Aerobic respiration in riparian exchange zones of regulated river corridors

River stage fluctuations drive surface water-groundwater exchanges within river corridors. This study evaluates how repeated daily stage fluctuations, representative of hydropeaking conditions, influence aerobic respiration of river-sourced dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the riparian exchange zone using reactive flow and transport simulations. Over 50 hypothetical scenarios were modelled to evaluate how the duration of the daily flood signal, river DOC concentration, aquifer hydraulic conductivity and ambient groundwater flow condition affect the fate and transport of DOC and DO in the riparian aquifer. Time series subsurface snapshots highlight how the various factors influence the subsurface distribution of DOC and DO. The total mass of DOC respired per meter of river had a wide range depending on the parameters, spanning from 1.4 to 71 g over 24-h, with high hydraulic conductivity and losing ambient groundwater flow conditions favouring the largest amount of DOC respired. The ratio of DOC mass entering the riparian zone with the mass returning to the river showed that as little as 5% to as much as 76% of the DOC that enters the bank during stage fluctuations returns to the river. This return ratio is dependent on river DOC concentration, hydraulic conductivity and ambient groundwater flow. The results illustrate that stage variations due to river regulation can be a significant control on aerobic respiration in riparian exchange zones.     

Analytical and experimental study on dissolved pollutant wash‐off over impervious surfaces

Non‐point source pollution in the impervious surface of city, which including dissolved and particulate pollutants, is a significant source of water pollution. Simple first‐order decay models can generally simulate the cumulative wash‐off process of the particulate pollutants. There is inadequate knowledge as to whether or not they are suitable for dissolved pollutants. This study presents a mathematical wash‐off model for dissolved pollutants, which combines analytical equations for overland flows and the exponential equation for the pollutant wash‐off. A series of laboratory experiments have been conducted to verify this wash‐off model. It shows that the pollutant concentration and pollutant transport rate can be predicted well by the newly developed equations. It is found that the pollutant concentration monotonically decreases to zero as the accumulated pollutants are washed off, whereas the pollutant transport rate first increases to the maximum value and then decreases to zero. The maximum pollutant transport rate is found to increase with the decrease of the arrival time of the maximum value. The difference between the simplified exponential model and the amended wash‐off equation depends on the initial residual percentage (P_c), but the present equation generally provides a more accurate representation of the wash‐off process of dissolved pollutants.     

Spatial and temporal patterns of dissolved organic matter quantity and quality in the Mississippi River Basin, 1997–2013

Recent studies have found insignificant or decreasing trends in time‐series dissolved organic carbon (DOC) datasets, questioning the assumption that long‐term DOC concentrations in surface waters are increasing in response to anthropogenic forcing, including climate change, land use, and atmospheric acid deposition. We used the weighted regressions on time, discharge, and season (WRTDS) model to estimate annual flow‐normalized concentrations and fluxes to determine if changes in DOC quantity and quality signal anthropogenic forcing at 10 locations in the Mississippi River Basin. Despite increases in agriculture and urban development throughout the basin, net increases in DOC concentration and flux were significant at only 3 of 10 sites from 1997 to 2013 and ranged between ?3.5% to +18% and ?0.1 to 19%, respectively. Positive shifts in DOC quality, characterized by increasing specific ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm, ranged between +8% and +45%, but only occurred at one of the sites with significant DOC quantity increases. Basinwide reductions in atmospheric sulfate deposition did not result in large increases in DOC either, likely because of the high buffering capacity of the soil. Hydroclimatic factors including annual discharge, precipitation, and temperature did not significantly change during the 17‐year timespan of this study, which contrasts with results from previous studies showing significant increases in precipitation and discharge over a century time scale. Our study also contrasts with those from smaller catchments, which have shown stronger DOC responses to climate, land use, and acidic deposition. This temporal and spatial analysis indicated that there was a potential change in DOC sources in the Mississippi River Basin between 1997 and 2013. However, the overall magnitude of DOC trends was not large, and the pattern in quantity and quality increases for the 10 study sites was not consistent throughout the basin.     

2007—2011年春季呼和浩特市空气质量特征分析

文章对2007—2011年春季(3—5月)呼和浩特市逐日环境空气主要污染物SO2、NO2和PM10的日平均值进行了分析,得出可吸入颗粒物PM10是呼和浩特市近5a春季环境空气出现Ⅲ级(轻微污染)以上污染天气的唯一的首要污染物;在此基础上,对发生在2011年春季(3—5月)内蒙古中西部沙尘天气下,呼和浩特市同期首要空气污染物的变化做了分析,以期对今后呼和浩特市空气质量预报能提供一些参考。     

黔中小流域水体C、S同位素特征及主要风化过程

选取贵州省红枫湖流域四条支流为研究对象,通过对水体中C、S元素浓度及稳定同位素特征的分析,探讨了典型碳酸盐小流域的主要风化过程对流域C、S循环的贡献。红枫湖流域河水中的C同位素组成在-7．47‰--11．68‰之间,硫酸根浓度为295．5～1315．6μmol／L,除受当地煤矿影响较大的区域外,其余部分水体中离子的δ^34S值在-3‰--7‰之内,反映了这些河段中硫化物矿物的氧化的影响。通过质量守恒的方法,得到硫化物的氧化、蒸发岩溶解以及大气输入对河水硫酸根离子的贡献率分别为63．8％、30．8％和5．4％。来自硫酸对碳酸盐岩、碳酸对碳酸盐岩以及碳酸对硅酸盐岩风化的DIC比例为1：3．58：1．37,三种不同的风化过程对区域二氧化碳的净吸收量为7．97×10^9mol／a。     

土地利用变化对岩溶地下水溶解无机碳及其稳定同位素组成的影响

土地利用变化对岩溶地下水溶解无机碳（DIC）的影响关系到岩溶作用强弱及其相关的全球碳循环的正确评价。对贵州茂兰原始森林内的板寨岩溶地下河流域和普定岩溶石漠化强烈的陈旗、灯盏河泉域三种不同的土地利用下的地下水的DIC及其稳定同位素进行了分析,结果表明,地下水的DIC表现形式主要为HCO3^-。对于缺少土壤覆盖的板寨和灯盏河岩溶地区,雨季主要因为稀释作用,HCO3^-含量出现年内最低值;而对于较多土壤覆盖的陈旗岩溶地区,雨季主要受土壤CO2效应控制。HCO3^-含量出现年内最高值,反映了土壤在岩溶作用及其碳循环中的特殊重要性。此外,夏季由于生物量的增加,δ^13DIC值较冬季偏轻1‰～2‰。而对于不同土地利用而言,石漠化影响下的地下水δ^13DIC较原始森林下的地下水偏重2．5‰-3．0‰,且随着石漠化的发展,土壤的进一步流失,地下水δ^13DIC进一步偏重,反映了石漠化后生物量比例减少和大气成因CO2比例增加对地下水δ^13DIC升高的影响。     

Impact of anthropogenic activities on the hydrologic characters of the mainstream of the Tarim River in Xinjiang during the past 50 years

Changes in the hydrologic characters of the Tarim River Basin of Xinjiang Province during the past 50 years were studied to identify the key factors responsible for these changes. Observed hydrologic and socio-economic data provided the basis for this study. The impact of human activities on the decrease in the streamflow and changes in total dissolved solids (TDS) in the watercourse and groundwater of the mainstream were analyzed using the Mann–Kendall test, regression and principal component analysis. The results showed that during the past 50 years the streamflow in the headwater streams has increased slightly while the streamflow in the mainstream has decreased significantly. Human activities along the mainstream are the primary reason for the decreased streamflow, with the impact of human activities on the decrease in the streamflow of the mainstream being 65.61, 74.73 and 77.62% in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, respectively. The key factor that affected the TDS of the watercourse was the decreasing streamflow, which was caused by anthropological activities. However, the TDS of the groundwater was found to be affected significantly by groundwater depth. The degeneration of ecosystems in the lower reaches of the Tarim River was directly related with anthropogenic activities.     

固相吸附-液相色谱-质谱法测定饮用水中痕量有机污染物

通过对自来水中有机污染物的检测,初步了解和评价了某市自来水中有机物污染状况.采用XAD-2树脂对水中有机物进行富集、液相色谱-质谱联用（LC-MS）法测定部分有机污染物.结果表明,自来水厂出厂水中检出有机污染物含量均未超过国家饮用水水质标准,但UPVC型水管中水头水有机物含量略微高于铸铁型水管,中断水中有机物含量基本相同.     

温带森林土壤溶液溶解性N2O和CO2含量特征及其影响机制

利用陶瓷头土壤溶液收集器采集2006年7月～2007年8月问长白山阔叶红松天然林不同深度(15cm和60 cm)土壤溶液,探讨应用气液萃取平衡-气相色谱法测定森林土壤溶液中溶解性气体N_2O和CO_2浓度的可行性,并利用此方法研究林地不同深度土壤溶液中两种气体含量特征及其影响机理.研究结果显示观测期内林地15 cm和60 cm深度土壤溶液中溶解性CO_2浓度的变化范围分别为5.26～10.71μg·mL~(-1)(C)和3.13～6.16 μg·mL~(-1)(C),溶解性N_2O浓度的变化范围分别为2.44～13.40 ng·mL~(-1)(N)和3.23～27.98 ng·mL~(-1)(N).阔叶红松天然林土壤溶液中溶解性CO_2和N_2O浓度均呈现出明显的季节性变化.春融后的降水促进了土壤溶液中溶解性N_2O产生,尤其在60 cm深度.与60 cm深度相比,林地15 cm深度溶液中溶解性CO_2浓度的季节性变化更明显,尤其在植物生长旺季.逐步回归分析显示,水溶性有机碳含量可以解释林地不同深度溶液中溶解性CO_2浓度变化的29%;水溶性有机氮含量可以解释林地60 cm深度溶解性N_2O浓度变化的34%.因此,水溶性有机碳和有机氮分别是长白山阔叶红松林土壤溶液溶解性CO_2和N_2O形成的重要因子.同时研究结果表明本文实验方法对于测定林地不同深度土壤溶液中溶解性N_2O和CO_2含量均有较好的适用性,连续三次萃取后所获得的气体浓度可有效反映溶液中的实际气体浓度.     

Computational Fluid Dynamical Modelling of Concentration Fluctuations in an Idealized Urban Area

Turbulent mixing induces variability in concentration that is important in many applications, such as reactive plumes, risk assessments or odour impact analyses (when the effects can have time scales on the order of a second). In urban canopies, the variability may be modified by the presence of buildings. Our purpose is to study concentration fluctuation variance in built-up areas using an Eulerian approach. We performed numerical simulations with the computational fluid dynamics model Mercure_Saturne, which is a three-dimensional model adapted to atmospheric flow and pollutant dispersion. We use a k − ϵ turbulence closure and predict the concentration variance with a transport equation model. The model performance is evaluated with the near-full scale experiment MUST (Mock Urban Setting Test), a field experiment conducted in Utah’s West Desert Test Center. The modelled root-mean-square of the concentration fluctuations is compared to measurements for 20 of the MUST trials. The model shows good agreement with the measurements, with the fraction of predictions within a factor of two of observations of 60.1%, with better results for horizontal lines of detectors than for the detectors on vertical masts (with fractions of predictions within a factor of two of observations of respectively 66.4% and 52.6%). The influence of different parameters on the fluctuation variance is also studied and we show the importance of taking into account the stability of the stratification when modelling the turbulent kinetic energy.