Distributed discharge and sediment concentration predictions in the sub‐humid Ethiopian highlands: the Debre Mawi watershed

Experimental research in the Ethiopian highlands found that saturation excess induced runoff and erosion are common in the sub‐humid conditions. Because most erosion simulation models applied in the highlands are based on infiltration excess, we, as an alternative, developed the Parameter Efficient Distributed (PED) model, which can simulate water and sediment fluxes in landscapes with saturation excess runoff. The PED model has previously only been tested at the outlet of a watershed and not for distributed runoff and sediment concentration within the watershed. In this study, we compare the distributed storm runoff and sediment concentration of the PED model against collected data in the 95‐ha Debre Mawi watershed and three of its nested sub‐watersheds for the 2010 and 2011 rainy seasons. In the PED model framework, the hydrology of the watershed is divided between infiltrating and runoff zones, with erosion only taking place from two surface runoff zones. Daily storm runoff and sediment concentration values, ranging from 0.5 to over 30 mm and from 0.1 to 35 g l^?1, respectively, were well simulated. The Nash Sutcliffe efficiency values for the daily storm runoff for outlet and sub‐watersheds ranged from 0.66 to 0.82, and the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency for daily sediment concentrations were greater than 0.78. Furthermore, the model uses realistic fractional areas for surface and subsurface flow contributions, for example between saturated areas (15%), degraded areas (30%) and permeable areas (55%) at the main outlet, while close similarity was found for the remaining hydrology and erosion parameter values. One exception occurred for the distinctly greater transport limited parameter at the actively gullying lower part of the watershed. The results suggest that the model based on saturation excess provides a good representation of the observed spatially distributed runoff and sediment concentrations within a watershed by modelling the bottom lands (as opposed to the uplands) as the dominant contributor of the runoff and sediment load. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Groundwater dating with 3H and SF6 in relation to mixing patterns,transport modelling and hydrochemistry

A comprehensive study of a sandy aquifer of deltaic origin in southern Poland included water chemistry, isotopes, dissolved trace gases and transport modelling. Tritium, sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) and freons (F‐11, F‐12 and F‐113) showed the presence of modern waters in the recharge areas and shallow confined parts of the aquifer. The presence of older Holocene waters farther from the recharge areas was indicated by lack of ³H, SF₆ contents ≤0·02 fmol l⁻¹ and relatively low ¹⁴C values. The discharge from the system is by upward seepage in the valley of a major river. Pre‐Holocene waters of a cooler climate, identified on the basis of δ¹⁸O, δ²H, ¹⁴C, Ne and Ar data, were found in some distant wells. Concentrations of N₂, Ne and Ar determined by gas chromatography were used for calculating the noble gas temperatures, air excess needed for correction of SF₆, and nitrogen content released by denitrification process. The time series of ³H content available for some wells supplied quantitative information on age distributions and the total mean ages of flow through the unsaturated and saturated zones. The derived ³H age distributions turned out to be very wide, with mean values in the range of about 30 to 160 years. For each well with determined ³H age, the SF₆ data showed either a lower age range or the possibility of a lower age as expected due to shorter travel times of SF₆ through the unsaturated zone, which most probably also resulted in different types of age distributions of these tracers. Freons appeared to be of little use for individual age determinations. A quantitative estimation of two‐component mixing from SF₆ ³H relations is not possible unless the travel time of ³H through the unsaturated zone is comparable to that of SF₆. The ratio of integrals of the response function over the age range with tracer and the whole response function yields the ratio of water with tracer to total flow of water. That ratio is a tracer‐dependent function of time. Transport modelling of SF₆ tracer done with MT3D code yielded initially large discrepancies between calculated and measured tracer concentrations. Some discrepancies remained even after calibration of the transport model with SF₆. Simulation of tritium contents with a calibrated transport model yielded reasonable agreement with measured contents in some wells and indicated a need for further investigations, particularly in the eastern part of the aquifer. The existence of distinct hydrochemical zones is consistent with the tracer data; young waters with measurable ³H and SF₆ contents are aerobic and of HCO₃ Ca or HCO₃ SO₄ Ca types. Slightly elevated Na and Cl contents, as well as the highest concentrations of SO₄ and NO₃ within this zone are due to anthropogenic influences. Anaerobic conditions prevail in the far field, under the confining cover, where pre‐bomb era Holocene waters dominate. In that zone, dissolved oxygen, NO₃ and U contents are reduced, and Fe, Mn and NH₄ contents increase. In the third zone, early Holocene and glacial waters occur. They are of HCO₃ Ca Na or HCO₃ Na types, with TDS values higher than 1 g l⁻¹ and Na content higher than 200 mg l⁻¹, due to either small admixtures of ascending or diffusing older water or freshening of marine sediments, a process that is probably occurring till the present time. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The use of 137Cs as a tracer in an erosion study in south limburg (the Netherlands) and the influence of chernobyl fallout

The ¹³⁷Cs radioactivity of soils was used as a tracer of soil erosion in a catchment in the Netherlands: 143 samples were analysed to map the ¹³⁷Cs redistribution using geostatistical interpolation methods. Caesium-137 activities on grassland are significantly higher than on arable land. Also, ¹³⁷Cs activities on waning slopes are higher and activities on steep slopes are lower. The soil erosion estimates, derived from the ¹³⁷Cs data, are used to validate the USLE erosion model. The recent Chernobyl nuclear accident also contributed to the ¹³⁷Cs activity. However, the Chernobyl input of ¹³⁷Cs, with a constant ratio of 1.765:1 to ¹³⁴Cs, cannot be used as a tracer of soil erosion. Because of the rapid decay of ¹³⁴Cs, we will not be possible to separate the sources of ¹³⁷Cs in the near future in areas significantly influenced by Chernobyl fallout and in these areas ¹³⁷Cs can no longer be used as a soil erosion tracer.     

计算机图像处理在增强华县地震构造遥感信息中的应用

由于地震构造的许多重要信息在卫片上显示往往比较隐晦，必须对其进行增强处理，以取得最佳的解译效果。本文以历史上曾发生过八级地震的华县地震构造带为例，讨论辐射增强、多波段频谱变换、空间变换假彩色增强、分类等计算机图象处理方法的若干功能，以及这些功能在不同背景条件下的处理效果，为分析该地区活动断裂、地质构造等提供了有意义的信息，也为这种处理手段在地震构造信息分析等方面的推广应用提供参考。     

Equilibrium Structures of Rotationally and Tidally Distorted Polytropic Models of Stars

We propose suitable modifications in the concept of Roche equipotentials to account for the effect of mass distribution inside a star. The Kippenhahn and Thomas (1970) approach is used to incorporate the effects of rotational and tidal forces in the equations of stellar structure. The proposed method is applied to compute structures of certain rotationally and tidally distorted polytropic models.     

客观新闻写作的原则

有许多原则严格限制西方报章记者的表达自由。这些原则禁止记者在报道新闻时加上自己的评论、判断、解释或推论，以确保新闻的客观性、可靠性的公正性。客观的新闻工作者懂得新闻的概念，遵循严格的中立原则，避免经济、宗教、政治或民族偏见。尽管如此，报章的编辑、经营者和老板却能左右新闻。他们可以决定是否发表，发表多少以及在哪儿发表某条新闻，这一情形及其他因素对新闻的客观性构成威胁。     

知识经济条件下的高校图书馆文献信息服务

知识经济时代文献信息资源是知识创新的源泉，信息服务业成为知识经济的先导产业。以高校高科技产业为例，说明了高校图书馆要立足于知识经济社会，只有拓宽文献信息服务的内容，同时为教学、科研服务，发展高科技产业。并对知识经济时代的高校图书馆文献信息服务提出了一些建议。     

分析昆明GPS站相对欧亚板块的运动

利用国际联测和综合处理 ,得到昆明GPS站地壳形变速率每年以( -4 .3± 0 .5)mm下沉趋势 ,水平分别以 3 7.5mm ,方位 1 47°± 1 .°5运动。利用最新国际地球自转服务 (IERS)发布的国际地球参考架ITRF2 0 0 0速度场 ,建立最新反映全球板块模型 ,基于最新的ITRF2 0 0 0地球参考架和欧亚板块的欧拉矢量 ,估计得到昆明站的地壳垂直形变速率为每年 -0 .0 1mm呈下降趋势 ,水平形变速率为每年 ( 8.1± 0 .2 0 )mm ,方位 1 3 7°± 1 .°5;并进一步分别基于几百万年地质地磁模型NNR -NUVEL1A和ITRF96、ITRF97模型的欧亚板块的欧拉矢量 ,得到较一致的结果 ,说明全球板块运动稳定性与模型的可靠性。本文基于不同板块模型分析了昆明GPS站相对于欧亚板块运动     

国家标准《地理信息元数据》研制与实现若干问题

通过探讨国家标准《地理信息元数据》研制和实现的若干问题，包括标准的定位和适用范围、元数据的定义、内容、结构、分级，元数据的扩展，元数据专用标准制定、分层结构的应用与元数据标准实现，以及研制该国家标准策略考虑等问题，以便于对该国家标准能有更加深入地理解和更好地实施该标准。     

基于贝叶斯网络的Web访问模式挖掘模型系统

根据用户的访问记录,以及每次检索输入的关键词、用户的动作来动态更新用户的兴趣点.提出了一个能较好吻合这一思想的数据挖掘模型,以用户的停留时间、访问频率和用户输入的检索关键词为数据对象,进行用户兴趣分析,动态跟踪用户需求意向,简化检索过程,提高WEB资源的使用效率.