Is the forward problem of ground water hydrology always well posed?

Complex aquifer systems are often modeled with quasi-three-dimensional models, which consider two-dimensional horizontal flow in the aquifers and one-dimensional vertical flow through aquitards. When the aquifer system consists of a phreatic aquifer and one or more semiconfined aquifers connected by aquitards, the discrete model consists of a nonlinear system of algebraic equations, because the transmissivity of the phreatic aquifer depends on the phreatic head. If the water extraction is very high, the phreatic aquifer can be depleted and the equations of the model must be modified accordingly. There are not simple and general criteria to state if the phreatic aquifer is depleted before solving the system of equations. Therefore, the iterative procedures (e.g., relaxation methods), used to find the solution to the forward problem, must handle these particular conditions and can suffer several problems of convergence. These problems can be caused by the choice of the initial head values or of the relaxation coefficient of the iterative algorithms; however, they can also be caused by the nonexistence or nonuniqueness of the solution to the system of nonlinear equations. The study of existence and uniqueness of the general problem is very difficult and, therefore, we consider a simplified problem, for which the discrete model can be handled analytically. The results of the numerical experiments show that the solution to the forward problem can be nonunique. Only for some cases it is possible to invoke physical arguments to eliminate tentative solutions.     

Influence of water temperature and salinity on seasonal occurrences of Vibrio cholerae and enteric bacteria in oyster-producing areas of Veracruz, México

The influence of temperature and salinity on the occurrence of Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. associated with water and oyster samples was investigated in two lagoons on the Atlantic Coast of Veracruz, Mexico over a 1-year period. The results indicated that seasonal salinity variability and warm temperatures, as well as nutrient influx, may influence the occurrence of V. cholera. non-O1 and O1. The conditions found in the Alvarado (31.12 °C, 6.27‰, pH = 8.74) and La Mancha lagoons (31.38 °C, 24.18‰, pH = 9.15) during the rainy season 2002 favored the occurrence of V. cholera O1 Inaba enterotoxin positive traced in oysters. Vibrio alginolyticus was detected in Alvarado lagoon water samples during the winter season. E. coli and Salmonella spp. were isolated from water samples from the La Mancha (90–96.7% and 86.7–96.7%) and Alvarado (88.6–97.1% and 88.6–100%) lagoons. Occurrence of bacteria may be due to effluents from urban, agricultural and industrial areas.     

A linear regression model (LRM) for groundwater chemistry in and around the Vaniyambadi industrial area, Tamil Nadu, India

A linear regression model in conjunction with cluster analysis was applied to the groundwater quality parameters for the Vaniyambadi industrial area, Tamil Nadu, India. These physico-chemical parameters were collected from 25 wells by intensive groundwater sampling conducted during January 2010. All the major ions, pH and electrical conductivity were analyzed. The abundances of cations were in the order of Na 相似文献   

A survey of unbalanced flow diagnostics and their application

1.IntroductionImbalanceisdefinedintermsoftowhatextenttheflowdepartsfromabalancedstate.Despitetheapparentcomplexityofatmosphericmotions,thepressure(massfield)andvelocity(momentum)distributioncanberelatedbyrathersimpleapproximateforcebalances(sothatparcelaccelerationscanbeignored).Davisetal.(1996)pointedoutthattheunderlyingassumptionofbalanceddingnosticsisthatthenowevolvesinawayconsistentwiththerestrictionsimplicitwithinthediagnosticframework.ThesimplesttwobalancerelationsaregeostrOPhl'cbalance…     

Testing benthic foraminiferal distributions as a contemporary quantitative approach to biomonitoring estuarine heavy metal pollution

Biomonitoring of estuarine pollution is the subject of active research, and benthic foraminifera are an attractive group to use for these purposes due to their ubiquitous presence in saline water and wide diversity. Here, we describe a case study of biomonitoring using benthic foraminifera in the French Mediterranean lagoon, Bages-Sigean lagoon. In this case, the major pollutants of interest are heavy metals in the sediment, particularly contaminated by Cu and Cd derived from industrial and agricultural sources. The foraminiferal assemblages of the Bages-Sigean lagoon are typical of normal paralic environments, but unusually almost completely lack agglutinated forms. The density of benthic foraminifera was shown to be more influenced by the sediment characteristics rather than heavy metal pollution. However, the relative abundance of Quinqueloculina bicostata was shown to increase in the most polluted areas and we propose that this taxon may be used as an indicator of heavy metal pollution.     

Analysis of an Ensemble of High-Resolution WRF Simulations for the Rapid Intensification of Super Typhoon Rammasun(2014)

Diagnostics are presented from an ensemble of high-resolution forecasts that differed markedly in their predictions of the rapid intensification(RI) of Typhoon Rammasun. We show that the basic difference stems from subtle differences in initializations of(a) 500-850-h Pa environmental winds, and(b) midlevel moisture and ventilation. We then describe how these differences impact on the evolving convective organization, storm structure, and the timing of RI. As expected,ascent, diabatic heating an...     

利用微波辐射计和雷达联合反演大气温度分布

本文介绍同时使用星载和地面微波辐射计,采用合适的联合反演方法,在整个大气层得到较高的温度反演精度。还介绍用甚高频(VHF)雷达测的对流层顶高度改善对流层顶处的温度廓线反演。比较反演结果与无线电探空廓线(RAOB),得到地面到300hPa之间的温度反演均方根(RMS)误差小于2K,30hPa高度以下不大于2.7K。     

森林火灾可燃物含水量的估算模式

1.引言国家火险等级规定(Notional Fire DangerRating System,缩写 NFDRS)是基于火灾“起燃”(initiating)概念之上的。这种起燃火灾经过人们最初的扑救,一般是能够得到制止的,并且它不致于出现那种林冠火、蔓延飞火的火势。枯材和鲜材相混杂的可燃物,是影响起燃后火势发展的最重要因子之一。点燃、蔓延速率以及能量释放三者都受到鲜草本植物和鲜木本植物含水量的制约。这些可燃物沿着推进的火头依次脱水、点燃和燃烧,从而由热汇变为热源。1974年的 NFDRS 包括两类鲜材。“草本植被条件”是以鲜材占整个速燃物的容积比来表示。并包括三个火势指数的测定值,也就是对火灾的点燃和蔓延速率,以及释放出的能量进行测定后所得到