Modelling drainage headwater development

Processes operative in the divideward sections of streams and channels are reviewed, and the effects of their action over long periods of time are modelled for insight into long-term valley head development. Upper valley axis profiles eventually become concave upwards over time but may show earlier convexity and convexo-concavity. After any particular length of development different upper valley axis forms can exist in areas of different climate and hydrological response characteristics.     

Watershed geochemistry: The control of aqueous solutions by soil materials in a small watershed

Laboratory and field data indicate that the aqueous geochemistry of a small watershed in siliceous materials is largely determined by reactions between soil and water. For dissolved SiO₂, Ca⁺², K⁺, Na⁺, a reversible steady state is achieved in the soil within hours. The solute concentrations are in equilibrium with kaolinite, the end-product in the local weathering sequence. The processes occur in a drainage basin in which solution activities are the predominant form of erosion.     

Channel width—drainage area relations in small basins

The measurement of stream channels in basins less than 3 km² shows compound relations between width and area. Break points in the relations may be attributed to the changing contribution of rapid storm flow and to the effect of bed material size.     

The permanence of stream networks in Britain

Stream networks used in studies of basin morphometry, network topology, flood hydrology, and sediment production should be defined as precisely as possible. Previous work has drawn attention to the way in which stream network definition varies on maps of different scales, on maps employing different conventions devised in relation to the dynamic network, and according to whether maps, remote sensing or field survey sources are used. Networks also vary in extent according to the date of survey and after considering the instructions to surveyors it is shown that such changes, over periods of 100 years reflect changes in network extent. For three areas of Britain, network change can be identified by comparison of maps of different dates, by comparison of these changes with the results of field survey, and by reference to dateable features such as inclosure boundaries. Changes of drainage networks since the nineteenth century are shown to be significant in extent and they have often occurred as a result of the replacement of flushes by clearly defined stream channels. This transformation has often occurred as a result of new or modified systems of stormwater drainage from roads, tracks or farms, and the planning of the future disposal of road drainage should be considered carefully in relation to such stream network changes. The changes of drainage networks identified from maps of different dates and editions can provide a useful data base for studies of network topology and may also be significant in relation to palaeohydrological investigations.     

陕西潼关县桐峪金矿区水文地质特征

简要叙述了小秦岭金矿田桐峪矿区水文地质特征、地下水的主要赋存形式、富集规律，以及补给、迳流、排泄条件等。     

A numerical solution to seepage problems with complex drainage systems

Seepage problems with complex drainage systems are commonly encountered in civil engineering, with strong non-linearity. A numerical solution based on the Finite Element Method combining the substructure technique with a variational inequality formulation of Signorini’s type is proposed to solve these problems. The aims of this work are to accurately characterize the boundary conditions of the drainage systems, to reduce the difficulty in mesh generation resulting from the drainage holes with small radius and dense spacing, and to eliminate the singularity at the seepage points and the resultant mesh dependency. Numerical stability and robustness of the proposed method are guaranteed by an adaptive procedure for progressively relaxing the penalized Heaviside function associated with the formulation of the discrete variational inequality. Two challenging numerical examples are presented to validate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.     

登陆台风Matmo(2014)北侧对流雨带的触发和发展过程

登陆台风Matmo（2014）北侧弱回波区突发多条强对流雨带,造成严重影响。本文利用NECP/NCAR的FNL（Final）再分析资料,地面自动站加密观测资料、雷达拼图资料等对台风北侧连续出现的3条对流雨带的触发和发展过程进行研究。结果表明:初始对流是在弱的对流不稳定和条件对称不稳定条件下,由锋面强迫和地形抬升作用共同触发。接二连三发生的3条对流雨带是在台风北部高湿环境,长时间稳定的水汽辐合,明显的对流不稳定,局部弱条件对称不稳定条件下,由近地面辐合线在辐合稳定并加强后触发的,有利的环境和多层不稳定的叠加有利于雨带的发展和维持。先后触发对流雨带的3条辐合线在发生位置上相当接近。辐合线的形成一方面由海陆下垫面差异、江苏和山东南部海岸线曲率、台风风速随半径分布特点所决定;另一方面,辐合线2和3的形成还与它们北侧对流雨带的冷出流密切相关。对流带上的强降水中心往往对应着稳定的辐合中心,辐合中心主要位于风速大小梯度明显的位置上。而辐合线上的风速梯度主要受海岸线、地形附近的降水分布影响。     

Investigation of drainage basin geometry near an anomalously straight reach of the Big Black River,Mississippi, USA

Drainage basin geometry was analyzed in the lower portion of the Big Black River, Mississippi. The study was centered on a reach of the Big Black River that encompasses an anomalous straight reach (ASR) and has morphometric characteristics that differ from those of upstream and downstream reaches. The study area was divided into three reaches, defined by alluvial valley and active floodplain width, sinuosity, and slope. Tributary streams with confluences in the three study reaches were investigated for evidence of surface tilting, and channel and valley slopes and sinuosity were measured. The average stream channel and valley slopes within the middle reach are nearly double those of the upper and lower reaches. Lateral stream migration within the tributary basins was quantitatively analyzed by measuring the asymmetry factor (AF) and transverse topographic symmetry factor (T) indices. While AF results suggest minimal to no lateral migration within the tributaries, the T results show some shifting. The results are inconclusive regarding the possible effect of neotectonic activity in the study area near the ASR. The mean southward migration may indicate a preferred migration direction relative to the general dip of the coastal plain and plunge of the Mississippi Embayment.     

Convective initiation by topographically induced convergence forcing over the Dabie Mountains on 24 June 2010

The initiation of convective cells in the late morning of 24 June 2010 along the eastward extending ridge of the Dabie Mountains in the Anhui region,China,is studied through numerical simulations that include local data assimilation.A primary convergence line is found over the ridge of the Dabie Mountains,and along the ridge line several locally enhanced convergence centers preferentially initiate convection.Three processes responsible for creating the overall convergence pattern are identified.First,thermally-driven upslope winds induce convergence zones over the main mountain peaks along the ridge,which are shifted slightly downwind in location by the moderate low-level easterly flow found on the north side of a Mei-yu front.Second,flows around the main mountain peaks along the ridge create further convergence on the lee side of the peaks.Third,upslope winds develop along the roughly north–south oriented valleys on both sides of the ridge due to thermal and dynamic channeling effects,and create additional convergence between the peaks along the ridge.The superposition of the above convergence features creates the primary convergence line along the ridge line of the Dabie Mountains.Locally enhanced convergence centers on the primary line cause the initiation of the first convection cells along the ridge.These conclusions are supported by two sensitivity experiments in which the environmental wind(dynamic forcing) or radiative and land surface thermal forcing are removed,respectively.Overall,the thermal forcing effects are stronger than dynamic forcing given the relatively weak environmental flow.