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Nityanand Singh 《Journal of Earth System Science》1995,104(1):1-36
Large-scale interannual variability of the northern summer southwest monsoon over India is studied by examining its variation
in the dry area during the period 1871–1984. On the mean summer monsoon rainfall (June to September total) chart the 800 mm
isohyet divides the country into two nearly equal halves, named as dry area (monsoon rainfall less than 800 mm) and wet area
(monsoon rainfall greater than 800 mm). The dry area/wet area shows large variations from one year to another, and is considered
as an index for assessing the large-scale performance of the Indian summer monsoon. Statistical and fluctuation characteristics
of the summer monsoon dry area (SMDA) are reported.
To identify possible causes of variation in the Indian summer monsoon, the correlation between the summer monsoon dry area
and eleven regional/global circulation parameters is examined. The northern hemisphere surface air temperature, zonal/hemispheric/global
surface air and upper air temperatures, Southern Oscillation, Quasi-biennial oscillation of the equatorial lower stratosphere,
April 500-mb ridge along 75°E over India, the Indian surface air temperature and the Bombay sea level pressure showed significant
correlation.
A new predictor parameter that is preceding year mean monsoon rainfall of a few selected stations over India has been suggested
in the present study. The stations have been selected by applying the objective technique ‘selecting a subset of few gauges
whose mean monsoon rainfall of the preceding year has shown the highest correlation coefficient (CC) with the SMDA’. Bankura
(Gangetic West Bengal), Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) and Anupgarh (West Rajasthan) entered the selection showing a CC of 0.724.
Using a dependent sample of 1951–1980 a predictive model (multiple CC = 0.745) has also been developed for the SMDA with preceding
year mean monsoon rainfall of the three selected stations and the sea level pressure tendency at Darwin from Jan–Feb to Mar–May
as independent parameters. 相似文献
2.
Homogeneous Indian Monsoon rainfall: Variability and prediction 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The Indian summer monsoon rainfall is known to have considerable spatial variability, which imposes some limitations on the
all-India mean widely used at present. To prepare a spatially coherent monsoon rainfall series for the largest possible area,
fourteen subdivisions covering the northwestern and central parts of India (about 55% of the total area of the country), having
similar rainfall characteristics and associations with regional/global circulation parameters are merged and their area-weighted
means computed, to form monthly and seasonal Homogeneous Indian Monsoon (HIM) rainfall series for the period 1871–1990. This
paper includes a listing of monthly and seasonal rainfall of HIM region. HIM rainfall series has been statistically analysed
to understand its characteristics, variability and teleconnections for long-range prediction.
HIM rainfall series isfound to be homogeneous, Gaussian distributed and free from persistence. The mean (R) rainfall is 757
mm (87% of annual) and standard deviation (S) 119 mm, with a Coefficient of Variation (CV) of 16%. There were 21 dry (K, -<R S) and 19 wet (R
i R + S) years during 1871–1990. There were clusters of frequent negative departures during 1899–1920 and 1965–1987 and positive
departures during 1942–1961. The recent three decades show very high rainfall variability with 10 dry and 6 wet years. The
decadal averages were alternatively positive and negative for three consecutive decades, viz., 1871–1900 (positive); 1901–1930
(negative); 1931–1960 (positive) and 1961–1990 (negative) respectively. Significant QBO and autocorrelation at 14th lag have
been found in HIM rainfall series.
To delineate the changes in the climatic regime of the Indian summer monsoon, sliding correlation coefficients (CCs) between
HIM rainfall series and (i) Bombay msl pressure, (ii) Darwin msl pressure and (iii) Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature
over the period 1871–1990 have been examined. The 31-year sliding CCs showed the systematic turning points of positive and
negative CCs around the years, 1900 and 1940. In the light of other corroborative evidences, these turning points seem to
delineate ‘meridional’ monsoon regime during 1871–1900 and 1940–1990 and ‘zonal’ monsoon regime during 1901–1940. The monsoon
signal is particularly dominant in many regional and global circulation parameters, during 1951–1990.
Using the teleconnections ofHIM series with 12 regional/global circulation parameters during the recent 36-year period 1951–86 regression models have been
developed for long-range prediction. In the regression equations 3 to 4 parameters were entered, explaining upto 80% of the
variance, depending upon the data period. The parameters that prominently enter the multiple regression equations are (i)
Bombay msl pressure, (ii) April 500 mb Ridge at 75°E, (iii) NH temperature, (iv) Nouvelle minus Agalega msl pressure and (v)
South American msl pressure. Eleven circulation parameters for the period 1951–80 were subjected to Principal Component Analysis
(PCA) and the PC’s were used in the regression model to estimate HIM rainfall. The multiple regression with three PCs explain
72% of variance in HIM rainfall. 相似文献
3.
分析了土壤表面积水入渗过程中压缩气体对土体结构的影响理论,并通过二维土柱入渗试验对其进行了分析及验证。在积水深度为2.8 cm的条件下,对2个初始含水量、3个孔隙率下的土柱进行了试验,测量出其在试验过程中的气体压力和入渗量,并同时观察土体结构的变化。理论和试验结果表明,气体出现突破之前,土壤内气体压缩产生的气压对湿润区土体的顶托作用会破坏土体的平衡,从而在湿润锋处产生水平裂缝,破坏入渗土体的连续性。试验还发现,入渗过程中土体结构变化大小受土壤初始结构和含水率的影响,初始结构越牢固、含水量越大,结构和气压变化越小,根据结构变化不同,可以划分出两种不同的试验过程。同时入渗土体内出现裂缝时,气压的减渗作用尤为显著,甚至会导致试验过程的停止。 相似文献
4.
Air was injected through a well in a thin transparent tank filled with saturated glass beads to study how the size and air
saturation of air sparging plumes are affected by particle size and gradation; operational parameters such as injection pressure,
well depth, injection pressure pulsing; and well outlet configuration. V-shaped air plumes with an apex between 40° and 60°
were obtained for all tests. The air pressure required to initiate sparging agreed closely with the sum of the air entry pressure
and the hydrostatic pressure, with higher initiation pressures required in the fine and well-graded beads. Higher air flow
rates and air saturations were obtained in coarser beads at a given pressure, and the variation in flow rate was consistent
with estimated air permeabilities. Peak average air saturations were 28–56% for the coarse-medium beads, 10% for the well-graded
beads, and 8% for the fine beads. Air saturation and the radius of influence increased modestly (<40%) as the normalized injection
pressure exceeded 0.1. Radius of influence increased by approximately a factor of two as the well depth increased, but leveled
off once the ratio of radius of influence to well depth reached 0.60–1.05. Pulsing of injection pressure had no effect on
the initiation pressure, air flow rate, or air saturation, but increased the size of the air plume and the radius of influence
slightly (<15%). Well outlet configuration had only a slight affect the radius of influence (<10%), air saturation (<10%),
or air flow rate (<12%). Dye testing showed that water surrounding the air plume circulated during continuous and pulsed sparging.
However, pulsed sparging resulted in greater and more defined circulation of water within and adjacent to the air plume, which
should reduce mass transfer limitations during sparging. 相似文献
5.
Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes for the characteristics of groundwater recharge: a case study from the Chih-Pen Creek basin,Taiwan 总被引:5,自引:2,他引:3
Assessing the seasonal variation of groundwater recharge is important for effective management of groundwater resources. Stable
isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen were used to estimate the sources of groundwater and seasonal contributions of precipitation
to groundwater recharge in Chih-Pen Creek basin of eastern Taiwan. Based on the isotopes of precipitation (n = 177), two different local meteoric water regression lines (LMWL) can be obtained for the different seasons: δD = 8.0618O + 10.08 for wet season precipitation (May through October) and δD = 8.65δ18O + 17.09 for dry season precipitation (November through April). The slope and intercept of regression line for wet season
precipitation are virtually identical to the global meteoric water line (GMWL) of Craig (1961). In contrast to during dry season precipitation due to evaporation effect the intercept of 17.09 is much higher than of
the GMWL of 10. The results show the stable isotopes compositions of precipitation decrease with increasing rainfall amount
and air temperature, due to the amount effect of precipitation is pronounced. The amount effect is clearly but do not show
the temperature effect from January to December 2007. Using a mass-balance equation, a comparison of deuterium excess or d values of precipitation and groundwater indicates the groundwater consist of 76% wet season precipitation and 24% dry season
precipitation, representing a distinct seasonal variation of groundwater recharge in study area. About 79% of the groundwater
is recharged from the river water of the mountain watershed and 21% is from the rain that falls on the basin. 相似文献
6.
Temporal variation in rainfall created a germination window for seedling establishment in the upper intertidal marshes of southern California. In this highly variable climate, total annual rainfall was highly variable, as was the timing and size of rainfall during the wet season. Daily rainfalls>3.0 cm were rare in the long-term record but created germination opportunities that had two components: low salinity and high moisture. During the 1996–1997 wet season, only one-day rainfalls>3.0 cm resulted in large increases in soil moisture and decreases in soil salinity. Germination in the upper intertidal marsh of three wetlands followed two large (>3.0 cm) rainfall events in the relatively dry 1996–1997 season and multiple medium and small rainfall events in the wetter 1997–1998 season. In addition to rainfall, plant cover and soil texture influenced, spatial and temporal variation in soil salinity and moisture. Daily and weekly sampling adequately described soil moisture and salinity so that germination could be predicted; monthly sampling would have missed the low-salinity and high-moisture events that trigger germination. 相似文献
7.
Huaiwei Ni Hans Keppler M. A. G. M. Manthilake Tomoo Katsura 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2011,162(3):501-513
We report the first study of electrical conductivities of silicate melts at very high pressures (up to 10 GPa) and temperatures
(up to 2,173 K). Impedance spectroscopy was applied to dry and hydrous albite (NaAlSi3O8) glasses and liquids (with 0.02–5.7 wt% H2O) at 473–1,773 K and 0.9–1.8 GPa in a piston-cylinder apparatus, using a coaxial cylindrical setup. Measurements were also
taken at 473–2,173 K and 6–10 GPa in two multianvil presses, using simple plate geometry. The electrical conductivity of albite
melts is found to increase with temperature and water content but to decrease with pressure. However, at 6 GPa, conductivity
increases rapidly with temperature above 1,773 K, so that at temperatures beyond 2,200 K, conductivity may actually increase
with pressure. Moreover, the effect of water in enhancing conductivity appears to be more pronounced at 6 GPa than at 1.8 GPa.
These observations suggest that smaller fractions of partial melt than previously assumed may be sufficient to explain anomalously
high conductivities, such as in the asthenosphere. For dry melt at 1.8 GPa, the activation energy at T > 1,073 K is higher than that at T < 1,073 K, and the inflection point coincides with the rheological glass transition. Upon heating at 6–10 GPa, dry albite
glass often shows a conductivity depression starting from ~1,173 K (due to crystallization), followed by rapid conductivity
enhancement when temperature approaches the albite liquidus. For hydrous melts at 0.9–1.8 GPa, the activation energies for
conductivity at ≥1,373 K are lower than those at <973 K, with a complex transition pattern in between. Electrical conductivity
and previously reported Na diffusivity in albite melt are consistent with the Nernst–Einstein relation, suggesting the dominance
of Na transport for electrical conduction in albite melts. 相似文献
8.
The study assessed changes in the rainfall regime in Nigeria between 1961 and 2004 in terms of (a) absolute seasonality—the
length of dry and wet season; (b) relative seasonality—rainfall contrast during the year; (c) number of rainfall maxima and
minima; and (d) timing of rainfall maxima and minima. Trends in the mean monthly surface locations of the Inter-tropical Discontinuity
(ITD) were also examined as a prominent factor of the rainfall regime. Changes in the regime were examined over four time
slices: 1961–1971, 1972–1982, 1983–1993 and 1994–2004. The results show that, in the area of single rainfall maximum regime,
the length of the wet season has increased from 4 months (in 1961–1971) to 5 months (since 1972–1982). The rainfall relative
seasonality has consistently been ‘most rain in 3 months or less’. The rainfall maxima still indicate single rainfall maximum
but shift in the peak from August to July. Rainfall during the months of June to September appears to have witnessed declining
trends over the first three time slices. The last time slice however indicates trends towards a wetter condition. For the
area of double maxima rainfall regime, the length of the wet season has consistently been 8 months. The rainfall relative
seasonality has consistently been ‘rather seasonal with a short drier season’. The rainfall maxima and minima still indicate
double rainfall maxima with August as the month of the minimum but shift in the primary peak from July to September. The northward
latitudinal distance of the surface location of the ITD from the equator indicates significant upward trends during the months
of May to September only and for a period of 1983–2000. The trend results of the ITD appears to account for most of the observed
changes in the rainfall regime in Nigeria. 相似文献
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Julien Gasc Fabrice Brunet Nikolai Bagdassarov Victor Morales-Flórez 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2011,38(7):543-556
The effect of intergranular water on the conductivity of polycrystalline brucite, Mg(OH)2, was investigated using impedance spectroscopy at 2 GPa, during consecutive heating–cooling cycles in the 298–980 K range.
The grain boundary hydration levels tested here span water activities from around unity (wet conditions) down to 10−4 (dry conditions) depending on temperature. Four orders of magnitude in water activity result in electrical conductivity variations
for about 6–7 orders of magnitude at 2 GPa and room temperature. Wet brucite samples containing, initially, about 18 wt% of
evaporable water (i.e. totally removed at temperatures below 393 K in air), display electrical conductivity values above 10−2–10−3 S/m. A.C. electrical conductivity as a function of temperature follows an Arrhenius behaviour with an activation energy of
0.11 eV. The electrical conductivity of the same polycrystalline brucite material dried beforehand at 393 K (dry conditions)
is lower by about 5–6 orders of magnitude at room temperature and possesses an activation energy of 0.8–0.9 eV which is close
to that of protonic diffusion in (001) brucitic planes. Above ca. 873 K, a non-reversible conductivity jump is observed which
is interpreted as a water transfer from mineral bulk to grain boundaries (i.e. partial dehydration). Cooling of such partially
dehydrated sample shows electrical conductivities much higher than those of the initially dry sample by 4 orders of magnitude
at 500 K. Furthermore, the corresponding activation energy is decreased by a factor of about four (i.e. 0.21 eV). Buffering
of the sample at low water activity has been achieved by adding CaO or MgO, two hygroscopic compounds, to the starting material.
Then, sample conductivities reached the lowest values encountered in this study with the activation energy of 1.1 eV. The
strong dependency of the electrical conductivity with water activity highlights the importance of the latter parameter as
a controlling factor of diffusion rates in natural processes where water availability and activity may vary grandly. Water
exchange between mineral bulk and mineral boundary suggests that grain boundary can be treated as an independent phase in
dehydroxylation reactions. 相似文献
10.
Using differential SAR interferometry to map land subsidence: a case study in the Pingtung Plain of SW Taiwan 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
Hsieh Chia-Sheng Shih Tian-Yuan Hu Jyr-Ching Tung Hsin Huang Mong-Han Angelier Jacques 《Natural Hazards》2011,58(3):1311-1332
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry (InSAR) is a geodetic tool widely applied in the studies of earth-surface deformation.
This technique has the benefits of high spatial resolution and centimetre-scale accuracy. Differential SAR interferometry
(DInSAR) is used to measure ground deformation with repeat-pass SAR images. This study applied DInSAR and persistent scatterers
InSAR (PSInSAR) for detecting land subsidence in the Pingtung Plain, southern Taiwan, between 1995 and 2000. In recent years,
serious land subsidence occurred along coastal regions of Taiwan as a consequence of over-pumping of underground water. Results
of this study revealed that the critical subsidence region is located on the coast near the estuary of Linpien River. It is
also found that subsidence was significantly higher during the dry season than the wet season. The maximum annual subsidence
rate of the dry season is up to −11.51 cm/year in critical subsidence region and the vertical land movement rate is much slower
during the wet season. The average subsidence rates in wet and dry seasons are −0.31 and −3.37 cm/year, respectively. As a
result, the subsidence rate in dry seasons is about 3 cm larger than in wet seasons. 相似文献
11.
Anthony J. Smith 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(6):1159-1175
Groundwater beneath the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) in northern Australia has risen in elevation by 10–20 m during the past 40 years with attendant concerns about water logging and soil salinization. Persistent groundwater accession has been attributed to excessive irrigation and surface water leakage; however, analysis of daily water-table records from the past 10 years yielded a contrary result. On a seasonal basis, water-table elevation typically fell during irrigation (dry) seasons and rose during fallow (wet) seasons, conflicting with the conventional view that irrigation and not rainfall must be the dominant control on groundwater accession. Previous investigations of unexpectedly large infiltration losses through the cracking clay soils provide a plausible explanation for the apparent conundrum. Because rainfall is uncontrolled and occurs independently of the soil moisture condition, there is greater opportunity for incipient ponding and rapid infiltration through preferred flow pathways. In contrast, irrigation is scheduled when needed and applications are stopped after soil wetting is achieved. Contemporary groundwater management in the ORIA is focused on improving irrigation efficiency during dry seasons but additional opportunities may exist to improve groundwater conditions and salinity risk through giving equal attention to the wet-season water balance. 相似文献
12.
Soil hydraulic properties such as soil infiltration rate and hydraulic conductivity are closely linked to runoff generation
and infiltration processes but little is known about them on karst hillslopes. The objectives of this paper were to investigate
the change in soil stable infiltration rate (q
s) and near-saturated hydraulic conductivity (K
ns) in different slope positions and to understand their relationship with rock fragment content and soil texture within the
topsoil in subtropical karst regions of southwest China. Tension infiltrometers (20 cm in diameter) were used to measure q
s and K
ns at pressure head of −20 mm on hillslopes 1 (a disintegrated landslide failure) and 2 (an avalanche slope). The change of
q
s and K
ns was great and they mostly had a moderate variability with coefficient of variations (CV) between 0.1 and 1.0 in the different
slope positions. On average, q
s ranged from 0.43 to 4.25 mm/min and K
ns varied from 0.75 to 11.00 mm/min. These rates exceed those of most natural rainfall events, confirming that overland flow
is rare on karst hillslopes. From bottom to top, q
s and K
ns had a decrease–increase–decrease trend due to the presence of large rock outcrops (>2 m in height) on hillslope 1 but had
an increasing trend on hillslope 2 with less complex landform. They tended to increase with increase in total rock fragment
content (5–250 mm) within the topsoil as well as slope gradient on both hillslopes. Pearson correlation analysis suggested
that higher coarse pebble (20–75 mm), cobble (75–250 mm), and sand (2–0.05 mm) contents as well as total rock fragment content
could significantly facilitate water infiltration into soils, but higher clay (<0.002 mm) content could restrict water movement.
This result indicated that rock fragment, sand, and clay contents may remarkably affect water flow in the topsoil layers,
and should be considered in hydrological modeling on karst hillslopes in subtropical regions. 相似文献
13.
Understanding of the role of oceanic input in nutrient loadings is important for understanding nutrient and phytoplankton
dynamics in estuaries adjacent to coastal upwelling regions as well as determining the natural background conditions. We examined
the nitrogen sources to Yaquina Estuary (Oregon, USA) as well as the relationships between physical forcing and gross oceanic
input of nutrients and phytoplankton. The ocean is the dominant source of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphate
to the lower portion of Yaquina Bay during the dry season (May through October). During this time interval, high levels of
dissolved inorganic nitrogen (primarily in the form of nitrate) and phosphate entering the estuary lag upwelling favorable
winds by 2 days. The nitrate and phosphate levels entering the bay associated with coastal upwelling are correlated with the
wind stress integrated over times scales of 4–6 days. In addition, there is a significant import of chlorophyll a to the bay from the coastal ocean region, particularly during July and August. Variations in flood-tide chlorophyll a lag upwelling favorable winds by 6 days, suggesting that it takes this amount of time for phytoplankton to utilize the recently
upwelled nitrogen and be transported across the shelf into the estuary. Variations in water properties determined by ocean
conditions propagate approximately 11–13 km into the estuary. Comparison of nitrogen sources to Yaquina Bay shows that the
ocean is the dominant source during the dry season (May to October) and the river is the dominant source during the wet season
with watershed nitrogen inputs primarily associated with nitrogen fixation on forest lands. 相似文献
14.
Water fluxes were estimated and a water budget developed for the land surface and a surficial 10-m-deep section of the coastal
sabkhas that extend from the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, west to the border with Saudi Arabia. The fluxes were
estimated on the basis of water levels and hydraulic conductivities measured in wells and evaporation rates measured with
a humidity chamber. In contrast with conceptual models proposed in earlier studies, groundwater inflow is estimated to be
small, whereas the largest components of the water budget are recharge from rainfall and evaporation from the water table.
Estimates within a rectilinear volume of sabkha, defined as 1 m wide by 10 km long by 10 m deep, indicate that about 1 m3/year of water enters and exits by lateral groundwater flow; 40–50 m3/year enters by upward leakage; and 640 m3/year enters by recharge from rainfall. Based on the water and solute fluxes estimated for the upward leakage into the sabkha,
7–8 pore volumes of brine have entered the sabkha from below since the time the sabkha became saturated (7,000 years ago)
as a result of the last global sea-level rise.
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Ward E. SanfordEmail: |
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Laura Carrillo Emilio Palacios-Hernández Mario Yescas Ana María Ramírez-Manguilar 《Estuaries and Coasts》2009,32(5):906-916
Salinity profiles and meteorological data were analyzed during February, May, and September 2006 in Chetumal Bay, a large,
shallow estuary of the Western Caribbean. Local meteorological conditions revealed three seasons: (1) a dry season (March–May);
(2) a wet season (June–October); and (3) the nortes season, with northerly wind events (October–February). During the nortes
and wet seasons, salinity ranged between 13 and 16 psu, and salinity was highest in the dry season, ranging between 18 and
22 psu over most of the area; a strong stratification and a significant contribution of salty water characterized this season.
Strong horizontal gradients were observed near Rio Hondo during the three seasons. Deep and narrow peculiar bathymetric features
called the pozas showed a strong stratification and a relatively high salinity. The northern part of Chetumal Bay and probably
the entire system are far from being homogeneous. 相似文献
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Groundwater recharge in arid areas induced by tropical cyclones: lessons learned from Gonu 2007 in Sultanate of Oman 总被引:4,自引:1,他引:3
Younger groundwater found in some Omani aquifers is a result of recent recharge from cyclonic and storm events [Weyhenmeyer
et al. (Science 287:842–845, 2000); Young et al. (J Appl Geophys 57:43–61, 2004)]. The analysis of the meteorological data in Oman indicates an anomalous rainfall on a decadal interval whereas cyclones
frequency is expected to increase due to global climatic changes. The cyclone Gonu has severely struck the eastern Omani coasts
in 2007 resulting in devastating floods. Huge volume of water (3,672 mm3) spread over the coastal plain calling for an assessment of potential groundwater recharge subsequent to this event. The
present study evaluates groundwater recharge with respect to Gonu 2007 to assess the potential of recharge induced by such
cyclones in the arid zones. The hydrographs of several piezometers sited along the coastal plain in Muscat Province have been
studied and variation in water table rise has been analyzed. Significant water table rise is indicated for areas with geological
and structural settings favoring rapid infiltration of water yielding considerable groundwater mound, whereas piezometers
located in less favorable zones show minimum rise of water table. However, soon after the floods the aquifer hydrodynamics
has readjusted to attain equilibrium and the groundwater mound dissipated. The cumulative rise of the water table on an areal
extent does not exceed a few centimeters indicating lesser volume of recharge. Comparatively, recharge from frequent precipitation
along favorable zones produces more significant recharge compared with cyclonic events where surface water residence time
is shorter to allow for efficient infiltration. 相似文献
17.
The occurrence of wet-snow avalanches is, in general, poorly understood. For 20 years (winters of 1975–1976 to 1994–1995),
the avalanche activity has been observed in the Dischma valley near Davos (Eastern Swiss Alps). The study area comprises a
large starting zone of north-easterly aspect (2,300 m a.s.l.) with several avalanche paths. We have analyzed the occurrence
data in combination with meteorological and snowpack data collected at an elevation of 2,090 m a.s.l. During the 20-year observation
period, almost 800 wet-snow avalanches were observed, about 4.5 times more loose snow avalanches than slab avalanches. Considering
both types of avalanches jointly, snow depth, precipitation and air temperature showed the highest correlation with avalanche
activity. Most loose snow avalanches occurred when air temperature was high and/or after a precipitation period. Slab avalanches
occurrence was primarily related to warm air temperatures and snowpack properties such as the isothermal state and the existence
of capillary barriers. Radiation did not show up as a significant variable. The results suggest that in a transitional snow
climate wet-snow avalanches are, as dry snow avalanches, often related to precipitation events, and that wet slab instability
strongly depends on snowpack properties in relation to warming of the snowpack and melt water production. 相似文献
18.
A severe rainstorm of high intensity occurred on 20th–21st November 2000, in the region of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy, which
triggered, within the entire province, over 50 landslides. These landslides can be broadly defined as complex earth slides—earth
flows, originating as rotational slides that develop downslope into a flow. In this paper, two such landslides have been investigated
by modelling the process of rainwater infiltration, the variations in both the positive and negative pore water pressures
and their effect on slope stability during the storm. For both sites, results from morphometric and geotechnical analyses
were used as a direct input to the numerical modelling. A modified Chu, 1978 approach was used to estimate the surface infiltration
rate by adapting the original Green and Ampt, 1911 equations for unsteady rainfall intensity in conjunction with the surficial
water balance. For transient conditions, a finite element analysis was used to model the fluctuations in pore water pressure
during the storm, with the computed surface infiltration rate as the surface boundary condition. This was then followed by
the application of the limit equilibrium Morgenstern and Price, 1965 slope-stability method, using the temporal pore water
pressure distributions derived from the seepage analysis. From this methodology, a trend for the factor of safety was produced
for both landslide sites. These results indicate that the most critical time step for failure was a few hours following the
rainfall peak. 相似文献
19.
Soil salinity and sodicity are environmental problems in the shrimp farming areas of the Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province,
Vietnam. In 2000, farmers in the district switched en masse from rice cropping to shrimp culture. Due to recent failure in
shrimp farming, many farmers wish to revert to a rotational system with rice in the wet season and shrimps in the dry season.
So far, all their attempts to grow rice have failed. To assess soil salinity and sodicity, 25 boreholes in shrimp ponds were
analysed in four consecutive seasons from 2002 to 2004. The results showed that soil salinity was quite serious (mean ECe 29.25 dS m−1), particularly in the dry season (mean ECe 33.44 dS m−1). In the wet season, significant amounts of salts still remained in the soil (mean ECe 24.65 dS m−1) and the highest soil salinity levels were found near the sea. Soil sodicity is also a problem in the district (exchangeable
sodium percentage range 9.63–72.07%). Sodicity is mainly a phenomenon of topsoils and of soils near the sea. Both soil salinity
and sodicity are regulated by seasonal rainfall patterns. They could together result in disastrous soil degradation in the
Cai Nuoc district. 相似文献
20.
Subsurface Airflow Induced by Natural Forcings 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
JiuJ.Jiao LIHai-long 《地球科学进展》2004,19(3):415-421
Subsurface airflow can be induced by natural processes,such as atmospheric or barometric pressure changes, water table fluctuations,topographic effects,and rainfall infiltration.Barometric pressure fluctuations are the most common cause of subsurface airflow,which can be significant under favourable geological conditions.This process has been studied most extensively because of its application to passive soil vapor extraction.Soil airflow induced by water table fluctuations can be significant,particularly where the fluctuations are of high frequency,for example,in tidal-influenced coastal areas.Top-ographic effects can lead to strong subsoil airflow in areas with great elevation differences.Rainfall infiltration usually produces only weak airflow.Air flow induced by these natural processes has important environmental and engineering implications.Among the different processes,airflow induced by tidal fluctuations has been studied the least,although it has exciting applications to coastal engineering projects and environmental remediation. 相似文献