A model for the growth and development of wave-dominated deltas fed by small mountainous rivers: Insights from the Elwha River delta,Washington

Observations from ground-penetrating radar, sediment cores, elevation surveys and aerial imagery are used to understand the development of the Elwha River delta in north-western Washington, USA, which prograded as a result of two dam removals in late 2011. Swash-bar, foreshore and swale depositional elements are recognized within ground-penetrating radar profiles and sediment cores. A model for the growth and development of small mountainous river wave-dominated deltas is proposed based on observation of both the fluvial and deltaic settings. If enough sediment is available in the fluvial system, mouth-bars form after higher than average river discharge events, creating a large platform seaward of the subaqueous delta plain. Swash-bars form concurrently or within a month of mouth-bar deposition as a result of wave action. Fair-weather waves drive swash-bar migration landward and in the direction of littoral drift. The signature of swash-bar welding to the shoreline is landward-dipping reflections, as a result of overwash processes and slipface migration. However, most swash-bars are eroded by the river mouth, as only 10 of the 37 swash-bars that formed between August 2011 and July 2016 survived within the Elwha River delta. The swash-bars that do survive either amalgamate onto the shoreline or an earlier deposited swash-bar, forming a single larger barrier at the delta front. In asymmetrical deltas, the signature of swash-bar welding is more likely to be preserved on the downdrift side of the delta, where formation is more likely and accommodation behind newer swash-bars preserves older deposits. On small mountainous river deltas, welded swash-bars may be more indicative of a large sediment pulse to the system, rather than large hydrological events.     

降水临近预报及其在水文预报中的应用研究进展

随着全球气候变化、自然变迁及陆表生境改变,极端天气频发且呈现出多尺度时空变异特征,对其进行预报和预警一直是气象水文领域关注的焦点。临近预报可较准确地预报未来短时间天气显著变化,是当前预报强降水等极端事件的主要手段。从基于天气雷达0~3 h外推临近预报、融合数值模式0~6 h临近预报的发展历程梳理了临近预报的研究进展,阐述了雷达外推算法的发展进程、雷达外推预报与数值模式预报融合技术进展,指出"取长补短"的0~6 h融合预报在提高降水预报精度、延长降水预见期等多方面有较大的发展潜力,进一步探寻及提升融合技术是未来融合预报发展的核心。将临近预报以气象水文耦合的方式引入水文预报是从源头提高水文预报精度、保障水文预报效果的主要途径,总结了现阶段主流耦合方式、空间尺度匹配技术、水文模型不确定等陆气耦合中的关键问题,阐述了外推临近预报、融合临近预报作为水文预报输入的研究进展,明确了融合临近预报在延长洪水预见期、提高洪水预报精度中存在优势,并讨论了未来的研究重点及发展方向。     

Radar remote sensing of the source areas from the Coët-Dan catchment

As interest shifts to the development of models for predicting runoff quality, identification of the source areas for runoff becomes increasingly important. Active microwave remote sensing has a unique potential for surveying source areas at the catchment scale. Thresholding of the back-scattering coefficient was initially proposed but proved unsatisfactory when applied to the ERS-1 SAR multitemporal images acquired during winter 1992 over the Coët-Dan catchment, concomitantly with ground observations. Difference images may, instead, allow the wettest part of the catchment to be identified provided that the two images encompass a marked hydrological event. A saturation plot could not however be obtained for each date; the use of a pair of images may be further limited by the residual speckle (although carefully filtered using the multitemporal information) and a slight inaccuracy in the SAR image calibration. It is therefore argued that considering the whole temporal back-scatter profile would be, at present, a safer approach to the remote sensing of saturated areas. The back-scatter temporal standard deviation appears, in this light, as a possible good indicator of the local saturation likelihood during the period of study: it is based on the fact that saturation develops on parts of the catchment that are wetter than the others through lateral recharge. Possible applications within the TOPMODEL framework are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

粗粒混合钠盐盐渍土的地质雷达探测适用性研究

为了研究粗粒混合钠盐盐渍土的地质雷达探测适用性,在室内制作了2×1.0×1.5m的人工模型箱,通过人工配制的方式调配了4组具有不同含水率和含盐量的模型填土;采用900MHz的屏蔽式天线对模型填土进行探测并由此获得相应的探测图像,通过图像特征对探测适用性进行初步判定;为了对初步判定进行验证,以西安市杨凌北部黄土台塬区为实验场地进行现场探测,综合分析表明：含水率是影响探测适用性的主要因素,当含水率大于35%时,不论含盐量多少,探测图像模糊不清,均具有“斑点状”特征,难以进行有效判读,且回波主频集中,主频不超过中心频率的1/3,低频特征明显;当含水率低于20%时,含盐量的增加会显著提高电磁反射的强度,探测图像反射明显,图像清晰可见,可判性良好。研究内容能为粗粒混合钠盐盐渍土的地质雷达现场探测提供相关参考。     

基于InSAR技术的矿区沉降监测研究进展

介绍了合成孔径雷达干涉测量的原理和研究现状,探讨了InSAR技术在矿区沉降监测的局限性及其研究进展。基于时间序列的差分干涉测量技术能够有效地减弱多种误差的影响,提高可用数据的数量及其结果的质量,使多源数据的融合和多极化InSAR在沉降监测应用中有着较大的优势。     

Combining multisource satellite data to estimate storage variation of a lake in the Rift Valley Basin,Ethiopia

Integration of remote sensing data sets from multiple satellites is tested to simulate water storage variation of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia for the period 2009-2018. Sixty Landsat ETM+/OLI images served to trace temporal variation of lake surface area using a water extraction index. Time series of lake levels were acquired from two altimetry databases that were validated by in-situ lake level measurements. Coinciding pairs of optical satellite based lake surface area and radar altimetry based lake levels were related through regression and served for simulating lake storage variation. Indices for extracting lake surface area from images showed 91–99 % overall accuracy. Lake water levels from the altimetry products well agreed to in-situ lake level measurements with R² = 0.92 and root mean square error of 11.9 cm. Based on this study we conclude that integrating satellite imagery and radar altimetry is a viable approach for frequent and accurate monitoring of lake water volume variation and for long-term change detection. Findings indicate water level reduction (4 cm/annum), surface area shrinkage (0.08km²/annum) and water storage loss (20.4Mm³/annum) of Lake Ziway (2009–2018).     

中国近岸海域高度计JASON-1测量数据的波形重构算法研究

卫星雷达高度计的测量数据目前已被广泛应用于各个领域,但高度计在近海的测量数据却一直不可用,一方面是因为高度计在近岸海域的回波波形测量受陆地回波的影响,另一方面是因为一些校正量对近海不准确,如大气湿对流层校正、海洋潮汐校正以及大气高频因数校正等。通过对高度计在近海测量的回波波形进行重构处理,可以缩短近海数据不可用的距离,提高数据的数量和质量。以我国海域及邻近海域(14°~45°N,105°~130°E)为研究区域,采用四种波形重构算法(海洋算法、重力中心偏离算法、冰层算法二和阈值算法)对JASON-1高度计1 a共31个周期的测量波形重新进行了计算,比较了轨道交叉点处升轨和降轨的海面高度异常值以及海面高度值与验潮站的实测水位,结果表明重力中心偏离法比其他三种算法更适合我国近海的测高波形重构:计算结果精度最高,有效数目最多。     

星载雷达波谱仪反演海浪谱的精度研究

介绍了星载雷达波谱仪的观测原理及误差分析模型,并在Hauser等提出的SWI M(sea wave investigation and monitoring by satellite)的基础上分析了波谱仪反演海浪谱的波长分辨率和角度分辨率。为了减小反演调制谱的波动,在数据处理过程中时域和波数域相邻单元的平均个数分别为10和8个。系统在不同的模式下工作,为了获取20°的角度分辨率,对调制谱平均次数分别取3次(模式1)、7次(模式2)、10次(模式3)。使用解析法和仿真法分析了SWI M工作在模式2时海浪谱观测的能量误差,两种方法的结果一致。对于给定的海浪条件,能量误差小于20%。     

目标激光脉冲一维距离成像研究

根据激光雷达方程及粗糙面脉冲波束散射理论,提出了目标激光脉冲后向散射回波功率即激光一维距离像的计算表达式,并获得斜板、球和圆锥一维距离像的具体形式.数值计算结果与粗糙平板和圆锥激光脉冲回波强度实验数据比较,两者符合良好.数据分析表明,激光一维距离像曲线能够较好反映目标的纵向几何外形信息.我们着重讨论了入射激光脉冲宽度与目标径向尺寸对距离像的影响.上述研究可为激光波段的目标特征提取和识别提供理论依据.     

C、X波段双线偏振多普勒雷达资料质量分析

双线偏振多普勒雷达是探测和研究降水粒子相态结构的一种有效手段并且已经取得了较多的研究成果.但是对于一部特定雷达来说,要进行资料分析和预处理以及评价其探测性能仍然比较困难.以国家灾害天气重点实验室的C波段双线偏振雷达及北京市气象局的X波段双线偏振雷达观测的一次降水过程资料为例,在保证资料的可信度的基础上统计分析双线偏振资料中的差分反射率因子ZDR、水平和垂直信号相关系数ρHV与信噪比SNR的关系.研究发现:差分反射率因子ZDR在信噪比小于20dB时受系统误差影响较大,水平和垂直信号相关系数ρHV.在信噪比小于20dB时资料变得不可信,并根据系统误差订正方法对原始资料ZDR进行订正,通过订正后的ZDR资料能够较好地反映实际情况,同时通过拟合得到的KDP与实际情况也相吻合,结果达到定量估测降水、相态识别精度的要求.