This is Part II of two papers on man-induced regime shifts in small, narrow, and converging estuaries, with focus on the interaction between effective hydraulic drag, fine sediment import, and tidal amplification, induced by river engineering works, e.g., narrowing and deepening. Paper I describes a simple linear analytical model for the tidal movement in narrow, converging estuaries and a conceptual model on the response of tidal rivers to river engineering works. It is argued that such engineering works may set in motion a snowball effect bringing the river into an alternative steady state. Part II analyses the historic development in tidal range in four rivers, e.g., the Elbe, Ems, Loire, and Scheldt, all in northwest Europe; data are available for many decades, up to a century. We use the analytical model derived in Part I, showing that the effective hydraulic drag in the Ems and Loire has decreased considerably over time, as anticipated in Part I. We did not find evidence that the Upper Sea Scheldt is close to its tipping point towards hyperturbid conditions, but risks have been identified. In the Elbe, tidal reflections against the profound step in bed level around Hamburg seem to have affected the tidal evolution in the last decades. It is emphasized that the conceptual picture sketched in these papers is still hypothetical and needs to be validated, for instance through hind-cast modeling of the evolution of these rivers. This will not be an easy task, as historical data for a proper calibration of the models required are scarce.
The concept of apparent thermal diffusivity in soil is discussed and defined as consisting of an intrinsic and a pseudo part. A method that uses a numerical model of heat conduction and measured soil temperatures to estimate apparent thermal diffusivity is introduced. The method requires measurement of temperatures at three depths to make an estimate for diffusivity between the lowest and uppermost depths. This method is applied to a five-day data set obtained in Sweden. Time-dependent apparent diffusivities are estimated for periods of five days, one day, and three hours. An empirical method is used to determine the intrinsic diffusivity. Values close to those calculated for the empirical relationships have been obtained for the one- and five-day periods, whereas values of the three-hour period show wider variation. The results indicate that the outlined method is feasible and satisfactory for estimating the intrinsic thermal diffusivity in soils near the surface on a daily basis. It also is argued that the root-mean-square error (RMSE) of a simulation using the estimated diffusivity, together with the diffusivity, is a better indicator for non-conductive processes than diffusivity alone. 相似文献
We have investigated the conditions for simultaneous meteor observations with the EISCAT UHF radar system and telescopic optical
devices. The observed characteristics of 410 meteors detected by all three UHF receivers are compared with model simulations
and their luminosity is calculated as a part of a meteoroid ablation model using a fifth order Runge–Kutta numerical integration
technique. The estimated absolute visual magnitudes are in the range of +9 to +5. The meteors should therefore be observable
using intensified CCD or EMCCD (Electron Multiplying CCD) cameras with telephoto lenses. A possible setup of a coordinated
radar and optical campaign is suggested. 相似文献
The Arecibo UHF radar is able to detect the head-echos of micron-sized meteoroids up to velocities of 75 km/s over a height
range of 80–140 km. Because of their small size there are many uncertainties involved in calculating their above atmosphere
properties as needed for orbit determination. An ab initio model of meteor ablation has been devised that should work over
the mass range 10−16 kg to 10−7 kg, but the faint end of this range cannot be observed by any other method and so direct verification is not possible. On
the other hand, the EISCAT UHF radar system detects micrometeors in the high mass part of this range and its observations
can be fit to a “standard” ablation model and calibrated to optical observations (Szasz et al. 2007). In this paper, we present a preliminary comparison of the two models, one observationally confirmable. Among the features
of the ab initio model that are different from the “standard” model are: (1) uses the experimentally based low pressure vaporization
theory of O’Hanlon (A users’s guide to vacuum technology, 2003) for ablation, (2) uses velocity dependent functions fit from
experimental data on heat transfer, luminosity and ionization efficiencies measured by Friichtenicht and Becker (NASA Special
Publication 319: 53, 1973) for micron sized particles, (3) assumes a density and temperature dependence of the micrometeoroids
and ablation product specific heats, (4) assumes a density and size dependent value for the thermal emissivity and (5) uses
a unified synthesis of experimental data for the most important meteoroid elements and their oxides through least square fits
(as functions of temperature, density, and/or melting point) of the tables of thermodynamic parameters given in Weast (CRC
Handbook of Physics and Chemistry, 1984), Gray (American Institute of Physics Handbook, 1972), and Cox (Allen’s Astrophysical
Quantities 2000). This utilization of mostly experimentally determined data is the main reason for calling this an ab initio
model and is made necessary by the fact that individual average meteoroid mass densities are now derivable from Arecibo observations. 相似文献
To inform the future practices to be employed for handling waste water and grey water at the Swedish Antarctic station, Wasa, in Dronning Maud Land, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat took the initiative to survey the practices of the 28 nations with stations in Antarctica. A questionnaire was sent out to all members of the Antarctic Environment Officers Network during the autumn of 2005. Questions were asked about the handling of waste water and grey water, the type of sewage treatment, and installation and operational costs. The response to the questionnaire was very good (79%), and the results showed that 37% of the permanent stations and 69% of the summer stations lack any form of treatment facility. When waste water and grey water containing microorganisms are released, these microorganisms can remain viable in low-temperature Antarctic conditions for prolonged periods. Microorganisms may also have the potential to infect and cause disease, or become part of the gut flora of local bird and mammal populations, and fish and marine invertebrates. The results from 71 stations show that much can still be done by the 28 nations operating the 82 research stations in Antarctica. The technology exists for effective waste water treatment in the challenging Antarctic conditions. The use of efficient technology at all permanent Antarctic research stations would greatly reduce the human impact on the pristine Antarctic environment. In order to protect the Antarctic environment from infectious agents introduced by humans, consideration should also be given to preventing the release of untreated waste water and grey water from the smaller summer stations. 相似文献
The purpose of this paper is to establish a relation between a few measurable quantities (the so-called ζ potential, organic matter content, and shear rate) and the flocculation behavior of mud. The results obtained with small-scale
flocculation experiments (mixing jar) are compared to results of large-scale experiments (settling column). The mud used for
all experiments has been collected in October 2007 in the lower Western Schelde, near Antwerp, Belgium. From this study, it
was found that the mean floc size and the Kolmogorov microscale vary in a similar way with the shear rate for suspensions
with different pH and salt concentrations. The size of flocs at a given shear rate depends on the properties of the suspension,
which affect the electrokinetic properties of the sediment; these can be described by means of the ζ potential. The main findings of this paper are: (1) In saline suspensions at pH = 8, the mean floc size increases when the
salt concentration and the ζ potential increase. (2) For a given ζ potential, the mean floc size at low pH is larger than observed at pH = 8 for any added salt. (3) The mean floc size increases
with increasing organic matter content. (4) Mud with no organic matter at pH = 8 and no added salt flocculates very little.
The response of mud suspensions to variations in salinity and pH is similar to that of kaolinite. This suggests that a general
trend can be established for different and complex types of clays and mud. This systematic study can therefore be used for
further development of flocculation models. 相似文献
This paper presents an analysis of drag reduction by buoyancy destruction in sediment-laden open channel flow. We start from the log-linear profile proposed by Barenblatt (Prikladnaja Matematika i Mekhanika, 17:261–274, 1953), extended with a second length scale to account for free surface effects. Upon analytical integration over the water depth, an expression for sediment-induced drag reduction is found in terms of an effective Chézy number, water depth, bulk Richardson number, and Rouse number. This relation contains one empirical/experimental coefficient, which was obtained from a large series of numerical experiments with a 1DV point model. Upon calibration of this model against field and laboratory observations, we tuned the turbulent Prandtl–Schmidt number and found an optimal value of σT?=?2, consistent to observations by Cellino and Graf (ASCE, J Hydraulic Engineering, 125:456–462, 1999). All numerical results could be correlated with the simple relation \( C_{\text{eff}} = C_0 + 4\sqrt {g} hRi_{*} \beta \), which is valid for fine sediment suspensions under conditions typical in open channel flow. 相似文献
Ambae (also known as Aoba), is a 38 × 16 km2 lozenge-shaped island volcano with a coastal population of around 10 000. At the summit of the volcano is lake Voui — one of the largest active crater lakes worldwide, with 40 × 106 m3 of acidic water perched 1400 m a.s.l. After more than 300 years of dormancy, Ambae volcano reawakened with phreatic eruptions through Voui in 1995, and culminating in a series of surtseyan eruptions in 2005, followed by a rapid and spectacular colour change of the lake from light blue to red in 2006. Integrating lake water chemistry with new measurements of SO2 emissions from the volcano during the 2005–2006 eruptive period helps to explain the unusual and spectacular volcanic activity of Ambae — initially, a degassed magma approached the lake bed and triggered the surtseyan eruption. Depressurization of the conduit facilitated ascent of volatile-rich magma from the deeper plumbing system. The construction of a cone during eruption and the high degassing destabilised the equilibrium of lake stratification leading to a limnic event and subsequently the spectacular colour change. 相似文献