水平层状介质视波速比响应特性的数值模拟

本文用几何地震学方法和多台和达图法, 通过数值模拟讨论了水平层状介质的视波速比对真波速比变化的响应特性。 结果表明: ① 视波速比对真波速比变化的响应特性是介质结构及其动态变化、 震源与监测台网的相对位置有关的复杂函数, 显示了地震波的实际传播途径对提取波速比异常信息的明显影响; ② 检测波速比信息的地震震源深度对视波速比的响应特性有重要的影响, 当介质处于异常状态时, 位于震源区下方的地震其携带出异常信息的能力受到较大限制, 其实质应归于地震波传播路径中非异常部分的作用; ③ 视波速比的响应特性主要是对于介质内部真波速比变化的响应, 在其他条件相同的情况下, 如果介质内部波速变化大而波速比变化小, 一般并不会显示高的视波速比响应特性。 根据这些结果笔者认为, 结合研究区具体的介质结构条件, 发展震源精确定位方法, 深入而具体地研究视波速比对真波速比变化的响应特性问题, 是应用视波速比作为预测地震的前兆方法必须面对的基本问题, 也是可靠地识别视波速比异常必须解决的关键问题。     

Effect of dynamic soil–bridge interaction modeling assumptions on the calculated seismic response of integral bridges

In this study, the effect of soil–structure modeling assumptions and simplifications on the seismic analyses results of integral bridges (IBs) is investigated. For this purpose, five structural models of IBs are built in decreasing levels of complexity starting from a nonlinear structural model including close numerical simulation of the behavior of the foundation and backfill soil and gradually simplifying the model to a level where the effect of backfill and foundation soil is totally excluded. Nonlinear time history analyses of the modeled IBs are then conducted using a set of ground motions with various intensities representing small, medium and large intensity earthquakes. The analyses results are then used to assess the effect of modeling complexity level on the calculated seismic response of IBs. The nonlinear soil-bridge interaction modeling assumptions are found to have considerable effects on the calculated seismic response of IBs under medium and large intensity earthquakes.     

Contribution of surface roughness to simulations of historical deforestation

Surface roughness which partitions surface net radiation into energy fluxes is a key parameter for estimation of biosphere–atmosphere interactions and climate variability. An earth system model of intermediate complexity (EMIC), MPM-2, is used to derive the impact of surface roughness on climate from simulations of historical land cover change effects. The direct change in surface roughness leads to a global surface warming of 0.08 °C through altering the turbulence in the boundary layer. The regional temperature response to surface roughness associated deforestation is very strong at northern mid-latitudes with a most prominent warming of 0.72 °C around 50°N in the Eurasia continent during summer. They can be explained mainly as direct and indirect consequences of decreases in surface albedo and increases in precipitation in response to deforestation, although there are a few significant changes in precipitation. There is also a prominent warming of 0.25 °C around 40°N in the North American continent. This study indicates that land surface roughness plays a significant role which is comparable with the whole land conversion effect in climate change. Therefore, further investigation of roughness–climate relationship is needed to incorporate these aspects.     

Numerical modeling of the effects of water flow,sediment transport and vegetation growth on the spatiotemporal patterning of the ridge and slough landscape of the Everglades wetland

A numerical model has been developed to simulate the spatiotemporal patterning of the ridge and slough landscape in wetlands, characterized by crests (ridges) and valleys (sloughs) that are elongated parallel to the direction of water flow. The model formulation consists of governing equations for integrated surface water and groundwater flow, sediment transport, and soil accretion, as well as litter production by vegetation growth. The model simulations show how the spatial pattern self-organizes over time with the generation of ridges and sloughs through sediment deposition and erosion driven by the water flow field. The spatial and temporal distributions of the water depth, flow rates and sediment transport processes are caused by differential flow due to vegetation and topography heterogeneities. The model was parameterized with values that are representative of the Everglades wetland in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula in the USA. Model simulation sensitivity was tested with respect to numerical grid size, lateral vegetation growth and the rate of litter production. The characteristic wavelengths of the pattern in the directions along and perpendicular to flow that are simulated with this model develop over time into ridge and slough shapes that resemble field observations. Also, the simulated elevation differences between the ridges and sloughs are of the same order of those typically found in the field. The width of ridges and sloughs was found to be controlled by a lateral vegetation growth distance parameter in a simplified formulation of vegetation growth, which complements earlier modeling results in which a differential peat accretion mechanism alone did not reproduce observations of ridge and slough lateral wavelengths. The results of this work suggest that ridge and slough patterning occurs as a result of vegetation's ability to grow laterally, enhancing sediment deposition in ridge areas, balanced by increased sediment erosion in slough areas to satisfy flow continuity. The interplay between sediment transport, water flow and vegetation and soil dynamic processes needs to be explored further through detailed field experiments, using a model formulation such as the one developed in this work to guide data collection and interpretation. This should be one of the focus areas of future investigations of pattern formation and stability in ridge and slough areas.     

流域空间离散化及其对径流过程模拟的影响研究

本文分析比较了流域空间离散化的两种途径 :子流域法和网格法 ,并以此对流域径流过程模拟的影响进行了探讨。结果表明空间尺度和时间尺度之间应该是相互关联、相互匹配的 ;时空尺度具体大小的选定要根据研究目的、研究区域的面积、流域下扩建面信息源和模型输入资料的可获性综合考虑。     

多维动态GIS系统与应用评述

多维动态GIS一直是国际GIS学术界研究的热点问题之一。在总结ISPRS2008（北京）国际会议上与此相关的研究论文基础上,重点就GIS多维动态空间建模方法、球面可视化表达与拓扑描述、技术分析与应用等方向的研究成果及存在问题进行了评述与分析。