Estimation de L'équivalent en Eau du Couvert Nival en Montagne Libanaise à Partir des Images RADARSAT-1/Estimation of Water Equivalent of the Snow Cover in Lebanese Mountains by Means of RADARSAT-1 Images

Abstract

The assessment of the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources in Mediterranean region is crucial for the better management of available resources. In Lebanon in particular, the snow is a crucial parameter for water supply. However, few research works were performed until now to study this potential resource because of difficulties inherent to the measurement of the water volume stored by snow. Remote sensing, and more specifically radar imaging, is the favourite tool for investigating the now water equivalent. This study aims to assess the potential of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging for estimating the snow water equivalent in relation with eight experimental sites distributed over the high plateaus of the Lebanese mountains. With this purpose, an algorithm was tested, which links the backscattering coefficient to physical parameters of the snow and underlying soil, and which allows to assess the water equivalent from the backscattering ratios of a winter scene and a reference scene taken during a period with no snow. To this end, four RADARSAT images were acquired during winter 2001, concurrently to field observations. The model was developed in Quebec for regions with low relief, whereas relief has a decisive influence on the radar signal and on the geometry of images, in a context of high mountains. Consequently, radiometric and geometric corrections were compulsory in order to reduce distortions dues to topographical effects. The preliminary results corroborate the existence of a series of limitations to the application of the algorithm to the particular conditions of the Lebanese snow cover: heterogeneity, accelerated metamorphism and high content of liquid water.     

一种强对流天气短期预报方法的研究和试报

通过对上海地区１９７６－１９９０年强对流天气个例的统计分析以及对典型个例成因机制的剖析，提出了一种强对流天气的短期预报方法，即θｓｅ特型法。它能预示强对流天气层结的不稳定特征和高能量。为了提高预报时效和减少空报率，引入了引发机制和排空机制。     

台风“达维”不对称结构特征分析

利用地面加密观测资料、FY-2E卫星TBB和水汽图像资料、NCEP1°×1°再分析资料综合分析了2012 年第10 号台风“达维”的不对称结构特征及成因。结果表明：台风“达维”登陆后在云系结构、降水落区、高低层风场等都表现出不对称分布,其中暴雨主要分布在台风中心北到东北侧;通过FY-2E水汽图像分析清晰地揭示了这种不对称结构的演变,台风西侧干下沉暗区切断了西南侧水汽输送,使得台风中心西侧和南侧对流云系减弱消失,而东南侧一直存在一水汽羽伸入台风环流为其提供水汽和能量。同时,强高空辐散、弱垂直风切变以及明显的上升运动,有利于台风“达维”北到东北侧对流云系的发展维持,引发强降水;高空槽带来的冷空气侵入台风环流内部,破坏了它的暖心结构,使得台风“达维”在渤海海面填塞消失。     

高分辨率遥感影像上居民地自动提取方法

提出了一种基于特征分解的无监督分割方法对高分辨率遥感影像中的居民地进行提取 该方法通过小波分解多尺度特征利用居民地内外部结构差异以及平均光谱辐射强度差异构成特征空间采用约束均值漂移算法进行特征空间自适应分解实现居民地自动提取 实验结果表明该方法能很好地消除高分辨率导致的影像高度细节化等因素对居民地提取的影响有效提取居民地     

Évolution thermique des séries sédimentaires de la Marge ardéchoise : étude pétrographique de la matière organique et des argilesThermal evolution of the sedimentary series of the Ardèche Margin: petrological studies of organic matter and clays

Two wells, Balazuc (BA1) and Morte-Mérie (MM1), located in a confined area (1200 m apart) and separated by the Uzer fault (a Liassic structure with a dip fault of 1300 m) were analysed using conventional methodologies and techniques (PRV, TAI, XRD, STEM) in order to compare the diagenetic evolution of clays and organic matter. The thermal convective process allows the circulation of hot fluids and the oxidation of organic matter. The conductive process allows the maturation of the organic matter, the expulsion of hydrocarbons and the deposit of pyrobitumes in the migration channels. To cite this article: L. Martinez et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 1021–1028.     

超浅层三维地震记录的波型分析与识别

本文从对超浅层三维地震勘探的时距曲线进行了理论分析,并结合陕北某矿的实际地质情况,分别采用射线模型和波动方程模型进行了计算,指导对在该区开展的超浅层三维地震实际资料进行波型识别,取得了预期的效果。     

厦门西港及其邻近海域沉积物中PAHs污染特征及生物修复研究建议

据2001年7、10月2个航次对厦门西港水产养殖海区沉积物中16种优先监测的多环芳烃含量及3种多环芳烃降解菌的数量进行研究，并与厦门西港及其邦近海战非养殖区的进行了比较．结果表明：其养殖区沉积物中能检测出的多环芳烃以4～6环的为主，并且含量明显高于非养殖区．在养殖海区的沉积物中检测出的苯并(b)焚蒽、吲哚芘和苯并(ghi)苝等没有最低安全值的高分子量多环芳烃将直接威胁养殖水质和生物的安全．3种多环芳烃(菲、焚蒽、苝)降解菌数量的最低值都出现在养殖海区，而这3种多环芳烃含量的最高值也均出现在养殖海区．在非养殖区的3个站位的沉积物中，这3种多环芳烃的含量与其降解菌数量之间存在着一定的相关性．作者针对沿芹海域水产养殖区多环芳烃污染的现状与特点，提出了相应的生物修复研究建议。     

Suitability of Mn‐ and Fe‐Rich Reference Materials for Microanalytical Research

Manganese‐ and iron‐rich materials are of major geoscientific and economic interest, many of which contain microscopic features that provide valuable information. To obtain accurate results, a homogeneous microanalytical reference material for calibration is needed. Several researchers have used the Mn‐ and Fe‐rich RMs, JMn‐1, NOD‐A‐1, NOD‐P‐1 and FeMn‐1, for this purpose; therefore, they were tested in this study to determine their suitability for microanalysis. Their homogeneity was investigated by laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) with two different types of lasers (nano‐ and femtosecond), with spot and line scan analyses and with different operating parameters, such as spot size, pulse repetition rate and fluence. As the established manganese nodule RMs revealed inhomogeneities for picogram to microgram test portions, we also investigated the new synthetic Fe‐ and Mn‐rich RM, FeMnOx‐1. FeMnOx‐1 was found to be homogeneous for large (ø 40 μm: 2% RSD repeatability) and small (ø 8–10 μm: 10% RSD repeatability) spot sizes. This homogeneity is in the range of the homogeneous NIST SRM 610 and GSE‐1G reference glasses. Furthermore, FeMnOx‐1 revealed a large‐scale homogeneity within uncertainties of a few per cent, using test portions in the ng range, when measuring four individual mounts of this material.     

Le système régional d'action éolienne (SRAE) du bassin de l'Aral (Kazakhstan,Ouzbékistan et Turkménistan)The regional Aeolian action system of the Aral Basin

The endorheic basin of the Aral Sea, a tectonic depression resulting from two Tertiary fault bundles, NNE–SSW and east–west ones, represents the termination of a flow by closure of the Aral Basin opposite Central Asia and Siberia. The conditions of Quaternary climate and sediment deposition, especially aridity increased by coldness, a pedogenesis inhibitor, and absence of palaeosoils favour the activity of the Aralian Regional Aeolian Action System (RAAS), 700 km long. Such a system develops in a lowland topography where wind, in a progressive shift, reconstructs by deflation the sandy material resulting from Pleistocene accumulations, gives rise to thin and vulnerable ergs and explains at once the fertility of Khoresm and the dewatering of the Aral Sea, which is one of the most complex and severe ecological catastrophe in the 20th century. To cite this article: M. Mainguet et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 475–480.