Automated suitable drainage network extraction from digital elevation models in Taiwan's upstream watersheds

Automatically extracting drainage networks from digital elevation models coupled with the constant stream threshold value is a regular method. These extracted networks can be verified by comparing the channel initiation points with those from real networks. From the results analysed, the differences in channel initiation points will affect the network geometries, geomorphological indices and hydrological responses. This paper develops two automatic algorithms, the headwater‐tracing method and the fitness index, to trace the flow paths from headwaters to the outlet and to calculate the reasonable stream threshold. Instead of the method determined by trial and error or field survey, the accurate channel initiation points can be obtained from airborne photographs coupled with high‐resolution SPOT images for suitable drainage network extraction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

三江源生态工程实施前后长江源区宏观生态状况变化分析

基于NDVI时空序列数据,利用GLOPEM-CEVSA模型,本文估算并分析了长江源区1997-2012年植被覆盖度及植被净初级生产力时空变化特征,并在此基础上评估了生态工程实施前、后长江源区宏观生态状况变化。结果表明：工程实施后,长江源区宏观生态状况显著好转,植被覆盖度及植被净初级生产力明显增加。从多年平均值来看,工程实施后,植被覆盖度好转区域面积占植被区总面积的72.10%,净初级生产力增加区域面积占植被区总面积的73.82%;从变化趋势来看,植被覆盖度好转区域面积净增加13.02%,植被净初级生产力好转区域面积净增加24.62%。工程实施前后相比,各流域宏观生态状况恢复程度具有差异,其中楚玛尔河源头植被覆盖度上升最明显,通天河流域植被净初级生产力上升最明显。长江源区宏观生态状况的好转受益于气候的湿润化及生态工程的共同影响,若要全面有效改善仍需持续努力。     

黄河源区达日至玛曲段近50年径流量变化趋势分析

本文提出了用于长时间序列变化趋势预测分析的局部主周期分析方法,并依据黄河源区达日至玛曲段1956~2000年长时间序列径流量实测资料,对天然径流量多时间尺度变化特征及未来变化趋势作了实例分析预测。结果表明:①径流量序列具有多时间尺度变化特征,并且存在3.2a、7.5a、19.5a和36.5a左右的主周期。②径流量变化趋势为:在1956~1969年偏多、1969~1975年偏少、1975~1986年偏多、1986~2004年偏少、2004~2017年偏多、2017~2020年为平水期。1986年以来出现的枯水期,在2004年左右以后将得到改变。③径流量年际变化主要是受气候变化影响所致,人类活动作用不显著。④主周期具有时效性,只有在一定时段内才有意义。     

水稳定同位素示踪的冰川流域水文模拟及不确定性研究

水文模拟不确定性长期以来是制约寒区水文发展的瓶颈问题。水稳定同位素示踪为认识冰川流域径流过程提供了重要“指纹”信息,但仍缺乏有效模型将该信息与冰川水文模型耦合,而且同位素信息对冰川流域水文模型不确定性的约束效果也有待检验。将水稳定同位素信息（δ¹⁸O）与冰川流域水文模型FLEX^G相耦合,实现对冰川流域水稳定同位素和径流过程的耦合建模（FLEX^G-iso）,并在乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川流域进行模拟检验和径流分割。结果表明：模型不仅对2013—2016年径流过程有良好的模拟效果,还可以重现水稳定同位素、冰川物质平衡等重要过程。利用水稳定同位素这一辅助数据,提高了模型参数的识别能力,减少了模拟过程中各水源的相互妥协效应和不确定性范围。2013—2016年1号冰川断面径流32%~34%来自融雪,48%~51%来自融冰,0%~7%来自地下水,12%~15%来自降雨径流。水稳定同位素对雪和冰川相关中间过程有明显的约束能力,原有模型对融冰贡献的模拟偏高约7%。FLEX^G-iso模型的建立有助于推动寒区水文学理论和方法的发展,以及寒区水资源、生态环境保护等相关决策制定。     

黄河源区径流对气候变化的响应及敏感性分析(英文)

Response of the runoff in the headwater region of the Yellow River to climate change and its sensibility are analyzed based on the measured data at the four hydrological stations and ten weather stations during the period 1959–2008. The result indicates that change of temperature in the region has an obvious corresponding relationship with global warming and the changes of annual average temperature in each subregion in the region have been presenting a fluctuant and rising state in the past 50 years. However the change of precipitation is more intricate than the change of temperature in the region because of the influences of the different geographical positions and environments in various areas, and the change of annual precipitation in the main runoff-producing area has been presenting a fluctuant and decreasing state in the past 50 years. And there is a remarkable nonlinear correlativity between runoff and precipitation and temperature in the region. The runoff in the region has been decreasing continuously since 1990 because the precipitation in the main runoff-producing area obviously decreases and the annual average temperature continuously rises. As a whole, the runoff in each subregion of the headwater region of the Yellow River is quite sensitive to precipitation change, while the runoff in the subregion above Jimai is more sensitive to temperature change than that in the others in the region, correspondingly.     

Monitoring ephemeral headwater streams: a paired‐sensor approach

This paper introduces a paired‐sensor approach to monitoring ephemeral streamflow. Part of this approach includes the design of a new flow detection sensor. This flow detection sensor addresses the limitation of previous electronic resistance sensors that use water presence as a proxy for flow for assessing hydrological connectivity, by explicitly measuring flow presence. Using paired electronic resistance and flow detection sensors, this paper evaluates the performance of each sensor individually, and as a pair. Individually, the sensors were tested for the amount of noise they contain and the types of errors they were prone to committing. As a paired set, the sensors were analysed by the percent of time they were in valid states versus invalid states. Valid states included when water was present but flow was absent, when water and flow were both present and when water and flow were both absent during a storm. One invalid case existed, where the sensors recorded flow presence but not water presence. These valid and invalid cases were assessed using data collected from sensor networks established at two study sites in southern Ontario. This analysis was completed for the overall corroboration at each site, for each storm at each site and based on the relative position of the sensors in the channel at each site. The sensors were in valid states 83% and 94% of the time at each respective study site. Differences in local site conditions were found to affect the performance of the sensor network; however, no significant correlation was found between storm characteristics and sensor performance. Particularly, bed roughness was found to be a factor as it restricted the placement of the sensors. Despite this, the paired‐sensor network helps to increase the understanding of the flow dynamics within headwater streams by explicitly separating the two hydrological characteristics. A discussion of the challenges, limitations and opportunities of monitoring ephemeral flow is presented, and insights into how to address those limitations are provided. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sub‐surface water contribution to recession flow in a mountain headwater stream system based on single monitoring campaign

Discharge in mountain streams may be a mixture of snowmelt, water from surface runoff, and deep return flow through valley bottom alluvia. We used δ¹⁸O and δ²H, solute concentrations, and ²²²Rn to determine water sources of a headwater stream located at the McDonald Creek watershed, Glacier National Park, USA, during summer recession flow period. We analysed minimal water isotope ranges of ?17.6‰ to ?16.5‰ and ?133‰ to ?121‰ for δ¹⁸O and δ²H, respectively, potentially due to dominance of snow‐derived water in the stream. Likewise, solute concentrations measured in the stream through the watershed showed minimal variation with little indication of subsurface water input into the stream. However, we observed ²²²Rn activities in the stream that ranged from 39 to 2646 Bq/m³ with the highest value measured in middle of the watershed associated with channel constriction corresponding to changes in local orientation of underlying rocks. Downstream from this point, ²²²Rn activity decreased from 581 to 117 Bq/m³ in a series of punctuated steps associated with small rapids and waterfalls that we hypothesized to cause radon degassing with a maximum predicted loss of 427 Bq/m³ along a 400 m distance. Based on mass balance calculations using ²²²Rn activity values, streamflow, and channel characteristics, we estimated that groundwater contributed between 0.3% and 29% of total flow. Overall, we estimated a 5.9% of groundwater contribution integrated for stream reach measured at McDonald Creek during recession flow period. Finally, a lower mean hyporheic flux of 14 m³/day was estimated compared to the groundwater flux of 70 710 m³/day. These assessments highlight the potential for radon as a conservative tracer that can be used to estimate subsurface water contribution in mountain streams within a complex geologic setting. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spatial variation of wetlands and flux of dissolved organic carbon in boreal headwater streams

In order to investigate the relation between water chemistry and functional landscape elements, spatial data sets of characteristics for 68 small (0·2–1·5 km²) boreal forest catchments in western central Sweden were analysed in a geographical information system (GIS). The geographic data used were extracted from official topographic maps. Water sampled four times at different flow situations was analysed chemically. This paper focuses on one phenomenon that has an important influence on headwater quality in boreal, coniferous forest streams: generation and export of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). It is known that wetland cover (bogs and fens) in the catchment is a major source of DOC. In this study, a comparison was made between a large number of headwater catchments with varying spatial locations and areas of wetlands. How this variation, together with a number of other spatial variables, influences the DOC flux in the streamwater was analysed by statistical methods. There were significant, but not strong, correlations between the total percentages of wetland area and DOC flux measured at a medium flow situation, but not at high flow. Neither were there any significant correlations between the percentage of wetland area connected to streams, nor the percentage of wetland area within a zone 50 m from the stream and the DOC flux. There were, however, correlations between catchment mean slope and the DOC flux in all but one flow situations. This study showed that, considering geographical data retrieved from official sources, the topography of a catchment better explains the variation in DOC flux than the percentage and locations of distinct wetland areas. This emphasizes the need for high‐resolution elevation models accurate enough to reveal the sources of DOC found in headwater streams. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黄河源区径流年内分配变化规律分析

河川径流的年内分配特征与特定的径流补给条件关系密切。在气候变化以及人类活动的影响下,河川径流的年内分配特征也发生着相应的变化,直接影响水资源的开发利用以及生态系统的健康。本文根据黄河源区主要测站1952～1997年的月天然径流资料,分析了年内分配不均匀系数、集中度和集中期、变化幅度等特性。结果表明:1)黄河源区径流的年内分配特征20世纪90年代和70年代较为接近,而80年代则与60年代较为接近。2)90年代的径流年内分配特征出现了较大的变化,突出表现在汛期径流量的减少;3)玛曲水文站径流年内分配的不均匀性、集中度以及相对变化幅度都略高于唐乃亥,而绝对变化幅度则较小。