Observations on decadal sandbar behaviour along a large-scale curved shoreline

Nearshore sandbars are characteristic features of sandy surf zones and have been observed with a variety of geometries in cross-shore (e.g. location) and longshore direction (e.g. planform). Although the behaviour of sandbars has been studied extensively on spatial scales up to kilometres and timescales up to years, it remains challenging to observe and explain their behaviour on larger spatial and temporal scales, especially in locations where coastline curvature can be prominent. In this paper, we study a data set with 38 years of coastal profiles, collected with alongshore intervals of 50 m, along the 34 km-long curved sandy shoreline of Sylt island, Germany. Sylt's shoreline has an orientation difference of ~20° between the northern and southern half of the island. We found that the decadal coastal profiles on the southern half show features of a low-tide terrace and a sandbar located further from the shoreline (~441 m). On the nothern half, the sandbar was located closer to the shoreline (~267 m) and was less pronounced, while the profiles show transverse bar and rip features. The alongshore planform also differed systematically and significantly along the two island sides. The sandbar on the southern island half, with alongshore periodicity on a larger length scale (~2240 m), was coupled out-of-phase to the shoreline, while no phase coupling was observed for the sandbar with periodicity on a shorter length scale (~670 m) on the northern half. We related the observed geometric differences of the sandbars to the difference in the local wave climate along Sylt, imposed by the shoreline shape. Our observations imply that small alongshore variations in wave climate, due to the increasing shoreline curvature on larger spatial scales, can lead to significant alongshore differences in the decadal evolution of coastal profiles, sandbars and shorelines. © 2020 The Authors. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd     

Recent shifts in coastline change and shoreline stabilization linked to storm climate change

Since cuspate coastlines are especially sensitive to changes in wave climate, they serve as potential indicators of initial responses to changing wave conditions. Previous work demonstrates that Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout, North Carolina, which are largely unaffected by shoreline stabilization efforts, have become increasingly asymmetric over the past 30 years, consistent with model predictions for coastline response to increases in Atlantic Ocean summer wave heights and resulting changes in the distribution of wave‐approach angles. Historic and recent shoreline change observations for Cape Fear, North Carolina, and model simulations of coastline response to an increasingly asymmetric wave climate in the presence of beach nourishment, produce comparable differences in shoreline change rates in response to changes in wave climate. Results suggest that the effect of beach nourishment is to compensate for – and therefore to mask – natural responses to wave climate change that might otherwise be discernible in patterns of shoreline change alone. Therefore, this case study suggests that the effects of wave climate change on human‐modified coastlines may be detectable in the spatial and temporal patterns of shoreline stabilization activities. Similar analyses of cuspate features in areas where the change in wave climate is less pronounced (i.e. Fishing Point, Maryland/Virginia) and where local geology appears to exert control on coastline shape (i.e. Cape Canaveral, Florida), suggest that changes in shoreline configuration that may be arising from shifting wave climate are currently limited to sandy wave‐dominated coastlines where the change in wave climate has been most pronounced. However, if hurricane‐generated wave heights continue to increase, large‐scale shifts in patterns of erosion and accretion will likely extend beyond sensitive cuspate features as the larger‐scale coastline shape comes into equilibrium with changing wave conditions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

南麂列岛海洋自然保护区海岸要素的IKONOS图像地学分析

海岛 ,特别是一些面积小的岛屿 ,处于复杂的环境中 ,具有陆地与海洋的多种尺度特征。 IKONOS卫星遥感图像是现有遥感信息中空间分辨率最高的卫星数据之一 ,因此是海岛详细探测、大比例尺遥感分析的重要信息源。南麂列岛作为国家级海洋自然保护区 ,素有“贝藻王国”之称 ,具有典型性和示范性。本文是利用 IKONOS卫星遥感图像研究南麂列岛岸线特征、人工构筑物与近海目标以及土地覆盖的初步成果。结果表明它对细小目标的探测具有很大的潜力。     

Linear Richardson plots from non-fractal data sets

Richardson analysis, one of the principal methods of fractal analysis, is performed by measuring the perimeter of a curve with strides of varying length and constructing a log-log plot of perimeter against stride length. Certain simple geometrical forms can produce linear plots that mimic fractal behavior, and two smooth curves have been discovered that produce linear Richardson plots for strides varying by two orders of magnitude or more. The existence of such curves was not suspected before this study. Richardson analyses that suggest fractal geometry of low dimension or over a limited range of stride length should be checked against the source data for independent evidence of self-similarity.     

地质环境质量评价的态势分析法

探讨了将SWOT态势分析法应用于地质环境质量评价中的具体步骤。通过长江江苏段过江隧道工程的地质环境质量等级评价的实例,从地质体本身的优势、劣势,外部条件的有利(机会)、不利(威胁)等4个方面对评价对象进行全面、系统、准确的研究,最后得出地质环境质量的评价等级。     

辽河口海岸线近百年来的变迁

运用遥感和GIS技术,对1979年的Landsat MSS、1988年的Landsat TM和2003年的SPOT-53种卫星影像进行了多源多时相遥感数据的分析和处理,并结合1909、1945和1990年3个时期的地形图等历史文献资料和野外实际调查工作成果,解译提取了辽河口5期的海岸线,分析、探讨了辽河口海岸线近百年来的变迁,结果表明:(1)1909~1945年,辽河水系的变迁和流域生态环境的破坏,导致盘锦湾海岸线迅速向海湾的中心外推,变迁面积达434 km2,盘锦湾面积急剧缩小;1945~1979年,由于辽河口附近滩槽的自然冲淤变化,盘锦湾逐渐变小直至消失,海岸淤积变迁面积达331 km2;1979年以来,辽河口区增建虾池、围海造田及新建油井平台等人类活动,对海岸线变迁的影响逐渐凸显,变迁面积达253 km2,完全改变了河口地区的景观格局。(2)与传统的地形图数据相比,卫星遥感方法极大地提高了获取所需信息的速度,具有更高的光谱分辨率、空间分辨率等技术上的优势,对及时调整应对海岸线变化的措施也有很大帮助,因此是海岸带动态监测研究的现代化的重要方法。     

A Review of “Coastlines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change”

This article examines the microgeography of diplomacy, particularly its localized embodiment in a corps diplomatique and international governmental organizations. Drawing on the case of The Hague, we map embassies and consider the locations of organizations engaged with interstate and transnational relations. The article raises questions about diplomatic form and function, whereby urban, economic, and political geographies intersect around issues of diplomacy, representation, and security. Our case study has implications for the study of other diplomatic centers and poses research questions about diplomacy as a spatial practice pertaining to diplomatic buildings, diplomatic clusters, para-diplomacy, and securitization.     

黄河三角洲刁口岸段岸线近期演化规律

根据历史图件与卫片对比,提出黄河三角洲刁口岸段近期岸线演化过程:填湾取直——快速淤进——逐步稳定——快速蚀退——缓慢蚀退——逐步稳定,还指出黄河泥沙的来源与分布,指出河口区动力环境的变化直接影响着岸线的进退速率和范围。     

Review of progress with integrated coastal management in South Africa since the advent of democracy

Worldwide, coastal environments are recognised as complex systems of immense biophysical, socioeconomic and cultural value. In South Africa, the promulgation of the Coastal White Paper in 2000, and the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Act of 2008, signalled a significant paradigm shift in coastal management and governance. This article reports on progress with ICM in South Africa from 1994 to the present time, and draws on information gathered from a comprehensive review of the published ICM literature, as well as various technical reports, an online survey, and information gleaned from participation in various meetings and workshops. Here, we review the enabling legal and institutional framework for ICM in South Africa, examine the various programmes, plans, strategies and guidelines developed to support implementation of the ICM Act, discuss institutional developments, and reflect on preconditions for effective and sustained ICM implementation. Despite significant progress, key challenges to implementing this progressive ICM agenda include lack of political support, inadequate institutional capacity, lack of human and financial resources, uncertainty regarding ICM functions across different spheres of government, conflicting policy frameworks, lack of clarity regarding the application of ICM provisions on private and communal land, limited civil-society involvement in decision-making, and persistence of state-centric approaches. Issues requiring urgent action are the establishment of a National Coastal Committee with broad representation, revitalisation of public interest in the coast, declaration of coastal public property and coastal access land, improved cooperation across relevant government agencies, allocation of funds for ICM, and greater commitment to a more deliberative and collaborative style of governance.     

浙东冬季和夏季两次强雷暴天气过程对比分析

利用多种观测资料,结合NCEP再分析资料,对比分析了浙东冬季和夏季两次强雷暴过程中的各种环境条件,结果表明:以对流有效位能CAPE表达的深厚湿对流潜势条件夏季个例的比冬季的好,二者分别为1148 J·kg~(-1)和490 J·kg~(-1)。冬季个例的动力抬升条件更好:低层到地面受冷锋影响;700、850 h Pa因急流风向风速的不连续而产生较强的辐合;500 h Pa处于长波槽前的上升气流中,最大的垂直速度达1.1 Pa·s~(-1)。两次过程的共同特点是强回波分布与地面θ_(se)高值区和切变线叠加区对应关系比较好,为雷暴系统的临近预报提供了重要线索。地面有冷锋影响时,要考虑冷锋入海后风力加大,地面辐合加强,使对流发展。由海陆不同比热属性造成的海陆之间白天和夜间的不同温差,对白天和夜晚系统入海后的强度变化有不一样的影响。10个浙东冬季雷暴个例天气形势分析结果表明,冬季雷暴的共同特点是都有冷暖空气在浙东强烈交汇,华南到华东中低层有很强的西南急流,850 h Pa最大风速达到20 m·s~(-1)以上。两季雷暴各种对流参数对比分析结果显示,冬季雷暴比较好的预报指标是总指数和垂直风切变,重点关注西南急流的强度、冷锋和850-500 h Pa的对流稳定性及动力抬升条件。