安徽省茶叶春霜冻发生规律及风险分布

基于2010—2014年安徽省78个市县茶园面积资料,把安徽省茶叶种植基地县划分为3个茶区。利用1980—2014年早春日最低气温观测资料,计算了茶区各基地县春霜终日、春霜日数和不同等级霜冻害发生频率,并对其分布特征进行了分析。结果表明:近35a安徽省茶区平均终霜期南部早于北部;春霜日数皖西大别山茶区出现最多,皖南黄山茶区最少。特晚终霜日和偏晚终霜日的指标日皖南宣城茶区均明显迟于皖西和皖南黄山茶区。特晚终霜日主要发生在20世纪80年代,偏晚终霜日主要发生在80年代和90年代。近35年轻度春霜冻皖西大别山茶区(六安)发生频率最高,中度和重度春霜冻皖南宣城茶区(绩溪)发生频率最高,轻度、中度和重度春霜冻发生频率均随年代呈下降趋势。依据风险分析理论对安徽茶区基地县进行了春霜冻风险分析,得出其风险的空间分布特点,结论可为指导春茶生产提供气象保障。     

福建霜冻时空分布特征及环流背景分析

利用福建省内68个地面测站1981—2011年1—4月、10—12月逐日观测资料,结合最低地表温度、天气现象、最低气温作为福建霜冻判别指标,探讨福建霜冻气候特征及环流背景形势。研究发现:1)福建年平均霜冻天数、初(终)霜冻日、无霜冻期具有明显地域差异,等值线基本呈东北—西南走向,与台站海拔高度具有良好相关性。区域平均初霜冻日、终霜冻日、无霜冻期总体分别呈推迟、提前、延长的变化趋势。2)全省大范围霜冻天气呈现发生频率低、过程持续时间短、总体逐渐减少的特征。3)霜冻越强,发生越晚,结束越早,且出现天数越少。4)随着形势场特征线略有南压,霜冻逐渐增强,反之减弱。     

Changes in growing season in the Northeastern United States

ABSTRACT

Changes in growing season length (GSL) are of concern for agricultural, phenological, economic, epidemiological, and bioclimatological reasons. This research identifies spatial and temporal changes over the last several decades in GSL, along with the day-of-year of the last spring freeze and first autumn freeze, for the northeastern United States – a region particularly susceptible to such changes due to the large population and intense economic activities. Results suggest that growing season has significantly increased in length since 1980 as compared to prior to 1980, and both spatial and temporal variation in GSL has decreased for the region over time. Changes to GSL for this region are driven more by a shift in the first autumn freeze date than the last spring freeze date. The areas of greatest increase in GSL in the pre- vs. post-1980 period tend to be in the high elevations, near large water bodies, and near the largest cities. Results will assist environmental planners as they prepare mitigation and adaptation strategies amid a changing environment.     

A three‐phase thermo‐hydro‐mechanical finite element model for freezing soils

Artificial ground freezing (AGF) is a commonly used technique in geotechnical engineering for ground improvement such as ground water control and temporary excavation support during tunnel construction in soft soils. The main potential problem connected with this technique is that it may produce heave and settlement at the ground surface, which may cause damage to the surface infrastructure. Additionally, the freezing process and the energy needed to obtain a stable frozen ground may be significantly influenced by seepage flow. Evidently, safe design and execution of AGF require a reliable prediction of the coupled thermo‐hydro‐mechanical behavior of freezing soils. With the theory of poromechanics, a three‐phase finite element soil model is proposed, considering solid particles, liquid water, and crystal ice as separate phases and mixture temperature, liquid pressure, and solid displacement as the primary field variables. In addition to the volume expansion of water transforming into ice, the contribution of the micro‐cryo‐suction mechanism to the frost heave phenomenon is described in the model using the theory of premelting dynamics. Through fundamental physical laws and corresponding state relations, the model captures various couplings among the phase transition, the liquid transport within the pore space, and the accompanying mechanical deformation. The verification and validation of the model are accomplished by means of selected analyses. An application example is related to AGF during tunnel excavation, investigating the influence of seepage flow on the freezing process and the time required to establish a closed supporting frozen arch. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

秸秆加筋粉土的冻胀特性研究

粉土在中国分布广泛,工程中大量涉及,常表现为冻胀敏感性,在冻土地区工程建设中需重点考虑其冻胀特性。为减少粉土冻胀对工程的影响,基于环保的理念,以防腐处理后的麦秸秆作为加筋材料,将其切断后随机掺入粉土中;并对粉土和秸秆加筋粉土试样分别进行了开敞系统下的一维冻胀试验,重点研究了秸秆掺量和长度对粉土冻胀特性的影响。结果表明：秸秆加筋对粉土的冻胀有明显的抑制作用,少量的掺加（0.2%、0.4%）可将接近强冻胀的粉土改良为弱冻胀或不冻胀;在其他条件相同的情况下,试验范围内粉土的冻胀率随秸秆掺量的增加而线性增大,但总体远小于未改良土;秸秆掺量一定时,存在最优秸秆长度,在该长度下,秸秆加筋粉土的冻胀变形量和冻胀率均最小。     

基于广义Winkler弹性地基梁理论的梯形渠道冻胀力学模型

寒区渠道衬砌冻胀破坏现象普遍,而渠道的防冻工程设计大多依赖工程实践经验和定性认识,具有一定的随意性和盲目性,对衬砌结构所受的冻胀力计算缺乏简明、合理的方法。考虑冻土与衬砌的相互作用和冻土地基的连续性,基于广义Winkler地基梁理论并结合有限差分法,推导了渠道衬砌板冻胀挠曲线微分方程,建立了梯形渠道冻胀力学模型,给出了衬砌渠道法向冻胀力及切向冻结力的计算方法。同时,考虑渠道衬砌冻胀破坏的极限承载力以及冻胀过程中坡脚上抬位移对实际冻胀力的削减和释放效应,避免了冻胀力及衬砌结构内力计算值过大。为验证模型的合理性,以甘肃省靖会总干渠梯形渠道为研究对象,对其进行冻胀破坏计算。结果表明：模型由于考虑了衬砌结构与冻土间的相互作用,渠道衬砌板法向冻胀力呈非线性分布,修正了工程力学模型线性分布假设;与工程力学模型相比,冻胀力数值在坡脚处增大、跨中减小、底板上增大,计算结果更符合工程实际。研究提出的冻胀力学模型科学合理,简便快捷,具有更好的通用性,可为寒区渠道的抗冻胀设计提供参考。     

共和-玉树高速公路多格茸段冻胀丘与公路路基的相互影响

冻胀丘是土层中水分向冻结锋面大量迁移集聚,并且冻结膨胀使地面隆起呈丘状的一类冰缘地貌。冻胀丘的本质特征是存在纯冰核或高含冰地层,冻胀丘地表的隆起高度即代表了地下冰层的累计厚度,在工程建设中一般采用避让措施。在我国冻土区公路建设中,过去尚未遇到道路穿越冻胀丘的先例,正在建设中的青海省共和-玉树高速公路（简称共玉高速）在玛多县多格茸盆地横跨几个冻胀丘,对公路建成以后安全运营造成潜在威胁。以共玉高速建设里程K430+070处道路所跨的冻胀丘为例,基于地温监测数据和冻胀丘钻探资料,探讨公路建设对冻胀丘下覆冰层的影响及由此带来的路基稳定性问题。监测发现目前路基下多年冻土上限已经下降至冻胀丘高含冰地层位置,由于沥青路面的强吸热性,未来冻胀丘路段将发生持续沉降。如果多年冻土完全融化,该段路基有可能发展成热融湖塘。     

世界大洋中绝热运动导致的纬向翻转环流和纬向热输送

Zonal overturning circulation(ZOC) and its associated zonal heat flux(ZHF) are important components of the oceanic circulation and climate system, although these conceptions have not received adequate attentions.Heaving induced by inter-annual and decadal wind stress perturbations can give rise to anomalous ZOC and ZHF.Based on a simple reduced gravity model, the anomalous ZOC and ZHF induced by idealized heaving modes in the world oceans are studied. For example, in a Pacific-like model basin intensified equatorial easterly on decadal time scales can lead to a negative ZOC with a non-negligible magnitude(–0.3×106 m3/s) and a considerable westward ZHF with an amplitude of –11.2 TW. Thus, anomalous ZOC and ZHF may consist of a major part of climate signals on decadal time scales and thus play an important role in the oceanic circulation and climate change.     

Application of GIS and remote sensing techniques in frost risk mapping for mitigating agricultural losses in the Aberdare ecosystem,Kenya

Frost is a perennial agricultural hazard that normally causes crop damage leading to huge agricultural losses within the Kenyan highlands; aggravated by inadequate information on frost. This research mapped frost hotspots within the Aberdare and Mount Kenya regions and identified the extent of arable land under frost risk while establishing the trend of minimum temperature occurrences between the years 2000 and 2013. Minimum temperature values were extracted from daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer land surface temperature data-sets, and frost risk categorized into very severe frost (<250 K), severe frost (250–260 K), moderate frost (260–270 K), minor frost (270–280 K) and areas of no frost. Concentration of frost (<273 K) was mapped within regions above 1500 m asl and occasional occurrences within valleys lower than this altitude with recurrent occurrences in the months of April, May, July, August and November. Elevation, land surface convexity and humidity were found to influence frost occurrence. Improved agricultural practice to mitigate against losses is recommended.