Assessing the impacts of microtopography on soil erosion under simulated rainfall,using a multifractal approach

This study aimed to investigate the changing characteristics of microrelief of purple soil and its erosional response during successive stages of water erosion, including splash erosion, sheet erosion, and rill erosion. Methods employed included a rainfall simulator and the use of a laser scanner to generate a digital elevation model. Three artificial tillage practices, including conventional tillage (CT), artificial digging (AD), and ridge tillage (RT), were used to simulate different microrelief patterns. Eighteen artificial rainfall experiments were conducted using three 2 × 1 m boxes with a rainfall intensity of 1.5 mm min^?1 on a 15° slope. The results showed that the soil roughness (SR) index values for the tillage slopes were RT > AD > CT. The combined effects of detachment by raindrop impact and transport by run‐off decreased the SR index, whereas rill erosion increased the SR index during rainfall event. Microtopography and drainage networks have strong multifractal behaviours. The multifractal parameters of microtopography reflect the overall characteristics as well as the characteristics of the local soil surface. Within a certain range of threshold values, higher microrelief causes less soil erosion. However, when the parameters of spatial heterogeneity of microtopography exceed the threshold values, a higher degree of microrelief can increase soil erosion. These results help clarify the effect of microtopography on soil erosion and provide a theoretical foundation to guide future tillage practices on sloping farmland of purple soil.     

基于湍流结构的风沙颗粒起动动态演化的概念模式

从驱动沙粒群起动的湍流结构入手,提出了基于气固两相流自调节机制的风沙颗粒起动的概念模式。受风沙边界层湍流相干结构的产生、消亡、湍流的随机脉动和运动沙粒群碰撞过程的动量损失等因素的控制和影响,风沙两相流始终处于不平衡—平衡—不平衡的动态演化之中,在此过程中,存在着普通的空气动力学起动、典型的冲击起动、湍流猝发起动等多种起动方式的循环交替的动态演化。上述多种的沙粒起动方式能够根据风沙边界层边壁区的湍流运动应力和沙粒群碰撞过程的动量损失来界定。该概念模式需要综合利用相位多普勒粒子动态分析测速技术、粒子图像测速技术和高速数字摄影技术等手段来进一步验证。该概念模式的提出,将为深入理解沙粒起动的力学机制提供新的思路。     

几种典型戈壁床面风沙流特性比较

通过不同材料覆盖的戈壁床面风沙流特性风洞模拟实验,发现对于棱角状砾石戈壁床面,地表动力学粗糙度随风速的增加而增加;而卵石床面,地表动力学粗糙度随风速的增加呈减小趋势。戈壁床面风速随高度的分布同样满足对数规律,棱角状砾石床面对风速的减弱程度相对于卵石床面更趋于显著。沙粒与戈壁床面棱角状砾石发生碰撞时其起跳高度增大,引起含沙量随高度分布不再满足流沙地表的指数衰减规律,而呈“象鼻效应”,出现拐点。戈壁地表输沙率与风速服从幂函数关系,但其幂指数远大于流沙地表。输沙率与风速之间幂函数关系中幂指数的取值主要受控于地表粒度组成。     

中小比例尺风洞模拟理论的研究与应用综述

围绕中小比例尺模型的划分、理论依据、精度范围、粗糙度增强与变形技术,综述近50年来风洞模拟中的理论研究与应用。阐述了各类主要的中小比例尺模型模拟中,基于雷诺数无关的原则,采用传统的表面粗糙度增强技术、高精度数字化地形雕刻技术以及变形比例尺技术,在污染物扩散、风资源评价、风力侵蚀与沉积、森林火风险预报等方面的应用。由于变形比例尺理论的薄弱,研究结果存在许多争议。中小比例尺风洞模拟涉及空间流场的时空概括与转换,未来应加强该领域的深入研究。     

A roughness-corrected index of relative bed stability for regional stream surveys

Quantitative regional assessments of streambed sedimentation and its likely causes are hampered because field investigations typically lack the requisite sample size, measurements, or precision for sound geomorphic and statistical interpretation. We adapted an index of relative bed stability (RBS) for data calculated from a national stream survey field protocol to enable general evaluation of bed stability and anthropogenic sedimentation in synoptic ecological surveys. RBS is the ratio of bed surface geometric mean particle diameter (D_gm) divided by estimated critical diameter (D_cbf) at bankfull flow, based on a modified Shield's criterion for incipient motion. Application of RBS to adequately depict bed stability in complex natural streams, however, has been limited because typical calculations of RBS do not explicitly account for reductions in bed shear stress that result from channel form roughness. We modified the index (RBS) to incorporate the reduction in bed shear stress available for sediment transport that results from the hydraulic resistance of large wood and longitudinal irregularities in channel dimensions (“form roughness”). Based on dimensional analysis, we derived an adjustment to bankfull shear stress by multiplying the bankfull hydraulic radius (R_bf) by the one-third power of the ratio of particle-derived resistance to total hydraulic resistance (C_p/C_t)^1/3, where both resistances are empirically based calculations. We computed C_p using a Keulegan equation relating resistance to relative submergence of bed particles. We then derived an empirical equation to predict reach-scale hydraulic resistance C_t from thalweg mean depth, thalweg mean residual depth, and large wood volume based on field dye transit studies, in which total hydraulic resistance C_t was measured over a wide range of natural stream channel complexity, including manipulation of large wood volumes. We tested our estimates of C_t and RBS by applying them to data from a summer low flow probability sample of 104 wadeable stream reaches in the Coastal Ecoregion of Oregon and Washington, USA. Stream discharges calculated using these C_t estimates compared favorably with velocity–area measurements of discharge during summer low flow, and with the range of 1 to 2-year recurrence floods (scaled by drainage area) at U.S.Geological Survey gauged sites in the same region. Log [RBS] ranged from − 4.2 to + 0.98 in the survey region. D_gm ranged from silt to boulders, while estimated bankfull critical diameter, D_cbf, ranged from very fine gravel to large boulders. The median value of D_cbf (adjusted for form roughness influences) averaged 40% (inter quartile range 28 to 59%) of the unadjusted estimate D_cbf. Log[RBS] was consistently negatively related to human disturbances likely to produce excess sediment inputs or hydrologic alteration. Log [RBS] ranged from − 1.9 to + 0.5 in the streams within the lower quartile of human disturbance in their basin and riparian areas and was substantially lower (− 4.2 to − 1.1) in streams within the upper quartile of human disturbance. The synoptic survey methods and designs we used appear adequate to evaluate regional patterns in bed stability and sedimentation and their general relationship to human disturbances. Although the RBS concept also shows promise for evaluating sediment and bed stability in individual streams, our approach is relatively coarse, so site-specific assessments using these rapid field methods might prudently be confined to identifying severe cases of sedimentation or channel alteration. Greater confidence to discern subtle differences in site-specific assessments could be gained by calculating RBS using more precise field measurements of channel slope, bed particle size and bankfull dimensions, and by refining our adjustments for energy loss from channel form roughness.     

基于DEM的月球雨海地区粗糙度研究

月球表面粗糙度是揭示月表地貌形态空间分异特征的重要指标,并在一定程度上映射月表地貌的形成与演化机理。运用基于中国“嫦娥一号”卫星获取的DEM数据,提取月球雨海地区的月表粗糙度,并在月球正面地质图数据辅助下,分析月表粗糙度分布特征及其与地质单元岩性以及地质年龄的关系。结果显示:月球雨海地区的粗糙度与地质单元岩性存在较强相关关系,且随着地质年龄的增长,玄武岩单元的粗糙度呈现增大的趋势。此外,在小于7 km的尺度范围内,雨海地区受持续撞击作用的影响,Hurst指数分布在0.7~0.9之间,地形较为粗糙;在更大尺度上,由于受到火山熔岩流充填机制的控制,Hurst指数不断减小,地形不断趋于平缓。     

河道糙率系数变化对全新世古洪水流量计算的影响研究

洪水流量计算中河道糙率是一个重要的灵敏度参数。以汉江上游郧县尚家河台地前沿记录的四期古洪水流量计算为例,研究河道糙率系数在比降-面积法和HEC-RAS模型中对古洪水流量计算结果的影响。结果表明：其他水文参数一定时,河道糙率系数以±15%变幅,比降-面积法重建的古洪水流量变幅在-13.04%～17.65%,HEC-RAS模型计算的流量变幅在-4.32%～4.57%;若河道糙率系数以±25%变幅,比降-面积法和HEC-RAS模型计算的流量变幅分别为-20%～33.33%和-7.79%～9.18%,说明采用HEC-RAS模型重建古洪水流量,可减少河道糙率系数对计算结果的影响,使古洪水流量计算结果更为可靠。此外,假定其他参数不变,主河槽和左、右岸糙率系数依次变幅±25%,主河槽糙率系数变化对流量计算结果影响最大,说明洪水流量计算时应准确选取主河槽的糙率系数。该结果对水利工程建设具有重要的现实意义。     

Large values of hydraulic roughness in subglacial conduits during conduit enlargement: implications for modeling conduit evolution

Hydraulic roughness accounts for energy dissipated as heat and should exert an important control on rates of subglacial conduit enlargement by melting. Few studies, however, have quantified how subglacial conduit roughness evolves over time or how that evolution affects models of conduit enlargement. To address this knowledge gap, we calculated values for two roughness parameters, the Darcy–Weisbach friction factor (f) and the Manning roughness coefficient (n), using dye tracing data from a mapped subglacial conduit at Rieperbreen, Svalbard. Values of f and n calculated from dye traces were compared with values of f and n calculated from commonly used relationships between surface roughness heights and conduit hydraulic diameters. Roughness values calculated from dye tracing ranged from 75–0.97 for f and from 0.68–0.09 s m^‐1/3 for n. Equations that calculate roughness parameters from surface roughness heights underpredicted values of f by as much as a factor of 326 and values of n by a factor of 17 relative to values obtained from the dye tracing study. We argue these large underpredictions occur because relative roughness in subglacial conduits during the early stages of conduit enlargement exceeds the 5% range of relative roughness that can be used to directly relate values of f and n to flow depth and surface roughness heights. Simple conduit hydrological models presented here show how parameterization of roughness impacts models of conduit discharge and enlargement rate. We used relationships between conduit relative roughness and values of f and n calculated from our dye tracing study to parameterize a model of conduit enlargement. Assuming a fixed hydraulic gradient of 0.01 and ignoring creep closure, it took conduits 9.25 days to enlarge from a diameter of 0.44 m to 3 m, which was 6–7‐fold longer than using common roughness parameterizations. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On Sea Surface Roughness Parameterization and Its Effect on Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity

A new parameterization scheme of sea surface momentum roughness length for all wind regimes, including high winds, under tropical cyclone (TC) conditions is constructed based on measurements from Global Positioning System (GPS) dropsonde. It reproduces the observed regime transition, namely, an increase of the drag coefficient with an increase in wind speed up to 40 m s-1 , followed by a decrease with a further increase in wind speed. The effect of this parameterization on the structure and intensity of TCs...     

Charnock’s Roughness Length Model and Non-dimensional Wind Profiles Over the Sea

An analysis tool for the study of wind speed profiles over the water has been developed. The profiles are analysed using a modified dimensionless wind speed and dimensionless height, assuming that the sea surface roughness can be predicted by Charnock’s roughness length model. In this form, the roughness dependency on wind speed is extracted and the variations on the wind profile are due solely to atmospheric stability. The use of the Charnock’s non-dimensional wind profile is illustrated using data collected from a meteorological mast installed in the Danish North Sea. The best fit with the observed mean non-dimensional wind profile under neutral atmospheric conditions is found using a value of 1.2 × 10⁻² for Charnock’s parameter. The stability correction on the neutral wind profile suggested by the Businger-Dyer relations was found to perform well over the sea.