SNOW WETNESS ESTIMATES OF VEGETATED TERRAIN FROM SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA

The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) radiometer is a useful tool for monitoring snow wetness on a large scale because water content has a significant effect on the microwave emissions at the snowpack surface. To date, SSM/I snow wetness algorithms, based on statistical regression analysis, have been developed only for specific regions. Inadequate ground-based snow wetness measurements and the non-linearity between SSM/I brightness temperatures (T_Bs) and snow wetness over varied vegetation covered terrain has impeded the development of a general model. In this study, we used a previously developed linear relationship between snowpack surface wetness (% by volume) and concurrent air temperature (°C) to estimate the snow wetness at ground weather stations. The snow condition (snow free, dry, wet or refrozen snow) of each SSM/I pixel (a 37 × 29 km area at 37.0 GHz) was determined from ground-measured weather data and the T_B signature. SSM/I T_Bs of wet snow were then linked with the snow wetness estimates as an input/output relationship. A single-hidden-layer back-propagation (backprop) artificial neural network (ANN) was designed to learn the relationships. After training, the snow wetness values estimated by the ANN were compared with those derived by regression models. Results show that the ANN performed better than the existing regression models in estimating snow wetness from SSM/I data over terrain with different amounts of vegetation cover.     

瞬变电磁法探测复杂地形不积水采空区的应用

针对高密度电法在探测煤矿不积水采空区对地形有严格要求的实际情况下,在煤田地表条件较为复杂的地区,采用受地形影响较小的瞬变电磁法反映地下不积水采空区的电性特征的研究与应用就有了重要的实际意义。为此首先从瞬变电磁法的基本原理出发,介绍瞬变电磁法的基本公式和正演方法;其次,结合不积水采空区的地球物理特征,设计正演模型,根据计算结果提出在地形条件复杂,不适合高密度电法施工的地方,采用小线框、配合高发射频率和大发射电流的瞬变电磁方法,探测地下高阻目标体的电性特征,推断不积水采空区的分布;最后,结合实际工程进行瞬变电磁法探测煤矿不积水采空区的实践,得到结论与实际钻探结果相符。应用效果表明,瞬变电磁法在一定程度上能够完成煤矿不积水采空区的探测,对煤矿安全生产起到了的参考作用。     

Quantifying terrain controls on runoff retention and routing in the Northern Prairies

The role of hummocky terrain in governing runoff routing and focussing groundwater recharge in the Northern Prairies of North America is widely recognised. However, most hydrological studies in the region have not effectively utilised information on the surficial geology and associated landforms in large-scale hydrological characterization. The present study uses an automated digital elevation model (DEM) analysis of a 6500-km² area in the Northern Prairies to quantify hydrologically relevant terrain parameters for the common types of terrains in the prairies with different surficial deposits widespread in the prairies, namely, moraines and glaciolacustrine deposits. Runoff retention (and storage) capacity within depressions varies greatly between different surficial deposits and is comparable in magnitude with a typical amount of seasonal snowmelt runoff generation. The terrain constraint on potential runoff retention varies from a few millimetres in areas classified as moraine to tens of millimetres in areas classified as stagnant ice moraine deposits. Fluted moraine and glaciolacustrine deposits have intermediate storage capacity values. The study also identified the probability density function describing a number of immediate upstream neighbours for each depression in a fill-and-spill network. A relationship between depression parameters and surficial deposits, as well as identified depression network structure, allows parametrisation of hydrologic models outside of the high-resolution DEM coverage, which can still account for terrain variation in the Prairies.     

Estimation of regional material yield from coastal landslides based on historical digital terrain modelling

High‐resolution historical (1942) and recent (1994) digital terrain models were derived from aerial photographs along the Big Sur coastline in central California to measure the long‐term volume of material that enters the nearshore environment. During the 52‐year measurement time period, an average of 21 000 ± 3100 m³ km^?1 a^?1 of material was eroded from nine study sections distributed along the coast, with a low yield of 1000 ± 240 m³ km^?1 a^?1 and a high of 46 700 ± 7300 m³ km^?1 a^?1. The results compare well with known volumes from several deep‐seated landslides in the area and suggest that the processes by which material is delivered to the coast are episodic in nature. In addition, a number of parameters are investigated to determine what influences the substantial variation in yield along the coast. It is found that the magnitude of regional coastal landslide sediment yield is primarily related to the physical strength of the slope‐forming material. Coastal Highway 1 runs along the lower portion of the slope along this stretch of coastline, and winter storms frequently damage the highway. The California Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining this scenic highway while minimizing the impacts to the coastal ecosystems that are part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This study provides environmental managers with critical background data on the volumes of material that historically enter the nearshore from landslides, as well as demonstrating the application of deriving historical digital terrain data to model landscape evolution. Published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二维地电条件下充电法地形改正的一种方法

本文首先讨论了充电法地形改正方法及存在的问题，提出了一种基于比值法思想的地改方法，经理论模型验算表明，有较好的地改效果     

基于三维遥感系统的泥石流土石量计算及影响范围模拟

结合三维遥感影像解译提出一种定量的泥石流土石量计算方法。在泥石流汇水区内对地形进行0次谷与1次谷划分,按可搬运的物质总量和一次降雨所能搬运的物质总量两种方式进行分析,使计算结果更加精细化;以数字高程模型(DEM)与降雨所搬运的土石总量作为影响范围模拟的基础,利用GIS空间分析功能分析泥石流汇水区的横截面面积及区域平面面积等地形参数,判别土石产出量与地形参数关系,实现泥石流影响范围的模拟。分析结果可为潜在泥石流危险区域评价预测提供参考。     

顾及多分析尺度的地形部位面向对象分类方法

地形部位是地表形态的基本单元,其分类和提取在地貌发育、数字土壤制图、景观生态制图等领域有着重要的应用。康鑫等提出的多尺度Geomorphons地形部位分类法（简称多尺度Geomorphons法）利用高程相对差异信息和地形部位多尺度特征,可避免受地形属性计算及单一分析尺度约束而误分类,然而其存在分类破碎及分析尺度域难以确定的问题。基于此,本文以多尺度Geomorphons法为基础,提出了其适宜分析尺度域确定方法,建立了以初始地形部位数据层组合的对象多尺度分割和分类方法,进而构建了顾及多分析尺度的地形部位面向对象分类方法。以陕北黄土高原区域5 m分辨率DEM为实验数据,对面向对象分类方法进行了验证与评价。实验结果表明：①均值变点法可有效解决分析尺度域难以确定的问题,实验样区适宜分析尺度域为[5×5, 33×33]栅格单元;②以0,255为二值化的地形部位数据层组合适用于多尺度分割,尺度、形状及紧致度参数组合影响分割结果,且对于实验样区存在最优分割参数;③与多尺度Geomorphons法相比,本文方法得到的地形部位分类结果完整性较好,在地表形态对应和地理认知等方面更具合理性。     

Magnetic Petrology of Archean High-Grade Terrains: Window into Deep Crustal Structure and Geodynamic Processes

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台风"杜鹃"影响期间福建大风天气的特点及成因

台风“杜鹃”影响期间，福建大风天气出现的比较早，而且范围比较大．本文通过对天气尺度的环境场、具有代表性的单站资料的对比分析，寻求大风出现的原因．还深入利用MM5模式对台风的气压场、风场、流场等进行数值模拟，分析结果表明台湾地形倒槽的形成对此次大风天气出现有着重要的作用，此外从流场分型的角度进一步分析台湾地形倒槽的形成原因．     

地形三维建模中特殊地物的处理方法

在三维建模领域,空中三角测量通过少量的控制点,按一定的数学模型加密解算出所需要的全部控制点及每张像片的外方位元素并由此进行三维重建工作;若遇到一些特殊地物(如桥梁、铁塔、水域等)时,往往会出现模型错乱、模糊不清、有漏洞或无法正确显示等一系列问题。本文采用倾斜摄影测量建模的方式,对一些特殊地物进行信息采集,再利用专业软件进行加工处理,用3dsmax类建模软件对采集的信息进行精细建模,用skyline类软件进行三维场景编辑及漫游,从而能够实现基于原本样貌重建特殊地物的三维模型。