西风带与季风对中国西北地区的水汽输送

利用美国国家环境保护委员会/国家大气研究中心(NCEP/NCAR)再分析气候资料,分析了西风带与季风对我国西北地区水汽输送的作用。分析表明,大气水汽输送在西北地区的3个分区特征非常明显:高原切变线以南,主要是来自西南季风的水汽输送;高原切变线以北,主要是来自西风带的水汽输送;高原切变线向东北方向的延长部位是一鞍型区,为西风带与西南季风的共同影响区。青藏高原东部的西南季风气流有绕行和向北翻越青藏高原的水汽输送;而在青藏高原中西部地区,主要是由青藏高原周边向主体的水汽输送,没有明显的翻越青藏高原的水汽输送。在青藏高原以北的大部分地区以对流层中层的水汽输送为主;在青藏高原南部以低层水汽输送为主。在青藏高原以北的大部分地区,水汽输送为辐散,即输入的水汽又被扩散出去了;在青藏高原主体和我国西北地区东部为水汽输送的辐合区。西风带的水汽输送为我国西北大部分地区提供了基本的水汽来源,西风变化对其水汽输送通量散度年际变化有直接的作用;南亚夏季风通过西南季风气流水汽输送直接影响我国西北地区南部和东部,并且,其变化通过环流结构调整影响西风带的波动,进而影响西风带对西北地区的水汽输送。     

西风与季风扰动对黑河流域降水影响的数值模拟

利用中尺度天气模式WRF V2.2进行了两组风场的敏感性试验,分别模拟了西风与季风变化对黑河流域降水的影响.通过对大气环流、水汽输送、水汽辐合以及垂直上升运动的分析得出以下结论:西风与季风对黑河流域降水的影响方式不同,西风带直接作用于黑河流域,影响其降水,而季风则是通过对西风的调整间接影响黑河流域降水;西风与季风变化对黑河流域降水的影响范围不同,西风增强后,黑河流域南部山区降水落区西移,降水增加,最大值中心偏西北;季风增强后,黑河流域南部山区降水落区向东南移,降水增加,最大值中心偏东南.与其它量相比,黑河流域降水与垂直速度的对应关系最好.     

东亚干旱半干旱区水汽来源研究进展

气候增暖背景下,东亚干旱半干旱区降水发生了显著变化,水汽输送变化对该区域降水异常具有重要作用。回顾和梳理了近年来关于东亚干旱半干旱区的水汽来源的研究,重点关注外部水汽输送来源、季节差异以及局地蒸散发变化,讨论并展望了未来研究方向。现有研究表明,来自孟加拉湾—印度洋、南海、西太平洋和欧亚大陆陆地蒸散发的水汽分别通过南亚季风、南海季风、副热带季风和中纬度西风带传输至东亚干旱半干旱区,夏季以来自南海和西太平洋的水汽占主导,冬季基本取决于西风所携带的水汽含量。1979年以来,东亚干旱半干旱区年降水再循环率均呈现增加趋势,季节尺度夏季的再循环率高于冬季。未来主导东亚干旱半干旱区水汽输送特别是夏季水汽输送进而影响降水的源地以及路径需要进一步验证,量化外部输入水汽和内部蒸散发水汽相对贡献的研究或将成为未来研究热点,全球变暖背景下降水水汽来源变化仍需进行更为深入的研究探讨。     

水汽输送对雅鲁藏布江流域降水中稳定同位素的影响

利用NCEP/NCAR全球大气再分析格点资料和2005年西藏雅鲁藏布江流域4个站点（拉孜、奴各沙、羊村和奴下）降水中δ18O数据，分析了雅鲁藏布江流域降水中δ18O变化同水汽输送通量的关系。从空间上来看，雅鲁藏布江流域降水中δ18O同水汽输送通量呈明显的正相关，从下游至上游，随着水汽输送通量的减少，降水中的δ18O逐渐降低；从时间上来看，春季水汽通量较小，降水中的δ18O较高，而在夏季，水汽通量大，降水中的δ18O较低。在此基础上，又利用NCEP/NCAR气象数据建立水汽追踪模型，以羊村站为例对雅鲁藏布江流域降水的水汽输送过程进行了追踪模拟，并讨论了降水中δ18O变化同水汽源地以及输送过程的关系。结果发现，在季风降水之前的春季，降水中较高的δ18O主要受西风带水汽输送以及当地蒸发水汽的影响；在季风期间，降水中较低的δ18O主要受来自印度洋暖湿水汽输送的影响。      

中国西北地区水汽的平流输送和辐合输送

分析了中国西北地区上空的水汽汇聚过程———平流输送与辐合输送,为西北地区降水过程数值模拟的参数化提供依据.分析表明:中国西北大部分地区为负的水汽平流输送,从上风方向得到的水汽输入小于水汽输出,是水汽的净流失区;中国西北地区中部为大范围负的水汽辐合输送,当地的水汽由风场向外扩散,加剧了当地的水分流失,是水汽扩散区;在水汽净输送的年际变化中,中国西北地区小于华北地区,平流输送呈上升趋势,辐合输送下降,平流的相对贡献在增加;在与大气环流系统的关系中,中国西北地区水汽的平流输送主要受西风带影响,辐合输送与南亚夏季风有显著相关.变化趋势表明西风的作用在加强.     

兰州市降水同位素变化特征及影响因素

利用2018年4月至2021年4月在兰州市4个站点收集到的349个降水事件样品,对兰州市降水同位素的变化特征和影响因素进行了研究。结果表明：兰州市降水同位素表现出夏季高冬季低的季节变化特征,并且夏半年降水同位素的空间变异性比冬半年显著。兰州市的大气降水线为δ²H=7.34δ¹⁸O+7.28（R²=0.96,P<0.01）,反映了兰州较为干旱的气候特点。在影响因素方面,兰州市降水同位素表现出温度效应。后向轨迹表明,兰州市夏半年降水受到季风水汽和西风带水汽的影响,冬半年降水主要来自于西风带水汽的输送;利用潜在源贡献因子（PSCF）分析法和浓度权重轨迹（CWT）分析法发现,潜在蒸发源区在夏半年主要分布在兰州东部区域,而冬半年几乎不存在潜在蒸发源区。此外,在夏半年,降水事件前几天的对流活动会对降水同位素产生综合影响,累积时间与对流活动的强度及频率有关,在季风初期和末期累积时间较长,季风强盛期较短;在冬半年,降水事件前几天的温度会对降水同位素产生综合影响,累积时间受到冷空气南下频率的影响。以上认识将为季风边缘区水循环过程的研究提供新的视角。     

1961—2019年青藏高原中东部夏季强降水与大尺度环流的关系

采用一元线性回归、合成分析等方法对1961—2019年青藏高原中东部71个站点夏季强降水与大尺度环流进行了分析,研究结果表明,近年来青藏高原中东部强降水呈增加趋势。在强降水高值年时,青藏高原中东部水汽辐合加强,中纬度西风和热带地区东风带向极移动加强,高层辐散流场、水汽输送以及上升运动条件,共同作用导致了强降水的产生。在强降水低值年时,青藏高原中东部大部水汽异常辐散,区域内的季风水汽输送减弱,西风带和东风带均向赤道移动减弱,高层为气旋式环流异常。通过风暴轴、波作用通量和E-P通量进一步分析发现,当北大西洋地区风暴轴偏强（偏弱）时,瞬变扰动作用加强（减弱）,使得北大西洋地区高纬度西风加速（减弱）,急流出口区的不稳定能量激发了欧洲西北部的异常反气旋（异常气旋）,并通过Rossby波列调控季风输送,导致了青藏高原中东部地区强降水的变化。     

祁连山地区大气水循环研究(Ⅰ):空中水汽输送年际变化分析

通过与探空站资料比较,在分析NCEP I、NCEP II和ECMWF再分析资料整层相对湿度变化趋势和显著性水平的基础上,应用NCEP I再分析资料和1960-2010年气象台站观测资料,研究了祁连山地区过去51 a来空中水汽输送变化特征,分析了水汽输送发生变化的原因,并探讨了该地区夏季降水与东亚季风、南亚季风、南海季风、西风带和副热带高压等季风指数之间的关系.结果表明:祁连山地区的空中整层水汽含量在1960年代下降趋势明显,之后近40多年基本保持稳定,总体表现为下降趋势.水汽净收支整体表现为明显的下降趋势,说明过境水汽留在祁连山地区的数量在减少.其中,经向水汽整体表现为北风输送,为"+"值,对水汽净收支的贡献为"正",呈下降趋势;纬向水汽整体表现为西风输送,为"-"值,说明对水汽净收支的贡献为"负",表现出的下降趋势说明纬向流失的水汽在减少.进一步分析显示,祁连山地区水汽净收支减少的直接原因是由风速减小导致流入本区域的水汽输送量减少引起的.地表到300 hPa平均风速显示,纬向风速率1990年代比1960年代减小了13.2%,经向风速率1990年代比1960年代减小了10.5%.夏季降水量与各季风指数的相关性表明,祁连山西部、中部和东部降水均未与各季风指数有较好的相关关系,该地区特殊的地形作用和环流条件及该研究关注的季节和时间尺度是产生这一结论的主要原因.     

青藏高原春季地表感热加热特征及其对黄河源区 汛期降水的影响

利用NCEP再分析资料分析1961～2017年青藏高原春季表面感热和黄河源区汛期降水的时空变化和相应的环流场异常,并对二者的可能联系进行讨论。结果表明:春季高原中东部表面感热年代际震荡明显。当春季高原感热异常偏强(弱)时,索马里越赤道气流异常偏强(弱),印度夏季风偏强(弱),对流层中层的"南冷北暖"温度梯度异常偏强(弱);黄河源区汛期降水年际变化主要表现为全区一致型,降水异常偏多(少)年,高原季风低压偏强(弱),经向水汽输送偏强(弱),新地岛南部的高度场偏低(高),亚洲区域极涡强度偏强(弱)。印度夏季风是春季高原表面感热与黄河源区汛期降水之间的联系纽带。     

西北地区大气水汽的区域分布特征及其变化

对西北地区大气水汽的区域分布及变化特征进行了分析.结果表明:受不同气候系统影响的西北地区可划分为西风带、高原区与东亚季风等3个气候影响区,水汽沿西北、西方与西南3条路径输送到西北地区;东亚季风区是西北大气可降水量和水汽通量的最丰富区,西风带区是次之,高原区最少.平均状况下,高原区的边坡、东亚季风区、天山及祁连山等西北地区降水最大和次大中心维持水汽的辐合状态.西风带区在1978年以前净水汽通量呈“亏损”状态,之后维持“盈余”;高原区净水汽通量一直为“亏损”状态;东亚季风区90年代以前净水汽通呈“盈余”状况,其后基本维持平衡,且数值远大于其它区.西风带区降水和大气水汽在变化过程中均有突变发生,时间分别为1990年和1985年,其它两区没有突变现象发生.     

IFKIS-Hydro: an early warning and information system for floods and debris flows

IFKIS-Hydro is an information and warning system for hydrological hazards in small- and medium-scale catchments. The system collects data such as weather forecasts, precipitation measurements, water level gauges, discharge simulations and local observations of event-specific phenomena. In addition, IFKIS-Hydro incorporates a web-based information platform, which serves as a central hub for the submission and overview of data. Special emphasis is given to local information. This is accomplished particularly by human observers. In medium-scale catchments, discharge forecast models have an increasing importance in providing valuable information. IFKIS-Hydro was developed in several test regions in Switzerland and the first results of its application are available now. The system is constantly extended to additional regions and may become the standard for warning systems in smaller catchments in Switzerland.     

Rainfall threshold determination for flash flood warning in mountainous catchments with consideration of antecedent soil moisture and rainfall pattern

Flash flood disaster is a prominent issue threatening public safety and social development throughout the world, especially in mountainous regions. Rainfall threshold is a widely accepted alternative to hydrological forecasting for flash flood warning due to the short response time and limited observations of flash flood events. However, determination of rainfall threshold is still very complicated due to multiple impact factors, particular for antecedent soil moisture and rainfall patterns. In this study, hydrological simulation approach (i.e., China Flash Flood-Hydrological Modeling System: CNFF-HMS) was adopted to capture the flash flood processes. Multiple scenarios were further designed with consideration of antecedent soil moisture and rainfall temporal patterns to determine the possible assemble of rainfall thresholds by driving the CNFF-HMS. Moreover, their effects on rainfall thresholds were investigated. Three mountainous catchments (Zhong, Balisi and Yu villages) in southern China were selected for case study. Results showed that the model performance of CNFF-HMS was very satisfactory for flash flood simulations in all these catchments, especially for multimodal flood events. Specifically, the relative errors of runoff and peak flow were within?±?20%, the error of time to peak flow was within?±?2 h and the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency was greater than 0.90 for over 90% of the flash flood events. The rainfall thresholds varied between 93 and 334 mm at Zhong village, between 77 and 246 mm at Balisi village and between 111 and 420 mm at Yu village. Both antecedent soil moistures and rainfall temporal pattern significantly affected the variations of rainfall threshold. Rainfall threshold decreased by 8–38 and 0–42% as soil saturation increased from 0.20 to 0.50 and from 0.20 to 0.80, respectively. The effect of rainfall threshold was the minimum for the decreasing hyetograph (advanced pattern) and the maximum for the increasing hyetograph (delayed pattern), while it was similar for the design hyetograph and triangular hyetograph (intermediate patterns). Moreover, rainfall thresholds with short time spans were more suitable for early flood warning, especially in small rural catchments with humid climatic characteristics. This study was expected to provide insights into flash flood disaster forecasting and early warning in mountainous regions, and scientific references for the implementation of flash flood disaster prevention in China.     

Catchments as reactors: a comprehensive approach for water fluxes and solute turnover

Sustainable water quality management requires a profound understanding of water fluxes (precipitation, run-off, recharge, etc.) and solute turnover such as retention, reaction, transformation, etc. at the catchment or landscape scale. The Water and Earth System Science competence cluster (WESS, http://www.wess.info/) aims at a holistic analysis of the water cycle coupled to reactive solute transport, including soil–plant–atmosphere and groundwater–surface water interactions. To facilitate exploring the impact of land-use and climate changes on water cycling and water quality, special emphasis is placed on feedbacks between the atmosphere, the land surface, and the subsurface. A major challenge lies in bridging the scales in monitoring and modeling of surface/subsurface versus atmospheric processes. The field work follows the approach of contrasting catchments, i.e. neighboring watersheds with different land use or similar watersheds with different climate. This paper introduces the featured catchments and explains methodologies of WESS by selected examples.     

Utilizing the MODIS-derived leaf area index to investigate the impact of vegetation processes on hydrological simulation of macroscale catchment

Integration of vegetation processes in rain–runoff (RR) models significantly affects runoff response by influencing evapotranspiration in mesoscale catchments. However, it is impossible to interpret the impacts of vegetation processes on runoff simulations in macroscale catchments using results from mesoscale catchments. Few studies involved vegetation process impacts on hydrological simulations by integrating daily vegetation information into conceptual RR models of macroscale catchments. In this study, we integrated the remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI) from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) into a daily Distributed Time-Variant Gain Model (DTVGM). Then, this study assessed the performances of two DTVGM versions, with and without vegetation processes, in the Wei River catchment, China. The results showed that: (1) Integration of MODIS-LAI into the DTVGM model improved the calibration and runoff simulation results of the initial DTVGM model. (2) Inclusion of vegetation processes in the DTVGM changed the simulated proportions of water balance components in the hydrological model and made the simulation of water balance components more accurate. (3) The fact that inclusion of vegetation processes could improve the hydrological simulation performance of the daily conceptual RR model in the macroscale catchment was consistent with studies in mesoscale catchment.     

GIS-based weights-of-evidence modelling of rainfall-induced landslides in small catchments for landslide susceptibility mapping

Landslide susceptibility mapping is a vital tool for disaster management and planning development activities in mountainous terrains of tropical and subtropical environments. In this paper, the weights-of-evidence modelling was applied, within a geographical information system (GIS), to derive landslide susceptibility map of two small catchments of Shikoku, Japan. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the importance of weights-of-evidence modelling in the generation of landslide susceptibility maps in relatively small catchments having an area less than 4 sq km. For the study area in Moriyuki and Monnyu catchments, northeast Shikoku Island in west Japan, a data set was generated at scale 1:5,000. Relevant thematic maps representing various factors (e.g. slope, aspect, relief, flow accumulation, soil depth, soil type, land use and distance to road) that are related to landslide activity were generated using field data and GIS techniques. Both catchments have homogeneous geology and only consist of Cretaceous granitic rock. Thus, bedrock geology was not considered in data layering during GIS analysis. Success rates were also estimated to evaluate the accuracy of landslide susceptibility maps and the weights-of-evidence modelling was found useful in landslide susceptibility mapping of small catchments.     

中国陆地水元素组成的中子活化分析试验

对同期降水、江河水和地下水的元素组成,使用中子活化分析方法作了对比试验。降水取自分布于8个气候带的11个站,其海拔高程为5～3659m,年平均降水量为50～1571mm。河水取自各主要江河包括内陆河和海岛的12个测站以及3个实验流域,并在其附近采集地下水。降水中共检出35种元素,各站有19～31种元素,同期均有空间分布。河水中共检出39种元素,各河分别有21～31种元素。地下水中共检出35种元素,各站有30～32种元素。对其浓度组成作了由大于1000μg/L至小于0.01μg/L的分级综合。有些元素含量超出所报道的世界淡水浓度范围,小于其最低值,甚或远大于其最高值。     

Evaluation of rain gauge network in arid regions using geostatistical approach: case study in northern Oman

A geostatistical approach based on ordinary kriging is presented for the evaluation and the augmentation of an existing rain gauge network. The evaluation is based on estimating the percentage of the area that achieves a targeted level of acceptable accuracy. The variances of kriging estimation erros at un-gauged locations were assumed to be normally distributed. Kriging estimation erros with a probability that equals to or exceeds a given threshold value of acceptance probability were assumed to have satisfactory accuracies. The percentage of the area that achieved the targeted probability of acceptance is delineated and used to judge the overall performance of the existing rain gauge network. A study area in northern Oman located in Sohar governorate is selected as the pilot case. The area has 34 rain gauges and it is characterized by a terrain surface that varies from coastal plain to mountains. For a threshold value of 0.85, and 0.90 of acceptance probability, the existing network achieved area of acceptable probability of 88.71 and 77.72 %, respectively. For a success criterion of 80 %, the existing rain gauge network indicated acceptable performance for acceptance probability threshold of 0.85 and inadequate performance is noticed in the case of probability threshold of 0.90, which necessitated further network augmentation. A sequential algorithm for ranking and prioritization of the existing rain gauges is used to classify the existing rain gauges into base and non-base rain gauges. The base rain gauge network for mean annual rainfall comprised about 29 of the existing rain gauges. The identified non-base rain gauges were sequentially relocated to achieve higher levels of percentage of area with acceptable accuracy. The percentage of area with acceptable accuracy increased from 88.71 % for the original rain gauge network to about 94.51 % for the augmented network by adding four rain gages at probability acceptance threshold of 0.85. It also increased from 77.72 % for the existing network to 90.50 % for the augmented rain gauge network at acceptance threshold of 0.9.     

基于多类型雨量计的降雨特性分析

为提高对降雨特性的认识,选择常用的6种测雨设备（翻斗式SL3-1、JDZ05、RG-3,称重式Pluvio2,雨滴谱仪Parsivel2和非计数式JQH-1）,成对布设在南京水利科学研究院滁州水文实验基地的同一个实验场地,同步观测了2019年4月1日至8月31日为期5个月的降雨过程。比测分析得到：在中大雨条件下（日雨量≥ 10 mm）,SL3-1和JDZ05测的降雨总量能够满足4%误差控制要求,RG-3、Pluvio2和Parsivel2测的降雨量比JQH-1测值小4%;在小雨条件下（日雨量<10 mm）,翻斗式和称重式雨量计的测量值小于JQH-1测值的4%;SL3-1、RG-3、Pluvio2、Parsivel2测得雨强≤ 0.1 mm/min的频率大于75%,雨强≤ 0.2 mm/min条件下的雨量累积比重大于50%;Pluvio2和Parsivel2监测的降雨开始时间比SL3-1分别早0.5 h和2 h以上,而结束时间分别晚0.5 h和2 h以上。比测结果有助于研究人员选择合适的测量设备获取所关注的降雨特性。     

基于多类型雨量计的降雨特性分析

为提高对降雨特性的认识,选择常用的6种测雨设备（翻斗式SL3-1、JDZ05、RG-3,称重式Pluvio2,雨滴谱仪Parsivel2和非计数式JQH-1）,成对布设在南京水利科学研究院滁州水文实验基地的同一个实验场地,同步观测了2019年4月1日至8月31日为期5个月的降雨过程。比测分析得到:在中大雨条件下（日雨量≥ 10 mm）,SL3-1和JDZ05测的降雨总量能够满足4%误差控制要求,RG-3、Pluvio2和Parsivel2测的降雨量比JQH-1测值小4%;在小雨条件下（日雨量 < 10 mm）,翻斗式和称重式雨量计的测量值小于JQH-1测值的4%;SL3-1、RG-3、Pluvio2、Parsivel2测得雨强≤ 0.1 mm/min的频率大于75%,雨强≤ 0.2 mm/min条件下的雨量累积比重大于50%;Pluvio2和Parsivel2监测的降雨开始时间比SL3-1分别早0.5 h和2 h以上,而结束时间分别晚0.5 h和2 h以上。比测结果有助于研究人员选择合适的测量设备获取所关注的降雨特性。     

Paleoeskimo site taphonomy: An assessment of the integrity of the Tayara site,Qikirtaq Island,Nunavik, Canada

A detailed taphonomic study was undertaken at the Tayara site in order to determine the impact of natural processes such as surface water flow on spatial patterning and site formation. The study focused on Paleoeskimo level II, which contains many lithics and significant faunal remains. Level II integrity was assessed through spatial analysis and by examining the size distribution of lithic artifacts and bone orientation. Experimental knapping aimed at replicating Paleoeskimo lithic technology was used to assess the possible size sorting of lithics. The study indicates that artifact burial by water‐laid sediments did not result in a selective impoverishment in small‐sized lithics. Statistically significant lithic concentrations and associations suggest that spatial distribution was not significantly modified by site formation processes. However, slight post‐depositional changes were presumably induced by water flows in the form of statistically significant horizontal bone reorientations. These occurred when gently flowing water inundated bone accumulations without inducing significant washing or sorting of smaller lithic debris. The spatial integrity evaluation of the level II assemblage reveals a low degree of spatial disturbance and disorganization of the material (i.e., limited entropy), which is likely related to low‐energy hydraulic forces and rapid burial soon after Paleoeskimo occupation. The grouping and deposition of much of the occupation debris is likely the result of Paleoeskimo activities (e.g., knapping and butchering), and the lithics and fauna specimens are probably at or very near their original location. These results show the behavioral significance of the grouping and deposition of debris in Tayara's level II. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.