Effect of canopy openness and meteorological factors on spatial variability of throughfall isotopic composition in a Japanese cypress plantation

Spatial variability of throughfall (TF) isotopic composition, used as tracer input, influences isotope hydrological applications in forested watersheds. Notwithstanding, identification of the dominant canopy factors and processes that affect the patterns of TF isotopic variability remains ambiguous. Here, we examined the spatio‐temporal variability of TF isotopic composition in a Japanese cypress plantation, in which intensive strip thinning was performed and investigated whether canopy structure at a fine resolution of canopy effect analysis is related to TF isotopic composition and how this is affected by meteorological factors. Canopy openness, as an index of canopy structure, was calculated from hemispherical photographs at different zenith angles. TF samples were collected in a 10 × 10 m experimental plot in both pre‐thinning (from July to November 2010) and post‐thinning (from May 2012 to March 2013) periods. Our results show that thinning resulted in a smaller alteration of input δ¹⁸O of gross precipitation, whereas the changes in deuterium excess varied in both directions. Despite the temporal stability of spatial patterns in TF amount, the spatial variability of TF isotopic composition was not temporally stable in both pre‐ and post‐thinning periods. Additionally, after thinning, the isotopic composition of TF was best related to canopy openness calculated at the zenith angle of 7°, exhibiting three different relationships, that is, significantly negative, significantly positive, and nonsignificant. Changes in meteorological factors (wind speed, rainfall intensity, and temperature) were found to affect the relationships between TF δ¹⁸O and canopy openness. The observed shifts in the relationships reveal different dominant factors (partial evaporation and the selection), and canopy water flowpaths control such differences. This study provides useful insights into the spatial variability of TF isotopic composition and improves our understanding of the physical processes of interception through canopy passage.     

强震区轻骨料混凝土桥梁地震响应研究

为研究轻骨料混凝土桥梁的地震响应,以一座强震区典型连续梁桥为研究对象,在考虑轻骨料混凝土材料特性基础上建立桥梁结构有限元分析模型,采用非线性动力时程分析法进行结构地震响应分析,研究轻骨料混凝土材料布设位置对桥梁结构动力特性和地震响应的影响,并从内力和位移响应方面与普通混凝土桥梁进行对比。结果表明:与普通混凝土桥梁相比,仅上部结构或仅下部结构采用轻骨料混凝土对降低桥墩内力并不明显,而全桥采用轻骨料混凝土能够显著降低桥墩内力。轻骨料混凝土桥梁与普通混凝土桥梁地震内力和位移响应变化趋势不同,桥墩塑性发展程度和时间存在差异。采用轻骨料混凝土桥梁方案时,应综合考虑结构质量、刚度分布及材料塑性特性与普通混凝土桥梁的不同,合理确定抗震设计方案。     

渔港防台风等级评估研究 ——以霞关一级渔港为例

文章通过对历史上影响苍南近岸海域的24场风暴潮过程进行分析筛选,确定1323“菲特”为最危险台风路径基础,设计了8~17级的间距为22.5 km的18条构造台风路径,采用FVCOM浪、潮、流耦合模式分别计算潮位场、流场和浪场分布,通过分析渔港岸线是否淹没、锚泊地是否船只走锚、防波堤防浪能力3个指标确定单项防台评估能力,按“就低不就高”的原则最终确定霞关一级渔港的防台风等级为9级,并且渔船锚泊是渔港的薄弱环节,最后结合研究过程中发现的问题,提出渔港防台风建议。     

基于遥感的江苏省区域建设用海集约利用现状评价

区域建设用海是海域使用的一种重要方式。文章以土地与海域集约利用评价为参照,从"投入—产出"的角度出发构建了区域建设用海集约利用评价指标体系,利用遥感解译方法从2017年高分影像中提取并计算了江苏省12个区域建设用海的主要评价指标值,应用TOPSIS模型评价了江苏省沿海已建项目的集约用海现状。研究表明:①江苏省区域建设用海开发利用程度较低,53.2%的土地处于未利用状态,农渔业为面积占比最小的用地类型,江苏省对第二、第三产业的发展更为重视。②已有的开发活动中,人工设施面积较小,建筑与道路等面积占比远小于生态面积,区域生态健康状况良好。③根据指标计算,江苏省区域建设用海集约利用评价得分集中在0.4～0.6,集约利用程度整体较低,不同项目集约化利用程度差异较小,主要原因在于项目投资强度两极分化,道路等基础设施不够完善等。④从不同用海类型来看,交通运输用海集约利用程度最高,其用海结构布局最适宜,效率最高。文章所建指标具有指向性,应用TOPSIS模型进行无须赋予权重,因此更能客观真实地反映江苏省区域建设用海的集约利用情况。     

The Application of GIS in Education Administration: Protecting Students from Hazardous Roads

Though enrolment by proximity is an official educational policy in Iran, the lack of clearly defined school attendance areas has resulted in an informal open enrolment system where parents may choose public schools outside their residential areas. Two major consequences of parental choice are longer commutes to schools and increased use of motor vehicle transport. To delineate school attendance areas for public female junior high schools in the city of Rasht in Northern Iran, this research used the multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagram (MWVD) technique to construct school attendance areas. The approach was shown to be useful in developing countries like Iran where accident fatalities are not only disproportionately high but the public school system lacks sufficient educational diversity to offset the societal costs of opting out of neighbourhood schools. A GIS-based specialist package was used for constructing the proposed school attendance areas. Given the MWVD utility in demarcating spaces so that all journeys within them are closest to a chosen point, the research concluded that proposed school attendance areas can result in shorter and more convenient commutes on foot for students. This can eliminate the need to travel by vehicle for the overwhelming majority of students and thus make their journeys more convenient and safer.     

A GIS Approach to Estimation of Building Population for Micro-spatial Analysis

Population data used in GIS analyses is generally assumed to be homogeneous and planar (i.e. census tracts, townships or prefectures) due to the public unavailability of building population data. However, information on building population is required for micro-spatial analysis for improved disaster management and emergency preparedness, public facility management for urban planning, consumer and retail market analysis, environment and public health programs and other demographic studies. This article discusses a GIS approach using the Areametric and Volumetric methods for estimating building population based on census tracts and building footprint datasets. The estimated results were evaluated using actual building population data by visual, statistical and spatial means, and validated for use in micro-spatial analysis. We have also implemented a standalone GIS tool (known as 'PopShape GIS') for generating new building footprint with population attribute information based on user-defined criteria.     

The Southern Annular Mode and opposite-phased Basin Mode of the Southern Ocean circulation

Over the Southern Ocean the dominant modes of the atmospheric field are known as the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) or Antarctic Oscillation, and the Pacific South American (PSA) pattern. Statistical analysis of sea surface wind (SSW) from satellite observation revealed two leading modes of SAM-like and PSA patterns. In the high latitudes, the SAM-like pattern of the SSW had a large amplitude over the Bellingshausen Basin and Australian-Antarctic Basin, with opposite phase between the two basins. On the intraseasonal time scale, large-scale sea surface height (SSH) also had notable variability, showing a basin-scale anti-phase mode over the two basins. To explain the response of oceanic variations to these atmospheric modes, we analyzed the relationship between the dominant modes of wind stress and large-scale SSH on the intraseasonal time scale. The SAM-like pattern of wind stress was correlated with the SSH variation over the two basins. The SSH basin mode was most simply explained by a simple barotropic response to the SAM-like mode of wind stress, with the curl of opposite phase between the two basins. We conclude that the zonal asymmetry of the wind field of the SAM plays an important role in driving the antiphase SSH basin modes.     

《卫生宝鉴》中治疗脾胃病方剂用药规律

目的：基于数据挖掘分析《卫生宝鉴》中治疗脾胃病方剂的用药规律。方法：运用中医传承辅助平台（TCMISS）V2.5,采用频次统计、关联规则和聚类分析等数据挖掘方法,对《卫生宝鉴》中所载脾胃病的用药规律进行分析。结果：共收集处方151首,中药168味。频次≥17次的中药有21味,排前5位的依次是陈皮、白术、炙甘草、木香、干姜;温性中药使用频次最高,其次是寒性、平性中药;辛味药出现最多,其次是苦味、甘味药;排前5位的中药归经依次是脾、胃、肺、大肠、心经;频次≥14次的中药组合24个,对药物组合进行关联规则分析得到中药组合17个;聚类分析得到新方聚类的中药组合5组,对应新方组合5组。结论：通过中医传承辅助平台分析得出,《卫生宝鉴》中所载治疗脾胃病的处方注重甘辛温补、健脾消滞,慎用苦寒药,该研究结果可为临床治疗脾胃病开发新药物提供一定的参考