Regional mass flux balancing for controlling gentle soil remediation operations

Extraction of heavy metals by accumulating plants is a method which is currently in development for the "gentle" remediation of contaminated agricultural soils (phytoremediation, see [2]). Areal contaminant mass flux balances are basic criteria for the design of such remediations and their control. A framework for the integration of contaminant balances relating the field scale of remediation with the regional scale of soil monitoring networks is provided by the recently developed method PROTERRA [3]. The objective of the study presented in this paper was to test the suitability of PROTERRA for planning and monitoring gentle soil remediations. For this purpose we applied the PROTERRA method to the contaminated agricultural land in and around Dornach, Switzerland, to assess copper flux balances.The calculations showed that atmospheric deposition and the application of pesticides and manure are important pathways for the inputs of copper. The copper export with a special maize cultivar accumulating heavy metals would be about three times higher than the average metal export with crops. A moderate increase of sewage sludge application would lead to a substantial increase of the copper input. Decisions to remediate the soil should take the uncertainty of mass flux balances both on field scale as well as on regional scale into account. Therefore, an important need of further development of the PROTERRA method is the integration of uncertainty analysis on both scales.     

Effect of iridoid glycoside content on oviposition host plant choice and parasitism in a specialist herbivore

The Glanville fritillary butterfly Melitaea cinxia feeds upon two host plant species in Å land, Finland, Plantago lanceolataand Veronica spicata, both of which produce iridoid glycosides. Iridoids are known to deter feeding or decrease the growth rate of many generalist insect herbivores, but they often act as oviposition cues to specialist butterflies and are feeding stimulants to their larvae. In this study, two iridoid glycosides (aucubin and catalpol) were analyzed by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography. We measured the spatial and temporal variation of iridoid glycosides in natural populations of the host plants of M. cinxia. We also analyzed the aucubin and catalpol content in plants in relation to their use by ovipositing females, and in relation to the incidence of parasitism of M. cinxia larvae in natural populations. The mean concentrations of aucubin and catalpol were higher in P. lanceolata than in V. spicata, and catalpol concentrations were higher than aucubin concentrations in both host species. Plantago lanceolata individuals that were used for oviposition by M. cinxia had higher aucubin concentrations than random plants and neighboring plants. Additionally, oviposition and random plants had higher catalpol concentrations than neighboring plants, indicating that ovipositing females select for high iridoid glycoside plants or that oviposition induces iridoid glycoside production in P. lanceolata. Parasitism by the specialist parasitoid wasp Cotesia melitaearum occurred most frequently in larval groups that were feeding on plants with low concentrations of catalpol, irrespective of year, population, and host plant species. Therefore, parasitoids appear to avoid or perform poorly in host larvae with high catalpol content.     

北京地面沉降与地下水开采时空演变对比

区域地面沉降是世界上很多城市都要面对的一种"城市病"。地下水过量开采是这一问题最普遍的原因,北京也因此出现了严重的地面沉降问题。为了全面认识地下水开采格局变化下的地面沉降发育分布的新特点,推动实现《北京地面沉降防治规划(2013-2020年)》中的"控沉目标",对北京市从解放初期至今60多年间的地下水开采和地面沉降演变进行了时间和空间上的定性定量对比分析。结果表明:地面沉降的形成发展阶段与地下水开发利用阶段高度吻合;地面沉降中心区与地下水位降落漏斗区的时空变化高度相关;随着地下水开采深度整体上向地表以下更深层发展,主沉降层逐渐向深部(100m以下)地层转移,为地面沉降防控决策制定提供了依据。     

水位下降条件下西安D7裂缝土体孔隙变化特征试验

为研究压缩性土体在孔隙水压力下降下所引起的孔隙变化特征,选取孔隙度及分形维数作为评判指标,以西安D7地裂缝两侧可压缩性土层为研究对象,借助三维CT扫描成像技术,依托Matlab计算平台及VG Studio Max图像处理软件,对在水位下降过程中可压缩性土体压缩变形引起的孔隙度和分形维数孔隙变化进行定量评价,并探讨了固结压缩过程中土体孔隙分形维数的变化规律及其影响因素。研究表明:孔隙度随压缩进行大幅降低,由压缩前4.36%降至0.61%;土体分形维数与孔隙度、上覆压力均呈线性相关性,相关系数分别为0.947 2和0.966 0;而且分形维数可以很好的表征孔隙分布特点,是孔隙度的有效补充;通过分析土样孔隙度与分形维数关系,为后期建立区域上地裂缝—地下水开采耦合模型提供参数赋值基础。     

GPS坏值检测在弹载惯导空中对准中的应用

基于Kalman滤波理论,设计了GPS辅助条件下的弹载捷联惯导空中对准算法。针对高动态环境下GPS信号跟踪性能差的问题,利用卡尔曼滤波器残差设计了一种基于残差统计特性的坏值检测算法,对GPS提供的量测数据进行实时的坏值检测与隔离。导航试验车跑车试验对上述算法进行验证,结果证明该算法可实时有效检测出GPS数据中的坏值信息,隔离后可显著提高空中对准算法的精度,具有出色的容错能力和重要的工程应用价值。     

基于结构方程模型的征地对移民福利影响分析

为了解工程征地对农村移民福利的影响,采用结构方程模型,对南水北调丹江口水库移民进行了实证分析,结果表明:搬迁前后土地面积变化、土地质量变化尤其是补偿标准高低这3方面的征地状况对水库移民福利具有比较显著的影响,其中前者为负向影响,后两者为正向影响;水库移民福利与发展机遇、经济收支、社会适应、居住条件、社会保障的关系显著。因此,水库移民安置应合理提高征地补偿标准,大力实施精准帮持改善移民的发展机遇与经济收支等状况,以确保移民福利改进与获得感增强。     

水土流失遥感调查中植被覆盖度因子提取研究

植被覆盖度是水土流失的主要影响因子,而利用遥感影像判读可以快速有效地获得大范围的植被覆盖度。简要介绍了水土流失遥感调查中植被覆盖度因子提取的方法。基于遥感与实地野外调查数据,采用MODIS时序数据融合高分遥感数据的方法,以湖南省蓝山县为试验区,对植被覆盖度因子进行了提取。结果表明,该方法提取植被覆盖度因子的结果较理想。提出的植被覆盖度因子提取方法对今后的水土流失动态监测研究具有重要的理论意义和实践意义。     

长河坝水电站初期导流洞下闸封堵方案优选研究

长河坝水电站初期导流洞堵头挡正常蓄水位的水头高达212.00 m,封堵工程量大、程序复杂、直接影响电站发电工期。结合导流洞封堵施工的特点,通过结构稳定计算分析,拟定永久堵头挡水、闸门挡水、临时堵头与永久堵头结合、2号导流洞堵头位置下移4种下闸封堵方案,并从发电工期、施工进度、工程结构安全、工程投资等方面进行全面的经济技术比较,进而优选出最佳方案。研究成果可为类似高堆石坝工程导流洞的下闸封堵设计提供借鉴。     

堆场疏浚泥颗粒分选特性初步量化方法

为了准确评估堆场存储能力和合理选择疏浚泥处理工艺,以泥沙运动学为理论基础,将疏浚泥颗粒分为d0.005 mm、0.005 mm≤d≤0.01 mm和d0.01 mm 3个粒组,分析了各粒组相对含量的沿程变化规律,明确了堆场疏浚泥分选的主要原因是d0.01 mm粒组与0.005 mm≤d≤0.01 mm粒组的相对运动;以分选系数量化堆场疏浚泥分选的显著程度,以偏离系数量化原泥颗粒组成对堆场疏浚泥分选的影响,分析了分选系数、偏离系数分布与堆场疏浚泥土性分布的关系,提出了堆场疏浚泥分选特性的初步量化方法。研究结果表明:随着离吹填口距离的增大,分选系数沿程减小,呈幂函数分布,堆场疏浚泥分选性沿程减弱,吹填口附近分选系数最大,颗粒分选显著,粒度差异大,退水口附近分选系数趋近于零,分选不明显,颗粒分布均匀;偏离系数沿程先减小后增大,呈勺形分布,反映堆场前、后段疏浚泥土性与原泥相差较大,而堆场中段疏浚泥土性与原泥接近;分选系数、偏离系数的沿程分布与堆场疏浚泥土性分区具有良好的相关性。     

三峡库区水环境模型系统构建

流域水环境受地形、气象、水文和社会经济等诸多方面的因素影响,其模拟分析是当前的研究热点也是一大难点。基于流域水循环机理,通过识别污染物主要来源和迁移途径,对流域及其内部发生的复杂污染过程定量化描述,构建了包含陆地模型、三维水动力模型和水质水生态模型的空-地-水一体化水环境模型体系,实现了大流域尺度水环境系统的高效模拟。通过模型条件节点和应用节点的协调运作,提升了水环境自动监控能力,实现了对全流域水环境状况实时模拟预测的业务化运行和突发事故的快速预警。将系统应用于三峡库区,验证了模型的有效性。研究成果可以为三峡库区的水环境管理提供可靠的技术支撑,对保障三峡库区水环境安全具有十分重要的现实意义。