Simulation of energy and water budget of Qinghai Lake, China

INTRODUCTIONThedistingnishingc~teristicsofQinghaboe,thebiewstsalinelakeinCfuna,are:vastwaterm,higheleVation,closeddrinagbasinandattrativenaedland-scape.The~clakeleveldIDPsincethebegiwhngofthiscentwhascausedaseriesofenvironrnntalProblems(degenndionofghanggIaSSlandaIDunthelake,desertffica-tioninthebeacharea,aeOianerosionoftheeXposedlakebed,deCrainwaersuPPliesandincreaseinthewaterndnends).IncentalAsia,mostofthewell-knOWnlargelakes,includingla.kessuchasIssyk-kul(SeVaStyanvandSndmov,l…     

Palynological record of paleovegetation change during holocene at North tumd plain in Inner Mongolia, China

I~are~orsruDVThemiddleinnerMongoliaissituatedintherearpartoftheeasternAsianmonsonzone,itissensitivetotheclimatechange,thereforeitsenvironmentchangeintheHOIOcenehasbeenPaidattentiontobythescholarsofpaleoclimateandpal~nvirorunent.Wedidhighr~lutionPOllenanalysisonapeatprofileinpluvialfan,whichwaslocated3kmtothenorthOfQaSq,theheadquarteroftheTumdBanner,InnerMongolia,withaltitudeof1000malerssealevel.Theaverageannualtemperaturewas5.6t,annualprecipitation300--450rum,theclimatewascontinentaland…     

Water quality assessment for Ulansuhai Lake using fuzzy clustering and pattern recognition

Water quality assessment of lakes is important to determine functional zones of water use. Considering the fuzziness during the partitioning process for lake water quality in an arid area, a multiplex model of fuzzy clustering with pattern recognition was developed by integrating transitive closure method, ISODATA algorithm in fuzzy clustering and fuzzy pattern recognition. The model was applied to partition the Ulansuhai Lake, a typical shallow lake in arid climate zone in the west part of Inner Mongolia, China and grade the condition of water quality divisions. The results showed that the partition well matched the real conditions of the lake, and the method has been proved accurate in the application.     

THE HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND WATER BUDGET OF QINGHAI LAKE DRAINAGE BASIN

The rapid shrinkage of the surface area reflects the long-term deficit water budget of Qinghai Lake. Study of the yearly hydrology and meteorology in the lake catchment basin and the hydrologic factors as well as water budget led to the conclusion that evaporation exceeding the water input resulted in the drop of lake level, thai the obvious decrease of runoff to the lake and precipitation on the catchment accelerated the falling of lake level before 1987. and that increase of about 6.7% in rainfall on the whole basin will balance the lake's water budget.     

STUDIES ON WATER STAGE FLUCTUATION OF YAMZHO LAKE IN XIZANG

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利用Jason-1数据监测呼伦湖水位变化

卫星测高为内陆水域水位变化的实时和连续监测提供了一种高效的技术工具．但是这种应用受到数据点覆盖稀疏的限制。利用Jason-13年（2002-2004）GDRs测高数据作简单的数据编辑,并进行必要的地球物理改正．最后得到内蒙古地区呼伦湖水位变化的时间序列。呼伦湖地区由于近年来持续干旱,水位呈现明显的下降趋势．年平均下降约0．3～0．5m。在一般的内陆水域．水位变化主要取决于降雨量和蒸发量,所以,根据卫星测高所得的水位变化信息．可以为区域气候变化的研究提供一种全新的技术与方法。     

Lake retreat in the Qinghai-Xizang plateau with additional reference to its climatic significance

The author made an approximate dating of the highest shorelines of the three larger interior lakes and proved that during late Q₃ or early Q₄, there existed a higher lake level in the plateau, reflecting that the climate then was much more moist than it is today. It could be presumed from a study of these two ages that such higher lake levels correspond with both the last glacial epoch (i. e., the latter half) and the lowest sea level of the East China Sea then. Moreover, interpretations of aerial photos and an on-the-spot survey revealed that since then these lakes had 8–10 rhythms of retreat, indicating that the climate in central Asia and the plateau at that time had 8–10 comparatively arid periods. As the plateau is still in the faster process of upheaval, it is expected that on a longterm basis, the climate in this region will tend to be continuously dry. However, should there be a neo-glacial epoch in the world, and if the higher lake level really corresponds to the glacial epoch, then in the not distant future, the lake level will possibly rise again to some extent. Thanks are due to the No. 2 Institute of Oceanography of SOA for its analyses of C¹⁴ dating specimens. This paper was published in Chinese inOceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 17(3): 207–216, 1986.     

RELATIVE BRIGHTNESS INDEX AND IT‘S CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE FROM LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT OF NAPAHAI LAKE，NORTHWESTERN YUNNAN PLATEAU，CHINA

Information on the palaeoenvironment from Late Pleistocene to Holocene in northwestern Yannan Plateau has been deduced from a study of a 28.81m-long core taken from Napahai Lake.The results from Relative Brightness In-dex(RBI) as well as those from the lithological analyses of bulk sediments,total organic carbon and granulometric analy-ses have been used to reconstruct the environmental and climatic evolution of the area.The ages were provided by three ^14C datings.The record suggested a climate fluctuation between warm-dry and cool-wet from ca.57 to 32ka B.P.which led a shallowing and swamping of the lake.The water level again increased quickly at ca.32ka B.P.,reached itˊs peak during LGM(Last Glacial Maximum,ca.18-20kaB.P.)and remained relative high until ca.15kaB.P.The high wa-ter level at LGM is attributed to cold-wet conditions.The area experienced an abrupt and unstable climatic changes dur-ing the transition period form 15 to 10ka B.P.with a dominated littoral environment.Awarm-dry climate led to the contrac-tion of the lake during the Holocene and reed-swamps became dominant..After a minor wet-cool pulse during the Late Holocene,the modern climate became to be established.     

Chemical and biological features of the saline Lake Krasnovishnevoye (Baraba,Russia) in comparison with Lake Malinovoe (Kulunda,Russia): a reconnaissance study

The Baraba and Kulunda steppes are located in southwestern Siberia in an area with an arid continental climate. This paper presents results of the first study of the hypersaline Lake Krasnovishnevoye(Baraba steppe, TDS(total dissolved solids)=297 g/L, pH 7.88). The major chemical, mineralogical and biological features of the lake were studied and compared to those of Lake Malinovoe, a typical saline neutral lake of Kulunda steppe(TDS=396 g/L, pH 7.63). The phytoplankton composition and the culturable diversity of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from Lake Krasnovishnevoye correspond to the ones in the Kulunda lakes. Nevertheless, the peculiarities of water composition and regime of Lake Krasnovishnevoye reduce the biodiversity to prokaryotes and unicellular algae.     

Water Security-based Hydrological Regime Assessment Method for Lakes with Extreme Seasonal Water Level Fluctuations: A Case Study of Poyang Lake,China

Extreme seasonal water level fluctuations characterize natural floodplain lakes in monsoon regions, which are crucial for ensuring lake water security, including flood prevention water supply and health of aquatic ecosystem. In order to achieve this goal, we established a hydrological regime assessment method based on a set of hydrological indicators for lakes with heavy seasonal water level fluctuations. The results suggest that time-sensitive hydrological indicators and specific time scales for various water security aspects must be considered. We discovered that it is more practical and meaningful to combine the water level classification derived from statistical analyses with characteristic hydrological values linked to water security. The case study of Poyang Lake results show that there are no discernable trends of Poyang Lake water regime status over the last 35 years, and the two periods of poor status are in accordance with climate variation in the lake basin area. Scholars and policy makers should focus on both floods and droughts, which are the main water security problems for Poyang Lake. It is hoped that this multi-scale and multi-element hydrological regime assessment method will provide new guidelines and methods for other international scholars of river and lake water assessment.     

THE APPLICABILITY OF RESEARCH ON FLOOD－DROUGHT TENDENCY－AN ANALYSIS ON DISASTROUS FLOOD OF TAIHU LAKE BASININ JUNE－JULY，1991

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The applicability of research on flood-drought tendency —an analysis on disastrous flood of Taihu Lake basin in June-July, 1991

In Taihu Lake basin during June–July in 1991, there happened a catastrophic flood, the precipitation reached that of 1954 and the water level was the highest in the history in Taihu Lake. This heavy flood, happening in the relatively humid period and being well accord with flood-drought change tendency, was early precautioned. The occurrence of the flood illustrated that using records of historical climate to predict flood-drough tendency is practically significant for hazard-reduction project.     

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QINGHAI LAKE LEVEL DESCENDING AND ARTIFICIAL WATER－CONSUMPTION

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Combined Impacts of Antecedent Earthquakes and Droughts on Disastrous Debris Flows

This paper describes a study on the combined impacts of antecedent earthquakes and droughts on disastrous debris flows.This is a novel attempt in quantifying such impacts using the effective peak acceleration（EPA）（to represent earthquakes） and standardized precipitation index（SPI）（to represent droughts）.The study is based on the analysis of 116 disastrous debris flow events occurred in Mainland China in the last 100 years covering a wide spectrum of climate types and landforms.It has been found that the combined impacts from earthquakes and droughts on disastrous debris flows do exist and vary from low to very high according to different climate conditions and terrains.The impacts from earthquakes increase with the increased terrain relief,and the impacts from droughts are strongest in semi-humid climate condition（with reduced impacts in humid and semi-arid /arid climate conditions）.Hypothetical explanations on the study discoveries have been proposed.This study reveals the possible reasons for the disastrous debris flow distributions around the world and has significant implications in paleo-climate-seismicanalysis and disastrous debris flow risk management.     

南四湖湿地地质环境评价及保护措施浅析

南四湖是南水北调东线工程的重要调蓄枢纽,目前湿地环境地质问题较多,主要表现为湿地面积变化大、水环境污染、水资源开采过度、湖区淤积严重、湖泊沼泽化、采空塌陷等,危胁着调水工程的顺利实施。针对湿地特征及问题成因,进行单元格剖分后建立了一套完整的评价体系,第一层将其分解为水环境、土壤环境、南四湖表层底泥重金属污染及南四湖湿地地质环境问题4个要素层;第二层再把湿地环境地质问题要素分解成若干个次要素,逐层评价后采用综合指数法求出指数值,将湿地地质环境质量划分为良好区、较好区、较差区。提出了划分渔业生产保护区、调整水生植物布局、定期泥沙清淤及建设人工湿地水质净化工程和人工湿地河道走廊工程等保护措施。     

Mid-Holocene Climate Variations Recorded by Palaeolake in Marginal Area of East Asian Monsoon： A Multi-proxy Study

Traditionally, the mid-Holocene in most parts of China was thought to be warmer with higher precipitation, resulting from a strong Asian summer monsoon. However, some recent researches have proposed a mid-Holocene drought interval of millennial-scale in East Asian monsoon margin areas. Thus whether mid-Holocene was dry or humid remains an open issue. Here, Zhuyeze palaeolake, the terminal lake of the Shiyang River Drainage lying in Asian monsoon marginal areas, was selected for reconstructing the details of climate variations during the Holocene, especially mid-Holocene, on the basis of a sedimentological analysis. Qingtu Lake (QTL) section of 6.92m depth was taken from Zhuyeze palaeolake. Multi-proxy analysis of QTL section, including grain size, carbonate, TOC, C/N and δ13C of organic matter, was used to document regional climatic changes during 9-3 cal ka B.P. The record shows a major environmental change at 9.0-7.8 cal ka B.P., attributed to a climate trend towards warmth and humidity. This event was followed by a typical regional drought event which occurred during 7.8-7.5 cal ka B.P. And a warm and humid climate prevailed from 7.5 to 5.0 cal ka B.P., attributed to the warm/humid Holocene Optimum in this region. After that, the climate gradually became drier. Moreover, comparison of the climate record from this paper with the summer insolation at 30°N indicates that the climate pattern reflecting the Asian monsoon changes was caused by insolation change.     

Shrinking and Drying up of Baiyangdian Lake Wetland： A Natural or Human Cause？

1 Introduction The sensitivity of ecosystems to global climate change is one of important issues for research. Many studies have indicated that wetland ecosystem is one of the most vulnerable systems (Brock and Van, 1992; Vourltis and Oechel, 1997; Burkeet, 2000; Lahmer et al., 2001; Zhang et al., 2001; Deng et al., 2003). The shrinking and drying up of wetlands in arid and semiarid areas of China have been widely observed in the recent years (Wang, 1990; Wang and Zhang, 1991; Jin, 1993; …     

Extreme Flood Events over the Past 300 Years Inferred from Lake Sedimentary Grain Sizes in the Altay Mountains,Northwestern China

Understanding the temporal variations of extreme floods that occur in response to climate change is essential to anticipate the trends in flood magnitude and frequency in the context of global warming. However, long-term records of paleofloods in arid regions are scarce, thus preventing a thorough understanding of such events. In this study, a reconstruction of paleofloods over the past 300 years was conducted through an analysis of grain sizes from the sediments of Kanas Lake in the Altay Mountains of northwestern China. Results showed that grain parameters and frequency distributions can be used to infer possible abrupt environmental events within the lake sedimentary sequence, and two extreme flood events corresponding to ca. 1736–1765 AD and ca. 1890 AD were further identified based on canonical discriminant analysis(CDA) and coarse percentile versus median grain size(C-M) pattern analysis, both of which occurred during warmer and wetter climate conditions by referring to tree-ring records. These two flood events are also evidenced by lake sedimentary records in the Altay and Tianshan mountains. Furthermore, through a comparison with other records, the flood event from ca. 1736–1765 AD in the study region seems to have occurred in both the arid central Asia and the Alps in Europe, and thus may have been associated with changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation(NAO) index.     

First report of subgenus Phoenicopsis (Czekanowskiales) from Middle Jurassic of Ordos,China and its paleoclimatic implications

Subgenus Phoenicopsis( Phoenicopsis) assigned to Czekanowskiales is recognized and a new species,Phoenicopsis( Ph.) ordosensis sp. nov. is first reported from the Middle Jurassic Yan'an Formation of the Ordos Basin,alternate based upon the leaf gross morphology and epidermal structures. The new species has linear leavs in bundles of five to six attached on a short shoot,more than 100 mm long by 5-6 mm wide,containing 10-12 parallel veins at upper portion. The leaf is hypostomatic. Epidermal cells are longitudinally arranged with smooth periclinal wall on the upper cuticle. The narrow non-stomatal zones and wide stomatal zones alternate in the lower cuticle. Stomata in four to five irregular spaced rows are longitudinally oriented in each stomatal zone.Guard cells for each are surrounded by four to five subsidiary cells with undeveloped papillae. Anticlinal walls of ordinary epidermal cells are nearly straight and periclinal walls slightly papillate. The new species shallow stomatal pits kept open and surrounded by unevenly undeveloped bulges. These characters are consistent with those of growth in a humid,rather than an arid climate. The presence of subgenus Phoenicopsis and other taxa of Czekanowskiales in the coal-bearing Yan'an Formation supports the view that the climate in the Ordos Basin was humid and warm with seasonal changes during the Middle Jurassic.     

郑州地区全新世古气候变化初探

根据对Z_(37-2)孔的孢粉分析结果表明,郑州地区,自全新世以来,气候经历三次较大的波动,先是气候开始转暖,气温不高,温凉半湿润;二是气候继续升高,达到“最适宜”气候期,温暖湿润;最后是气候再度下降,降水减少,温凉偏干.本区气侯变化规律,与北京地区基本符合.依据气侯地层学的观点,并结合放射性碳年代测定,本区的全新世地层可以划分为三期:即全新世早期(距今11000～7500a),全新世中期(距今7500～2500a),全新世晚期(距今2500a至今).