Some aspects of the spatial characteristics of drought in northern Nigeria

A long-period instrumental data set (1916–1987) of monthly growing season (April–October) rainfall totals for 34 stations in northern Nigeria is used to quantify drought following the method of H. N. Bhalme and D. A. Mooley. It is established that there are remarkable seasonal changes in the patterns of wetness and dryness over the region with no consistent recurrent spatial patterns in the moisture anomalies. In general, large-scale droughts only rarely cover the region as a whole, and there are distinct spatial differences dominating the wet and dry years. The length and severity of drought varies from sub-area to sub-area with very low interannual persistence. Although discrete areas do catch the brunt of drought on a year-by-year basis, drought occurrence in the region is largely sporadic in its spatial distribution. The rather noisy spatial characteristics of drought in northern Nigeria suggests that the seasonal shift in the Intertropical Discontinuity (ITD) is not likely the most important causal mechanism of drought in the region.     

Channel and floodplain response to recent abrupt climate change: The tyne basin,Northern England

This paper examines the timing, nature and magnitude of river response in upland, piedmont and lowland reaches of the Tyne basin, northern England, to high-frequency (20–30 year) changes in climate and flood regime since 1700 AD. Over this period fluvial activity has been characterized by alternating phases of river-bed incision and stability coinciding with non-random, decadal-scale fluctuations in flood frequency and hydroclimate that appear to be linked to changes in large-scale upper atmospheric circulation patterns. Episodes of widespread channel bed incision (1760–1799, 1875–1894, 1955–1969) result from a higher frequency of large floods (> 20 year return period) and cool, wet climate under meridional circulation regimes. Phases of more moderate floods (5–20 year return period), corresponding to zonal circulation types (1820–1874, 1920–1954), are characterized by enhanced lateral reworking and sediment transfer in upper reaches of the catchment, and channel narrowing and infilling downstream. Rates of fluvial activity are reduced in intermediate periods (1800–1819, 1895–1919) with no dominant circulation regime associated with lower flood frequency and magnitude. The results of this study provide a valuable guide for forecasting probable drainage basin and channel response to future climate change.     

佳木斯市地下水水量水质模型

佳木斯市是一个以开采地下水为主要供水水源的城市.本文根据当地的水文地质条件,建立了佳木斯市的地下水的水量水质模型.用有限元法求解水量模型进行地下水资源评价.用特征有限元法求解水质模型进行地下水污染预测,该方法在求解对流一弥散方程时能有效地消除数值弥散和数值振荡,精度较高.为使该方法付诸实施,文中也提出了当利用特征有限元法求解时确定运动水质点所属单元的方法.     

用解析有限元法嵌入地下水管理模型求最优解

为了弥补当前地下水资源优化管理模型中通用的两种构模方法的缺点,即嵌入法的代数方程组过于庞大、上机困难,和响应矩阵法不保证全局最优,提出了用解析有限元法建立整体非稳定(即带有时间变量)抽水响应矩阵作为约束条件嵌入线性规划模型.这一方法由于具备了空间上表达任一节点在任一时刻的地下水运动规律的能力,克服了上述构模的两大缺点,其推广应用将有利于提高地下水资源的优化开发和管理.     

多沙河流造床流量研究

在综述和分析前人有关造床流量研究成果的基础上,根据多沙河流的特点,提出了一种适用于多沙河流造床流量计算的水沙综合频率法.通过黄河、永定河水沙资料的分析,结果比较合理.     

水平载流线圈中心点组合波频域电磁测深视电阻率定义

由于近区场的复杂性及目前频域电磁测深方法的局限性,近区频域电磁测深多年来一直是地球物理领域一个悬而未决的问题.本文在近区场理论的基础上,通过引人组合波理论,提出了一种能适于近区频域电磁测深的视电阻率的定义式.该视电阻率在近区具有有效压制背景场、突出地电异常信息的功能,并能客观地反映地电断面的电性变化规律.     

应用土壤水模拟模型研究区域干旱

旨在应用平原地区土壤水模拟模型，给出区域旱精分析所需的干旱信息。以多年平均土壤含水量为判断旱情发生的临界函数，经过统计分析后，提出了一种适用于平原地区分析 区域旱情严重程度的实用方法和拟定评价旱情的定量标准。     

无结构网格上二维浅水流动的数值模拟

提出在无结构网格上建立有限体积高性能格式族的统一框架,通过引入跨单元界面法向数值通量的逆风分解,将一维Osher、TVD两种通量分裂格式自然地推广至二维浅水方程组。给出了各种情况下浅水方程组有限体积法边界处理的计算公式。最后,利用该格式对穹包溢流、陆地动边界和河口潮流三个问题进行计算。结果表明,这类守恒格式具有高精度、无振荡性以及处理复杂流态过渡、自动捕俘间断和模拟陆地动边界的功能。