Discriminating lava flows of different age within Nyamuragira’s volcanic field using spectral mixture analysis

In this study, linear spectral mixture analysis (LSMA) is used to characterize the spectral heterogeneity of lava flows from Nyamuragira volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo, where vegetation and lava are the two main land covers. In order to estimate fractions of vegetation and lava through satellite remote sensing, we made use of 30 m resolution Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) and Advanced Land Imager (ALI) imagery. 2 m Pleiades data was used for validation. From the results, we conclude that (1) LSMA is capable of characterizing volcanic fields and discriminating between different types of lava surfaces; (2) three lava endmembers can be identified as lava of old, intermediate and young age, corresponding to different stages in lichen growth and chemical weathering; (3) a strong relationship is observed between vegetation fraction and lava age, where vegetation at Nyamuragira starts to significantly colonize lava flows ∼15 years after eruption and occupies over 50% of the lava surfaces ∼40 years after eruption. Our study demonstrates the capability of spectral unmixing to characterize lava surfaces and vegetation colonization over time, which is particularly useful for poorly known volcanoes or those not accessible for physical or political reasons.     

武夷山甜槠天然林含碳率与碳贮量研究

选取武夷山甜槠天然林为研究对象,对其乔木层、灌木层、草本层、枯枝落叶层、土壤层进行了碳贮量研究．结果表明：乔木层不同器官的含碳率表现为：C皮〉C叶〉C干〉C枝〉根,灌木层不同器官的含碳率表现为：C干〉C枝〉C根〉C叶,草本层是地上部分含碳率大于地下部分,枯枝落叶层的含碳率表现为：C叶〉C枝〉C果,土壤层的含碳率随着土壤...     

鱼眼影像技术反演植被冠层结构参数的研究进展

快速、可靠、精确的评估植被冠层结构参数在大气一植被相互作用的研究中起着举足轻重的作用。从冠层结构参数的反演原理、冠层间隙度的提取、冠层结构的反演模型和丛生指数3个方面论述了冠层结构参数即叶面积指数（LAI,leaf area index）和叶倾角分布（LAD,leaf angle distribution）的反演方法,并从鱼眼像片的采集、分析和模型的假设等方面分析影响冠层结构参数反演精度的原因,指出未来鱼眼影像技术虽然是LAI和LAD间接测量的理想手段,但是受观测环境、相机光学特性和冠层本身的影响,反演结果需要通过验证来消除不确定因素。     

Improving the treatment of the vertical snow burial fraction over short vegetation in the NCAR CLM3

One deficiency of the NCAR Community Land Model (CLM3) is the disappearance of the simulated snow even in the middle of winter over a boreal grassland site due to unrealistically modeled high downward turbulent fluxes. This is caused by the inappropriate treatment of the vertical snow burial fraction for short vegetation. A new snow burial fraction formulation for short vegetation is then proposed and validated using in situ observations. This modification in the CLM3 largely removes the unrealistic surface turbulent fluxes, leading to a more reasonable snowmelt process, and improves the snow water equivalent (SWE) simulation. Moreover, global offline simulations show that the proposed formulation decreases sensible and latent heat fluxes as well as the ground temperature during the snowmelt season over short vegetation dominant regions. Correspondingly, the SWE is enhanced, leading to the increase in snowmelt-induced runoff during the same period. Furthermore, sensitivity tests indicate that these improvements are insensitive to the exact functional form or parameter values in the proposed formulation.     

硫酸盐气溶胶对全球水循环因子的影响

  利用卫星资料进一步检验了CAM3.0模式对云的模拟能力,该模式可以较好地再现全球云的分布和季节变化的主要特征。在硫循环过程与辐射和动力过程之间双向耦合的情况下,探讨了硫酸盐气溶胶直接气候效应对水循环过程的影响。模式较好地模拟了硫酸盐气溶胶的浓度和分布变化。硫酸盐气溶胶对水循环因子的影响在不同季节和区域是不同的,其中,北半球夏季的影响最大,这是因为北半球夏季硫酸盐浓度最高。纬向平均的云量、降水和水汽的变化形势大部分相似,存在比较密切的联系。     

Characteristic features of atmospheric aerosols over India and their role in warm rain process

Atmospheric aerosols are a crucial link in the physical processes, involved in the formation and growth of precipitating clouds. Extensive aerosol measurements in surface air and in the lower troposphere were made at inland and coastal stations of different regions in India. At inland stations, the hygroscopic fraction of the total aerosol content is found to be a useful characteristic for distinguishing between the monsoon and summer airflow, as well as an indicator for a good or a badly developed monsoon. At coastal stations, however, this feature is not observed.Measurements as a function of height brought out that the aerosol varied widely in air over different seasons. During monsoon, the hygroscopic fraction was found highest at the cloud base level and was closely linked to the development of rain. Details of these investigations are presented.     

Distribution, enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals in coastal sediments of Alang-Sosiya ship scrapping yard, India

Since its inception in 1982, the Alang-Sosiya yard has become the largest ship scrapping works in the world. Several hundreds of ships arrive every year. The degree of heavy metal contamination has been studied in bulk and fine sediments from the intertidal zone of this ship scrapping yard, two stations, one on either side at 5 km distance and one reference station 60 km distance near Mahuva, towards the south. The samples have been subjected to a total digestion technique and analysed for elements: Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn and Al, and %TOC. The absolute metal concentrations reflected variations in BF and FF sediment samples with organic matter content. Enrichment factors (EF) and geoaccumulation indices (Igeo) have been calculated and the relative contamination levels are assessed at these sites. At Alang-Sosiya, the enrichment of heavy metals has been observed to be relatively high.     

Evaluation of ferrous and ferric Mössbauer fractions. Part II

Mössbauer fractions f are reported for various ferrous- and/or ferric-containing oxides, hydroxides, silicates, and phosphates to extend the list previously reported by De Grave and Van Alboom (1991). The f fractions were evaluated from the experimental temperature dependencies of their center shifts, assuming the Debye model for the lattice vibrations. For most Fe²⁺ sites the characteristic Mössbauer or lattice temperatures Θ_M are in the range 300–400 K, while those for Fe³⁺ sites are close to or exceed 500 K, implying significantly higher f fractions for Fe³⁺ than for Fe²⁺, in particular at room temperature. A correlation between Θ_M and the coordination type, or, for a given valence state and coordination type, between Θ_M and the mineral type is, however, not obvious.     

Nested lumped‐parameter models for foundation vibrations

The concept of polynomial‐fraction approximation is explored in this article to develop a nested type of systematic lumped‐parameter model for unbounded soil. Based on the optimal coefficients determined from the flexibility formulation, the reciprocal of the polynomial‐fraction is first taken to represent the dynamic stiffness function of foundation and then decomposed into a linear polynomial and another polynomial‐fraction. The nested division introduced in this study is operated to generate a nested form for this decomposed polynomial‐fraction, which directly corresponds to a nested discrete‐element model. The nested type of lumped‐parameter model is then easily constructed by connecting this nested discrete‐element model in series with another simple discrete‐element model corresponding to the linear polynomial. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黄土高原植物与不同粒级中土壤体系氮同位素组成变化及意义

目前观点认为，自然生态条件下的非固氮植物-土壤体系中，根据分解供给是土壤中氮的主要来源。研究植物-土壤体系中氮素的分布转化规律是评估土壤中氮素有效性的重要基础。笔者选取黄土高原这一典型西北生境中植物-土壤样品，通过测定样品氮含量与同位素自然丰度组成变化，来说明不同粒级土壤中氮素的分解水平与潜力。 结果表明，植物在分解过程中氮同位素产生3‰-5‰不等的分馏，在粒级由大到小变化的土壤组份中，随着可分解氮素的减少，土壤总氮同位素比值表现不同程度的偏正趋势，并于小粒级中趋于稳定，这与含量测量中表现出的矿化氮含量增加规律一致。氮的同位素自然丰度组成对于植物分解程度的灵敏响应，使其可以作为一种指示植物-土壤体系中氮素转化程度与趋势以及评估土壤中氮的有效性的指标，应用于自然生态研究。