Chemical evidence of water movements in the deepest part of Lake Leman (Lake Geneva)

Regular surveys of bottom water chemistry (SiO₂, O₂, Fe, Mn) have been carried from 1978 to 1986 in the deepest 30 m of Lake Léman (max. depth 309 m) including interface waters sampled with a Jenkins Mortimer corer. When compared to normal chemical gradients near bottom, i.e. O₂ decrease and SiO₂ increase, three types of anomalies (lens, interface, and behaviour) have been observed on O₂ and SiO₂, the most sensitive chemical species. These anomalies were found throughout the year, in several stations of the deepest part of the lake and even along the slope of the lake basin. Major anomalies (O₂ + 3 to 10 mg ·l^–1; SiO₂ -1 to 2 mg·l^–1) were generally found at the sediment water interface and may extend 10–20 m above the sediment and last 10 weeks. Others marked lens anomalies could be observed for 3 to 4 months. Several mechanisms are probably responsible for this injection of surface waters along the lake slope (accumulation of turbid water on lake banks after severe windstorms; river density currents due to temperature and/or turbidity difference with lake waters). These water-inputs do not represent important volumes ( 1% total lake volume) but, when occuring at the interface, they ensure a sufficient oxygen level to prevent diffusion of phosphate and ammonia from pore waters when winter lake overturns do not reach bottom layers (from 1972 to 1980). Complete overturns, as observed in 1980/81, are connected with major interface anomalies (bottom O₂ moves up from 2 to 10 mg·l^–1) occuring before surface mixing reaches the deepest layers.     

淀山湖有色可溶性有机物的光谱吸收特性

探讨了淀山湖水体中有色可溶性有机物(CDOM)的光谱吸收特性,CDOM与叶绿素a、浊度和COD等水质参数的关系,以及不同波段范围内CDOM光谱吸收形状(指数函数斜率S值)的变化.结果表明:淀山湖CDOM吸收系数不高,在355 nm波长处的吸收系数变化范围是6.95-10.28 m-1,而且湖南区高于湖北区;CDOM吸收系数和叶绿素a、浊度、COD等水质参数的相关性都不高,证明湖中的CDOM主要来自于城镇生活污水和工业废水的排放;CDOM吸收系数在300-500 nm范围内随着波长的增加呈指数递减,超过500 nm之后呈线性递减,在300-500 nm波段范围内指数函数的曲线斜率S为11.7-14.8 μm-1,在501-750 nm波段范围内波长每增1 nm,CDOM的吸收系数减小0.0021 m-1.     

太湖流域池塘养殖污染排放估算及其空间分布特征

池塘养殖是农业源污染的重要来源之一,尤其在水网密布、渔业发达的太湖流域,控制池塘养殖过程中氮、磷、化学需氧量等污染物的排放,对于减轻水体富营养化程度、恢复水质健康、维持地区社会经济可持续发展具有重要意义.基于野外采样、入户调查、遥感解译等多种手段,结合GIS软件技术,对太湖流域池塘养殖污染物的排放进行了估算.结果表明,2014-2015年太湖流域总氮、硝态氮、铵态氮、总磷、可溶性磷、CODCr的年排放量分别为6.1×10⁶、1.1×10⁶、1.7×10⁶、1.3×10⁵、1.1×10⁵和8.0×10⁷kg.其中鱼类池塘养殖排放系数分别为69.5、12.4、20.1、1.6、1.3和919.8 kg/hm²;虾类池塘排放系数分别为3.0、0.5、0.9、0.07、0.06和39.3 kg/hm²;蟹类池塘排放系数分别为6.4、1.2、1.9、0.2、0.1和84.9 kg/hm².太湖流域池塘...     

云南程海和阳宗海季节性分层及其消退对冬季水华的潜在影响

基于2014年10月2016年7月在云南程海和阳宗海开展了4个季度(秋季,10月;冬季,1月;春季,4月;夏季,7月)的调查,研究了两个湖泊的水体分层特征,探讨了热力分层及其变化与其他环境因子对浮游植物生物量的潜在影响,结果显示:程海和阳宗海水体分层的特征均为冬季混合、春季形成分层、夏秋季分层稳定,两湖均属暖单次混合型湖泊;程海分层期温跃层的平均深度(顶界)、厚度和强度分别为17.70±3.89 m、5.54±4.44 m和0.67±0.43℃/m,阳宗海的分别为12.53±3.35 m、8.25±4.85 m和0.53±0.43℃/m.在热力分层稳定期,两湖底层达到缺氧甚至厌氧状态,底层的电导率总体较表层高.调查期间,两个湖泊水柱表层浮游植物生物量(以叶绿素a浓度表征)均在冬季出现峰值,程海和阳宗海的分别为19.22±11.08和45.82±9.41μg/L;进一步分析发现,热力分层的消退可能是导致水体表层无机营养盐升高(底层供给)的重要原因,加之适宜的光热条件可诱导两湖冬季水华的发生;在其他季节转化期间,浮游植物生物量变化的主要影响因子亦具有一定的共性及湖泊与季节异质性.     

Forecasting Air Quality Indicators for 33 Cities in China

The Jing‐Jin‐Ji (Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei) and the surrounding Jin‐Lu‐Yu (Shanxi‐Shandong‐Henan) regions are experiencing severe problems with air pollution. To measure the change in pollutant concentrations over the next few years, the fractional order accumulation grey model is used to forecast the air quality indicators. The results show that the concentrations of fine particulate matter, particulate matter 10, and sulfur dioxide show a downward trend, and 8‐h O₃ (annual) and 8‐h O₃ (spring and summer) show an upward trend in these areas. There is a slight increase in nitrogen dioxide concentration in Shanxi, but its concentration in other areas shows a slight decline. The results obtained can provide a clear direction for air quality management decisions.     

Reconstructing long‐term records of dissolved CO2

The dissolved CO₂ concentration of stream waters is an important component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This study reconstructs long‐term records of dissolved CO₂ concentration for the outlets of two large catchments (818 and 586 km²) in northern England. The study shows that:

• 1. The flux of dissolved CO₂ from the catchments (as carbon per catchment area), when adjusted for that which would be carried by the river water at equilibrium with the atmosphere, is between 0 and 0·39 t km⁻² year⁻¹ for the River Tees and between 0 and 0·65 t km⁻² year⁻¹ for the River Coquet.
• 2. The flux of dissolved CO₂ is closely correlated with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export and is unrelated to dissolved CO₂ export from the headwaters of the study catchments.
• 3. The evasion rate of CO₂ from the rivers (as carbon per stream area) is between 0·0 and 1·49 kg m⁻² year⁻¹, and calculated in‐stream productions of CO₂ are estimated as between 0·5 and 2·5% of the stream evasion rate.
• 4. By mass balance, it is estimated that 8% of the annual flux of DOC is lost within the streams of the catchment.

The study shows that the loss of CO₂ from the streams of the Tees catchment is between 3·1 and 7·5 kt year⁻¹ (as carbon) for the River Tees, which is the same order as annual CH₄ flux from peats within the catchment and approximately 50% of the net CO₂ exchange to the peats of the catchment. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

夏县地震台热水井溶解水氡干扰因素分析

通过对夏县地震台水氡观测数据分析,找出可能存在的干扰因素与水氡观测数据之间的变化规律。分析结果表明,地下水开采是影响夏县地震台水氡观测的主要因素,气温、气压对热水井溶解水氡测值几乎没有影响。     

Transitional, entraining, cloudy, and coastal boundary layers

Atmospheric boundary layers are marvelously varied and complex. Recent research has examined some of that variety. Boundary layers over land undergo drastic changes throughout the day as the sun rises and sets, and as clouds form and dissipate. Air is entrained at the top of the boundary layer at varying rates. As air moves over the coast, the boundary layer reacts to changes in surface forcing. All of these changes affect pollutant transport and weather formation. In this paper, research attempting to understand transitional, cloud-topped, and coastal boundary layers, and boundary-layer top entrainment, is reviewed.     

Distribution,characteristics and potential impacts of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay,Canada

The characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were studied in Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait in the Canadian Arctic. Hudson Bay receives a disproportionately large influx of river runoff. With high dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentrations in Arctic rivers the influence of CDOM on coastal and ocean systems can be significant, yet the distribution, characteristics and potential consequences of CDOM in these waters remain unknown. We collected 470 discrete water samples in offshore, coastal, estuarine and river waters in the region during September and October 2005. Mixing of CDOM appeared conservative with salinity, although regional differences exist due to variable DOM composition in the rivers discharging to the Bay and the presence of sea-ice melt, which has low CDOM concentrations and low salinity. There were higher concentrations of CDOM in Hudson Bay, especially in coastal waters with salinities <28$<28$, due to river runoff. Using CDOM composition of water masses as a tracer for the freshwater components revealed that river runoff is largely constrained to nearshore waters in Hudson Bay, while sea-ice melt is distributed more evenly in the Bay. Strong inshore–offshore gradients in the bio-optical properties of the surface waters in the Hudson Bay cause large variation in penetration of ultraviolet radiation and the photic depth within the bay, potentially controlling the vertical distribution of biomass and occurrence of deep chlorophyll maxima which are prevalent only in the more transparent offshore waters of the bay. The CDOM distribution and associated photoprocesses may influence the thermodynamics and stratification of the coastal waters, through trapping of radiant heating within the top few meters of the water column. Photoproduction of biologically labile substrates from CDOM could potentially stimulate the growth of biomass in Hudson Bay coastal waters. Further studies are needed to investigate the importance of terrestrial DOM in the Hudson Bay region, and the impact of hydroelectric development and climate change on these processes.     

A modelling approach to assessing variations of total suspended solids (tss) mass fluxes during storm events

Connections between the catchment hydrology and accumulation, washoff and transport of pollutants in wet weather greatly affect the management of urban drainage and its wet‐weather effluents. In recent years, the concept of the first flush has gained on prominence and was further developed for analyzing the interaction between the hydrology and transport of runoff pollutants. One of the most important definitions of the first flush can be derived from the analysis of the m(v) curves (i.e. the curves in which the normalized cumulative pollutant mass is plotted vs the normalized cumulative runoff volume). Indeed the m(v) curves, indicating the distribution of pollutant mass versus volume in wet‐weather flow (WWF) discharges, are commonly used for comparing pollutant discharges for different rainfall events and catchments. In this study, the m(v) curves were used to define the concepts of flow‐limited and mass‐limited WWF events. These two different behaviours have been analysed for rainfall/runoff events observed in the urbanized part of the Liguori catchment in Cosenza (Italy). In order to advance the understanding of the intra‐event variability of m(v) curves, the mathematical rainfall/runoff model Storm Water Management Model of the US Environmental Protection Agency (SWMM) was calibrated for eight observed rainfall/runoff events and the differences between observed and simulated m(v) curves were analysed. The results showed a good correlation between the observed and simulated m(v) curves, and this finding offers further benefits in SWMM model calibration. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.