潮汐变化规律研究,以期为采用机载激光测深提供预评估信息。研究得到结论如下:长江口及邻近海域水体为典型的二类水体,悬浮泥沙含量最高可由杭州湾内几千mg/L迅速降低至10 mg/L以下,因此,分段式的漫衰减系数反演算法适用于研究区域;Kd(490)反演结果表明长江口及邻近海域的Kd(490)值的季节变化特征表现为冬高夏低,春秋居中,长江冲淡水流量和季风是影响其季节变化的主要因素,而在一个潮周期内,Kd(490)值总体表现为低潮期低于高潮期,悬浮泥沙浓度和潮水的潮位是长江口及邻近海域的Kd(490)值的重要影响因素;研究指出,长江口及杭州湾内激光可探测深度约在5~22 m范围内,夏季退潮低潮位最适合激光雷达观测。由此可见,GOCI 8景/d,1景/h的分辨率可以实现Kd(490)的动态变化监控,而且可以实现在相同潮位下更为合理地描述Kd(490)值的季节变化,为机载激光雷达探测的进一步开展提供了技术支持。