The thermal behaviour of French water bodies: From ponds to Lake Geneva

The management of French freshwater bodies (lakes, reservoirs, ponds, etc.) needs to face the challenges imposed by the effects of climate change and by legal requirements to develop standards for water temperature and other physicochemical indicators. While 1D hydrodynamical models could be helpful in improving the knowledge of the thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour of French water bodies, the scarcity of data for calibration and validation, in addition to the unavailability of some forcing data, makes their application difficult for most French water bodies. In this article we explore an alternative statistical approach that takes advantage of the available data in order to inform future modelling applications. We used official monitoring data and satellite measurements to study the thermal characteristics of more than 400 French water bodies (depth: 1–310 m, surface area: 0.1–577 km², volume: 0.1–89,000 hm³). The objective was to identify the importance of size on their thermal behaviour. For this we analysed the annual temperature cycle, the summer temperature profiles and within-lake spatial variability. Together with size, geography and transparency determine the thermal behaviour of water bodies through complex interactions. As a result of the analysis we propose a classification of French water bodies as a function of depth and surface area that reflects the summer vertical temperature gradient and the processes influencing the deepening of the thermocline.     

地下水渗流场可视化方法与应用研究

渗流场是反映地下水位与运移时空动态特征的有效形式,水位红线是对地下水开采严格管控的重要指标。从地下水渗流的流线绘制、流速计算、流场种子点与终止点选择、流线追踪4个方面论述了孔隙地下水渗流场可视化算法,设计了一种新的种子点布局方法表征地下水渗流场,采用改进的EULER方法实现流线的可视化表达。并将地下水渗流场空间分异性和水位红线进行融合与叠加分析,基于地下水渗流场从2D的视角揭示地下水的开采强度与超采程度的空间分布特征,自动圈定地下水超限采的区域范围。可为地下水的合理开采方案与地质管理保护措施的制定提供空间辅助决策支持。     

微覆盖解决高低层混合居民楼深度覆盖的应用

城区高低层混合居民楼区域作为无线网络覆盖难点,传统宏站无法进行有效的覆盖。本文通过采用“微覆盖、微对打”的建设方式有效解决“高低层混合居民楼”无线网络信号的深度覆盖问题。     

Reassessing the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers through the lens of reciprocity

ABSTRACT

In spite of groundwater’s growing importance, the 2008 Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers have yet to be fully adopted by the international community. As states contemplate the future of the draft articles, this article aims to reassess them through the lens of the legal principle of reciprocity. To do so, this article provides a framework for the analysis of law via reciprocity, followed by its application to the draft articles. Although this article primarily finds that they follow a reciprocal structure, it also identifies areas to be revisited, including sovereignty and recharge zone states.     

Local scour at offshore windfarm monopile foundations: A review

In this article, current research findings of local scour at offshore windfarm monopile foundations are presented. The scour mechanisms and scour depth prediction formulas under different hydrodynamic conditions are summarized, including the current-only condition, wave-only condition, combined wave-current condition, and complex dynamic condition. Furthermore, this article analyzes the influencing factors on the basis of classical equations for predicting the equilibrium scour depth under specific conditions. The weakness of existing researches and future prospects are also discussed. It is suggested that future research shall focus on physical experiments under unsteady tidal currents or other complex loadings. The computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method and artificial intelligence technique are suggested being adopted to study the scour at offshore windfarm foundations.     

Relationship between adjustment of low water level and utilization of water depth in Shashi Reach in middle Yangtze River

Hydrological, sediment, and bathymetric data of the Shashi Reach in the middle Yangtze River for the period of 1975–2018 were collected, and the characteristics of low water level changes and their impacts on utilization of water depth for navigation were investigated. The results showed that, during the study period, the Shashi Reach riverbed was significantly scoured and incised, with cross-sectional profiles showing overall narrowing and deepening. This indicated a strong potential to improve the water depth of the channel. The analysis of the temporal variation of in-channel topographical features showed that the Taipingkou diara underwent siltation and erosion, with its head gradually scoured and relocated downstream after 2008, and the Sanbatan diara continued to shrink and migrate leftwards. Low water levels with the same flow rate over the study period decreased. For instance, from 2003 to 2020, the water level at the Shashi hydrological station decreased to 1.37 m with a flow rate of 6 000 m³/s. Furthermore, the designed minimum navigable water level of the Shashi Reach was approximately 2.11 m lower than the recommended level. In terms of utilization of the channel water depth, continuous scouring of the river channel is expected to result in a reduction in discharge at the Taipingkou mouth, which will improve the water depth conditions of the channel during the dry season in the Shashi Reach. With several channel regulation projects, the 3.5-m depth of the Shashi Reach would basically be unobstructed. This promotes utilization of the shipping route from the Taipingkou south branch to the Sanbatan north branch as the main navigation channel during the dry season. Considering the factors of current water depth and the clear width limitation of the navigation hole at the Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, this route can still be favored as the main navigation channel with a 4.5-m depth during the dry season.     

北京市超量开采地下水引起的地面沉降研究

20世纪 60年代以后 ,北京市地下水进入超采阶段 ,年均超采量达到 1× 1 0 8m3,迄今北京市平原区地下水资源累积亏损量达 5 7 0 4× 1 0 8m3,形成了面积达 1 90 0km2 的超采漏斗和东郊八里庄—大郊亭、东北郊来广营、昌平沙河—东三旗、顺义平各庄、大兴庞各庄—榆垡共 5个沉降区 ,总面积达到 1 80 0km2 。北京市地面沉降的范围、沉降幅度、沉降速率和地下水的超采有着明显的相关。地下水强超采区、地下水位降落漏斗的中心区与地面沉降区在时间和空间的分布上具有高度的一致性。因此可以说 :北京市地面沉降发生、发展的主要原因是由于超量开采地下水。