ON THE NECESSITY OF APPLYING A ROTATION TO INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS IN RIVER FLOWS

In studies on river channel flow turbulence, it is often the case that the measured mean vertical velocity is different from zero, indicating that the frame of reference of the current meter is not parallel to the flow streamline. This situation affects the estimate of Reynolds shear stress in the streamwise and vertical planes and consequently the analysis of the flow turbulent structure. One way to solve this problem is to correct data by applying a rotation and this is reviewed in the first part of the paper. However, in fluvial geomorphology, the studied flow is often complex and streamlines may exhibit significant changes from one point of measurement to the other. In this context, applying a rotation complicates the situation more than it simplifies it. The second part of this paper examines the question of velocity data correction in complex flows using a field example of the turbulent boundary layer over a very rough gravel bed and a laboratory example taken from flow at a river channel confluence. In both cases, velocity vectors are spatially variable. In the first case, errors in the Reynolds shear stress estimates are relatively low (ranging from −13 to 7 per cent/deg) while in the second case, they are much larger (−200 to 164 per cent/deg). The significance of these errors on the interpretation of turbulence statistics in river channel flows is discussed. We propose that corrections should be applied in all clear cases of sensor misalignment and when the frame of reference changes spatially and temporally. However, no corrections should be used where different flow velocity vector orientations, not sensor misalignment, are responsible for the mean vertical velocity differing from zero.     

On the prediction of persistent processes using the output of deterministic models

A problem frequently met in engineering hydrology is the forecasting of hydrological variables conditional on their historical observations and the hindcasts and forecasts of a deterministic model. On the contrary, it is a common practice for climatologists to use the output of general circulation models (GCMs) for the prediction of climatic variables despite their inability to quantify the uncertainty of the predictions. Here we apply the well-established Bayesian processor of forecasts (BPF) for forecasting hydroclimatic variables using stochastic models through coupling them with GCMs. We extend the BPF to cases where long-term persistence appears, using the Hurst-Kolmogorov process (HKp, also known as fractional Gaussian noise) and we investigate its properties analytically. We apply the framework to calculate the distributions of the mean annual temperature and precipitation stochastic processes for the time period 2016–2100 in the United States of America conditional on historical observations and the respective output of GCMs.     

2000—2016年广西防城金花茶自然保护区关键生态环境参数时空变化

植被覆盖度(FVC)和叶面积指数(LAI)作为关键生态环境参数,其时空动态变化的遥感监测对揭示陆地生态环境演变规律与科学监管生态环境具有重要意义.本文基于2000—2016年GLASS产品的植被覆盖度和叶面积指数数据,对广西防城金花茶国家级自然保护区FVC和LAI的时空动态变化进行监测.研究结果表明:①2000—201...     

峨眉山高钛玄武岩物源的不均一性研究

对二滩地区高钛玄武岩物源研究表明,该区岩石可分为高钛-1和高钛-2两种岩石类型。其反映了二滩高钛玄武岩浆物源的不均一性,这种不均一性主要表现在:1)微量元素Zr,Sr含量明显不同;2)部分熔融程度和熔融压力不同;3)岩浆的结晶分异不同;4)Pb同位素比值不同。这可能是深源地幔柱(来自核-幔边界或下地幔)在上升过程中携带的不同物质发生部分熔融所致。     

Crossover from capillary fingering to compact invasion for two-phase drainage with stable viscosity ratios

Motivated by a wide range of applications from enhanced oil recovery to carbon dioxide sequestration, we have developed a two-dimensional, pore-level model of immiscible drainage, incorporating viscous, capillary, and gravitational effects. This model has been validated quantitatively, in the very different limits of zero viscosity ratio and zero capillary number; flow patterns from modeling agree well with experiment. For a range of stable viscosity ratios (μ_injected/μ_displaced ? 1), we have increased the capillary number, N_c, and studied the way in which the flows deviate from capillary fingering (the fractal flow of invasion percolation) and become compact for realistic capillary numbers. Results exhibiting this crossover from capillary fingering to compact invasion are presented for the average position of the injected fluid, the fluid–fluid interface, the saturation and fractional flow profiles, and the relative permeabilities. The agreement between our results and earlier theoretical predictions [Blunt M, King MJ, Scher H. Simulation and theory of two-phase flow in porous media. Phys Rev A 1992;46:7680–99; Lenormand R. Flow through porous media: limits of fractal patterns. Proc Roy Soc A 1989;423:159–68; Wilkinson D. Percolation effects in immiscible displacement. Phys Rev A 1986;34:1380–90; Xu B, Yortsos YC, Salin D. Invasion Percolation with viscous forces. Phys Rev E 1998;57:739–51] supports the validity of these general theoretical arguments, which were independent of the details of the porous media in both two and three dimensions.     

Lakes on fractal surfaces: A null hypothesis for lake-rich landscapes

A class of stochastic processes known as fractional Brownian motion (fBm) provides strikingly realistic simulations of certain types of terrain, particularly those which appear to be unmodified by geomorphological and geological processes. In addition to their less serious applications in video games and science fiction movies, fractal terrain simulations have proven useful in a number of areas of spatial analysis. For example, they can provide sample data sets for testing the efficiency of data structures and algorithms designed for topographic applications. Previous work has shown that stream networks simulated on fBm surfaces show the same deviations from accepted theories of channel network topology as do real stream networks, implying that such deviations originate in the geometrical constraints of packing channels onto surfaces, rather than from geological or other environmental controls. In effect, this work demonstrates the usefulness of fBm as a null hypothesis for terrain. One difficulty, however, stems from the abundant pits which occur in the simulations, because peaks and pits are equally likely. Flooding of pits on fBm surfaces was simulated to obtain lakes. Lake-rich stream networks were extracted and represented with a suitable integer code. The relative frequencies of various network topologies and groups of topologies were compared to known characteristics of channel networks on real lake-rich landscapes. Lake-string topologies are significantly less abundant than in glaciated landscapes. Lake areas show good fits to hyperbolic distributions, but lake in-degrees do not fit the negative binomial model. fBm surfaces are appropriate null hypotheses of scale-free, lake-rich landscapes.This paper was presented at Emerging Concepts, MGUS-87 Conference, Redwood City, California, 13–15 April 1987.     

软土流变特性的模型研究

对于具有流变特性的软土来说,模型的选取将直接影响其力学行为描述的准确性,经典模型在描述软土流变特性方面存在着一定的缺陷;对经典流变模型和分数导数流变模型进行了分析,得出了分数导数流变模型在描述软土流变特性方面具有准确性和广泛的使用性的特性。     

鱼简河水库坝基岩体模量研究

岩体变形模量的确定是岩石力学界研究的难点问题。贵州省鱼简河水利工程是国家重点工程,该工程大坝坝型为拱坝,坝基岩体变形模量的大小直接影响其坝体结构设计。本文在坝基岩体分组的基础上,利用Monte-Carlo模拟技术,采用RMR法与岩体损伤的分形模型对岩体变形模量进行估算,最后结合原位试验和工程地质类比给出岩体参数建议值,为坝体设计提供合理的计算参数。      

具有分数Kelvin模型的粘弹性岩体中水平圆形硐室的变形特性

在忽略体积变形的情况下进行水平图形硐室变形特性研究,建议采用分数代数Kelvin本构关系模拟岩体的粘弹性,提出了一种分析粘弹性岩体中水平圆形硐室变形特性的新思路,讨论了硐室位移及应变随时间变化的规律并与经典的Kelvin模型进行了比较。从分析的结果表明,分数代数能很好地模拟出粘弹性体松驰特性,通过改变分数代数的阶数又可以模拟各种粘弹性岩体、比经典粘弹性模型具有更大的适用范围。     

论精密单点定位整周模糊度解算的不同策略

精密单点定位（PPP）一般基于非差GPS观测值,其中相位观测所含的初始相位偏差（Initial Phase Biases, IPBs）与整周模糊度不可分离,故各类PPP估值均为模糊度浮点解。目前,借助区域或全球GPS网分离卫星IPBs,改正PPP相位观测值,可实现PPP整周模糊度解算,进而提高各类估值精度,显著缩短收敛时间。常用算法包括：分解卫星钟差（分解钟差法）和非整相位偏差（非整偏差法）估计方法。本文从GPS原始观测值入手,推导了卫星IPBs估计的满秩函数模型,以此为基础对两种算法的特点及实施进行了对比分析。研究表明：分解钟差法是一种观测信息的最优利用,且与传统的卫星钟差估计方法具有较优的一致性,但未利用卫星IPBs较为稳定的有利约束;非整偏差法对组合观测值之间的相关性未加考虑,进而是一种次优估计,其实时性实施较差,且较依赖于高精度的码观测值。文中的新模型可有效克服上述两种算法的不足,便于施加部分参数的合理时变性约束,以提高卫星IPBs估计的可靠性。