Developing an empirical model of canopy water flux describing the common response of transpiration to solar radiation and VPD across five contrasting woodlands and forests

A modified Jarvis–Stewart model of canopy transpiration (E_c) was tested over five ecosystems differing in climate, soil type and species composition. The aims of this study were to investigate the model's applicability over multiple ecosystems; to determine whether the number of model parameters could be reduced by assuming that site‐specific responses of E_c to solar radiation, vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture content vary little between sites; and to examine convergence of behaviour of canopy water‐use across multiple sites. This was accomplished by the following: (i) calibrating the model for each site to determine a set of site‐specific (SS) parameters, and (ii) calibrating the model for all sites simultaneously to determine a set of combined sites (CS) parameters. The performance of both models was compared with measured E_c data and a statistical benchmark using an artificial neural network (ANN). Both the CS and SS models performed well, explaining hourly and daily variation in E_c. The SS model produced slightly better model statistics [R² = 0.75–0.91; model efficiency (ME) = 0.53–0.81; root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.0015–0.0280 mm h^‐1] than the CS model (R² = 0.68–0.87; ME = 0.45–0.72; RMSE = 0.0023–0.0164 mm h^‐1). Both were highly comparable with the ANN (R² = 0.77–0.90; ME = 0.58–0.80; RMSE = 0.0007–0.0122 mm h^‐1). These results indicate that the response of canopy water‐use to abiotic drivers displayed significant convergence across sites, but the absolute magnitude of E_c was site specific. Period totals estimated with the modified Jarvis–Stewart model provided close approximations of observed totals, demonstrating the effectiveness of this model as a tool aiding water resource management. Analysis of the measured diel patterns of water use revealed significant nocturnal transpiration (9–18% of total water use by the canopy), but no Jarvis–Stewart formulations are able to capture this because of the dependence of water‐use on solar radiation, which is zero at night. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

地震多重分形计算的最小生成树法

目前地震分形计算的方法很多,但各方法或多或少都存在一些问题．本文引入一种地震分形计算的新方法——最小生成树法（minimal spanning tree）,对其算法作了重要的修改,并通过对乌什、乌苏、唐山和海城4个区域震例的研究,得出大震前后地震时空分布多重分形谱由集中变疏张,反映了分形结构复杂性的增加、地震时空分布不均匀性的增加．由点集的数值模拟表明:强震前后多重分形谱变化的物理本质是地震分布由均一到不均一,由简单到复杂的变化过程．      

重力式幕墙加预应力锚杆及钻孔小桩组合基坑支护体系

采用重力式幕墙加预应力锚杆及钻孔小桩组合基坑支护体系 ,方法简单 ,既节省投资 ,又可保证工期 ,且止水效果相当好。     

Seismic Hazard of Honduras

In this paper we have described the proceduresused, input data applied and results achieved in ourefforts to develop seismic hazard maps of Honduras.The probabilistic methodology of Cornell is employed.Numerical calculations were carried out by making useof the computer code SEISRISK III. To examine theimpact of uncertainties in seismic and structuralcharacteristics, the logic tree formalism has beenused. We compiled a de-clustered earthquake cataloguefor the region comprising 1919 earthquakes occurringduring the period from 1963 to 1997. Unified momentmagnitudes were introduced. Definition of aseismotectonic model of the whole region under review,based on geologic, tectonic and seismic information,led to the definition of seven seismogenetic zones forwhich seismic characteristics were determined. Fourdifferent attenuation models were considered. Resultsare expressed in a series of maps of expected PGA for60% and 90% probabilities of nonexceedence in a50-year interval which corresponds to return periodsof 100 and 475 years, respectively. The highest PGAvalues of about 0.4g (90% probability ofnon-exceedence) are expected along the borders withGuatemala and El Salvador.     

The case for significant numbers of extraterrestrial impacts through the late Holocene

When astronomers tell us that there should have been numerous impacts from space during the last five millennia, when impact craters exist on land and more impacts can be assumed over the oceans, why are historians, archaeologists and palaeoecologists not diligently seeking evidence for these impacts, and their effects? This article reviews just some of the relevant evidence for impacts. In turn this suggests that ablation material, background material from space, and micro‐tektites, should all be present in ocean cores, ice cores, peat, and lake sediments. It seems that almost no efforts have been made to find evidence that might link to the known crater fields, or to identify and date periods of enhanced cosmic activity. The question must be, why? Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

顾及单木三维形态的无人机立体影像单木识别算法

单木参数对当前的森林资源管理、生态研究以及生物多样性保护等具有重要意义。无人机立体影像数据与单木识别算法为单木参数的低成本、自动化获取提供了基础。现有研究表明,常用的基于局部最大值搜索的单木识别算法面对密集林分时存在严重的漏识别问题,影响了参数提取的精度,因此本文提出了顾及单木三维形态的无人机立体影像单木识别新算法。算法首先综合利用无人机立体影像的高程与RGB光谱信息,通过随机森林分类进行林冠区的提取;然后利用形态学的多层腐蚀、膨胀与连通区标记进行树冠相连单木的分离与树冠中心点的提取,从而实现单木自动化识别。本文选取内蒙古大兴安岭林区和四川王朗林区的4块样地进行验证,以目视解译数据为参考,分别与基于高程值的局部最大值搜索算法（算法A）、基于RGB光谱亮度值的局部最大值搜索算法（算法B）进行比较。结果显示：本文提出的算法在4个样地的平均F1-score为94.17%,与算法A和算法B相比分别提高了15.85%和9.37%;而对于密集样地,本文提出的算法在查全率上相比算法A和算法B分别提高51.79%和35.64%。结果表明本文提出的算法在不同林区均能够实现较好的单木识别效果,特别是能够有效避免密集林分下的漏识别问题,为基于无人机立体影像的单木识别研究提供了一种新的思路。     

一种高效的最小独立闭合环自动搜索算法

依据图论理论,在基于生成树、余树变换的闭合环搜索算法和基于深度优先的闭合环搜索算法的基础上,提出一种高效且稳定性好的控制网最小独立闭合环自动搜索算法.     

基于WMTS标准的2.5维电子地图的构建

2.5维数字地图既具有三维数字地图良好的表现效果,又具备数据量小、网上传输速度快的优点,满足了在现有的网络环境下对三维地图的快速浏览访问,在传统二维地图和真三维地图之间起到了很好的承上启下的作用。本文针对阜新市二维矢量数据和属性数据,利用3ds Max软件对研究区域建模并渲染成图,然后,在PhotoShop软件中进行图幅拼接,最后制作成瓦片地图与矢量图叠加发布,以便实现在Web端对2.5维电子地图的浏览、查询和空间分析等功能,并重点研究了基于OGC的WMTS标准和瓦片金字塔技术的标准化切图制作、发布、调用方法。     

Compaction Rate of an Early Permian Volcanic Tuff from Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia

Compaction rates of sediments or volcaniclastic material are needed to reconstruct original thickness of a bed,which in turn is required to reconstruct subsidence rates,sea-level rise,or in the case of volcaniclastic,the location or direction of the eruption site.The knowledge of compaction rates can also aid in the reconstruction of deformed fossils.The known shape of deformed fossils can allow the determination of the compaction they experienced.Here we report the compaction rate in an early Permian volcanic tuff from Wuda,Inner Mongolia,determined from the deformation of standing tree fern stems of known anatomy.The compaction rate has been found to be 0.56 in this case,indicating that 44% of original thickness remains.     

基于机器学习的水位流量关系模型参数估计

为了克服经典水位流量关系模型在刻画河流动态变化特性时所存在的局限性,提出采用局部加权回归算法估计模型参数;为了提高参数估计精度以及流量的计算效率,提出一种聚类树加权回归方法.首先对训练样本进行聚类,然后使用k-最近邻方法将新的水位样本划分进最恰当的聚类中,最后估计河流日流量.该方法在估计过程中,避免了不相关信息的干扰,从而提高了日流量数据估计的效率和精度.利用某水文站的实测数据对方法进行测试,仿真结果表明,方法估计精度高,为水位流量关系模型参数估计提供了新的有效方法.