Variations in glacier volume and snow cover and their impact on lake storage in the Paiku Co Basin,in the Central Himalayas

Glaciers and snow cover are important constituents of the surface of the Tibetan Plateau. The responses of these phenomena to global environmental changes are sensitive, rapid and intensive due to the high altitudes and arid cold climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Based on multisource remote sensing data, including Landsat images, MOD10A2 snow product, ICESat, Cryosat-2 altimetry data and long-term ground climate observations, we analysed the dynamic changes of glaciers, snow melting and lake in the Paiku Co basin using extraction methods for glaciers and lake, the degree-day model and the ice and lake volume method. The interaction among the climate, ice-snow and the hydrological elements in Paiku Co is revealed. From 2000 to 2018, the basin tended to be drier, and rainfall decreased at a rate of −3.07 mm/a. The seasonal temperature difference in the basin increased, the maximum temperature increased at a rate of 0.02°C/a and the minimum temperature decreased at a rate of −0.06°C/a, which accelerated the melting from glaciers and snow at rates of 0.55 × 10⁷ m³/a and 0.29 × 10⁷ m³/a, respectively. The rate of contribution to the lake from rainfall, snow and glacier melted water was 55.6, 27.7 and 16.7%, respectively. In the past 18 years, the warmer and drier climate has caused the lake to shrink. The water level of the lake continued to decline at a rate of −0.02 m/a, and the lake water volume decreased by 4.85 × 10⁸ m³ at a rate of −0.27 × 10⁸ m³/a from 2000 to 2018. This evaluation is important for understanding how the snow and ice melting in the central Himalayas affect the regional water cycle.     

提高GPS RTK拟合高程精度的试验研究

通过对工程实例的分析、总结,提出了在小范围平坦地区提高GPSRTK拟合高程的精度的一种方法,该方法在生产中具有一定的实用价值。     

系统偏差常数弧段估计策略对多系统静态精密单点定位的影响

为探讨系统偏差最优估计策略，利用IGS提供的GPS、BDS、GLONASS和Galileo 四系统的观测数据以及GFZ提供的精密卫星钟差和精密轨道产品，将系统偏差（ISB）按照高斯白噪声、20 min、30 min、1 h、2 h分段常数进行单天静态解，分别获得E、N、U方向上的坐标偏差，分析不同系统偏差求解策略下多系统融合PPP的收敛时间和定位精度。结果表明，在多系统融合静态PPP中，从观测模型强度与定位结果稳定性和可靠性角度综合考虑，对ISB采用20 min分段常数估计策略是最优的，静态PPP收敛时间在30 min左右，收敛后的定位精度E方向优于2 cm、N方向优于1 cm、U方向优于5 cm。     

Seasonal variability of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in a wetland system of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau,southwest China: a quantitative assessment of groundwater inflow fluxes

The Caohai Wetland serves as an important ecosystem on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau and as a nationally important nature reserve for migratory birds in China. In this study, surface water, groundwater and wetland water were collected for the measurement of environmental isotopes to reveal the seasonal variability of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δD), sources of water, and groundwater inflow fluxes. Results showed that surface water and groundwater are of meteoric origin. The isotopes in samples of wetland water were well mixed vertically in seasons of both high-flow (September) and low-flow (April); however, marked seasonal and spatial variations were observed. During the high-flow season, the isotopic composition in surface wetland water varied from ?97.13 to ?41.73‰ for δD and from ?13.17 to ?4.70‰ for δ¹⁸O. The composition of stable isotopes in the eastern region of this wetland was lower than in the western region. These may have been influenced by uneven evaporation caused by the distribution of aquatic vegetation. During the low-flow season, δD and δ¹⁸O in the more open water with dead aquatic vegetation ranged from ?37.11 to ?11.77‰, and from ?4.25 to ?0.08‰, respectively. This may result from high evaporation rates in this season with the lowest atmospheric humidity. Groundwater fluxes were calculated by mass transfer and isotope mass balance approaches, suggesting that the water sources of the Caohai Wetland were mainly from groundwater in the high-flow season, while the groundwater has a smaller contribution to wetland water during the low-flow season.     

A simple approach to evaluating leakage through thin impervious element of high embankment dams

Internal erosion is the most common reason which induces failure of embankment dams besides overtopping. Relatively large leakage is frequently concentrated at defects of impervious element, and this will lead to eventual failure. The amount of leakage depends not only on integrity of impervious element, but also on dam height, shape of valley, shape of impervious element and water level in reservoir. The integrity of impervious element, which represents the relative level of seepage safety, is not easy to be determined quantitatively. A simple method for generalization of steady seepage state of embankment dams with thin impervious element is proposed in this paper. The apparent overall value of permeability coefficient for impervious element can be obtained by this method with reasonable accuracy and efficiency. A defect parameter of impervious element is defined as an index to characterize seepage safety of embankment dams. It equals the ratio of the apparent overall value of permeability coefficient to the measured value in laboratory for intact materials. Subsequently, seepage safety of three dams is evaluated and the evolution of defect level of impervious element of dams is investigated. It is proved that the newly proposed method in this paper is feasible in the evaluation of relative seepage safety level of embankment dams with thin impervious element.     

北斗三号卫星经验型太阳光压模型分析与精化

太阳光压摄动作为在轨导航卫星受到的最大的非保守力,是卫星精密定轨的重要误差源。ECOM模型、ECOM2模型,这两种经验型光压模型被广泛应用于导航卫星定轨。然而,ECOM模型和ECOM2模型分别是针对GPS和GLONASS卫星设计的,并不完全适用于我国北斗三号(BDS-3)卫星。针对五参数ECOM模型在BDS-3卫星低太阳高度角时期轨道不连续性增大的问题,本文提出在 D方向引入一阶周期项来吸收未被模型化光压加速度。结果表明,引入一阶余弦周期项 D_c,能将低太阳高度角时期CAST卫星的切向、法向、径向重叠轨道误差分别减小约60%、52%、29%。针对ECOM2模型中 D_2c和 D₀、D_2s和 B_s之间存在的强相关性,本文提出了不估计 D_2c参数的八参数ECOM2模型和不估计 D_2c与 D_2s的七参数ECOM2模型。结果表明,相较九参数ECOM2模型,不估计 D_2c参数的八参数ECOM2模型能够将CAST卫星和SECM卫星径向重叠轨道误差分别减少约18%和27%。在此基础上,继续移除 D_2s后(七参数ECOM2),径向重叠轨道误差可进一步减小5.2%~8.5%。综合考察重叠轨道精度和SLR检核精度,不顾及 D_2c和 D_2s的七参数ECOM2模型表现最佳。CAST卫星和SECM卫星重叠轨道切向、法向、径向精度分别为5.0、3.4、1.4 cm和5.4、3.5、1.5 cm;SLR检核残差标准差分别为3.1~3.2 cm、4.4~4.7 cm。