Environmental significance and hydrochemical characteristics of rivers in the western region of the Altay Mountains,China

Analysis of environmental significance and hydrochemical characteristics of river water in mountainous regions is vital for ensuring water security.In this study,we collected a total of 164 water samples in the western region of the Altay Mountains,China,in 2021.We used principal component analysis and enrichment factor analysis to examine the chemical properties and spatiotemporal variations of major ions(including F-,Cl-,NO_(3)-,SO_(4)^(2-),Li+,Na+,NH4+,K+,Mg^(2+),and Ca^(2+))present in river water,as well as to identify the factors influencing these variations.Additionally,we assessed the suitability of river water for drinking and irrigation purposes based on the total dissolved solids,soluble sodium percentage,sodium adsorption ratio,and total hardness.Results revealed that river water had an alkaline aquatic environment with a mean pH value of 8.00.The mean ion concentration was ranked as follows:Ca^(2+)>SO_(4)^(2-)>Na+>NO_(3)->Mg^(2+)>K+>Cl->F->NH_(4)+>Li+.Ca^(2+),SO_(4)^(2-),Na+,and NO_(3)-occupied 83%of the total ion concentration.In addition,compared with other seasons,the spatial variation of the ion concentration in spring was obvious.An analysis of the sources of major ions revealed that these ions originated mainly from carbonate dissolution and silicate weathering.The recharge impact of precipitation and snowmelt merely influenced the concentration of Cl-,NO_(3)-,SO_(4)^(2-),Ca^(2+),and Na+.Overall,river water was in pristine condition in terms of quality and was suitable for both irrigation and drinking.This study provides a scientific basis for sustainable management of water quality in rivers of the Altay Mountains.

1959-2017年天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川流域径流及其组分变化

冰川是气候变化的指示器,气候变化对冰川及其径流的影响研究是目前国内外关注的热点和前沿领域之一,目前的研究以模拟为主,实测资料十分有限且不确定性很大。以新疆天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川(简称"1号冰川")流域为例,基于中国科学院天山冰川观测试验站1959-2017年观测数据,研究了中国西部典型小型冰川流域径流及其组分长期变化以及对气候变化的响应,为冰川径流长期变化过程的认识提供重要参考。结果表明,1号冰川流域径流主要由冰川径流和非冰川区降水径流组成,分别占70%和30%。其中冰川径流又可分为冰川区降水径流和冰川融水径流,分别占44%和26%。59年间,冰川径流整体呈上升趋势,在1992年之后出现了一个阶梯式的上升,与气温升高和降水的增加有关,1997-2007年达到高峰,2008年以后出现波动下降趋势,其原因除了与该时段的降水有所减少有关之外,冰川面积减小的影响也不可忽视。另外,还利用实测径流和冰川物质平衡值,通过水量平衡模型,检验了模型使用的冰川区和非冰川区径流系数。

社区老年人群慢性阻塞性肺疾病筛查及其危险因素分析

目的 使用基层慢性阻塞性肺疾病(简称慢阻肺)筛查问卷联合肺功能检查对60岁以上社区人群进行慢阻肺筛查,分析其在社区慢阻肺诊断中的作用;比较慢阻肺组和非慢阻肺组的特征,分析慢阻肺的患病高危因素。方法 对2019年6月10日至2020年11月10日象山县第一人民医院医疗健康集团丹城分院60岁以上参加老年体检的人群使用基层版慢阻肺筛查问卷进行问卷调查,同时收集一般资料,根据胸部X线及简易肺功能检查结果,将调查人群分为慢阻肺组和非慢阻肺组。分析两组数据,进行慢阻肺危险因素调查,计算慢阻肺筛查问卷对慢阻肺诊断的灵敏度及特异度。结果 共筛查1004例60岁以上居民,诊断慢阻肺为219例,检出率为21.81%(219/1004)。慢阻肺组筛查问卷分值为(5.73±1.03)分,非慢阻肺组为(3.83±1.02)分,差异有统计学意义(P <0.001)。多因素分析发现,年龄≥65岁、体重指数(BMI)<18.5 kg/m^(2)、慢阻肺筛查问卷评分≥5分均为慢阻肺的患病独立危险因素,差异有统计学意义(P <0.05)。慢阻肺筛查问卷评分≥5分时,诊断慢阻肺的灵敏度为95.89%,特异度为79.87%,约登指数为最大0.75。结论 基层慢阻肺筛查问卷联合肺功能检查可以作为基本工具在社区对60岁以上的人群进行筛查,能提高慢阻肺的诊断率。

基于多源数据的天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川变化研究

基于2012年RTK-GPS、2015年三维激光扫描和2018年无人机航测数据,以天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川为研究区,分别从物质平衡、面积、末端等方面分析近期冰川变化。结果表明:乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川近年来呈快速消融趋势。2012—2018年冰川面积减少0.07 km^(2),年平均面积变化率为-0.01 km^(2)·a^(-1);同期,冰川末端退缩率为6.28 m·a^(-1),且2015—2018年退缩速率大于2012—2015年;2012—2018年间表面高程下降,物质平衡为-1.13±0.18 m w.e.·a^(-1),物质损失主要发生在消融区。将2012—2018年间大地测量法冰川物质平衡与传统的花杆/雪坑法观测结果相比较,发现二者较为一致。而2012—2018年间物质平衡减小速率(-0.64 m w.e.·a^(-1))大于1980—2012年间(-0.47 m w.e.·a^(-1)),表明近期乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川继续呈快速消融趋势。

天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川东支能量-物质平衡模拟研究

基于天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川东支海拔4025m处自动气象站的观测数据和同期物质平衡花杆观测数据,采用COSIMA模型,对该冰川东支2018年消融期单点能量-物质平衡进行了模拟。结果显示:物质平衡模拟值为(-0.67±0.03)m w.e.,与实测值有非常好的一致性,相关系数达0.96。造成冰川消融的能量来源于净短波辐射(84%)、感热通量(16%);冰川能量支出为净长波辐射(55%)、冰川消融耗热(32%)、潜热交换(7%)及地热通量(6%)。受能量收支影响,模拟物质平衡主要取决于表面消融和固态降水。与我国其他区域大陆型冰川研究结果比较发现,乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川物质损失较为显著,能量通量主要取决于海拔以及气候条件,再冻结和固态降水显著小于羌塘1号冰川和扎当冰川,推测与单条冰川所处的大气环流有关。

Region-wide glacier area and mass budgets for the Shaksgam River Basin,Karakoram Mountains,during 2000–2016

The Karakoram Mountains are well known for their widespread surge-type glaciers and slight glacier mass gains.On the one hand,glaciers are one of the sensitive indicators of climate change,their area and thickness will adjust with climate change.On the other hand,glaciers provide freshwater resources for agricultural irrigation and hydroelectric generation in the downstream areas of the Shaksgam River Basin(SRB)in western China.The shrinkage of glaciers caused by climate change can significantly affect the security and sustainable development of regional water resources.In this study,we analyzed the changes in glacier area from 2000 to 2016 in the SRB using Landsat TM(Thematic Mapper)/ETM+(Enhanced Mapper Plus)/OLI(Operational Land Imager)images.It is shown that the SRB contained 472 glaciers,with an area of 1840.3 km2,in 2016.The glacier area decreased by 0.14%/a since 2000,and the shrinkage of glacier in the southeast,east and south directions were the most,while the northeast,north directions were the least.Debris-covered area accounted for 8.0%of the total glacier area.We estimated elevation and mass changes using the 1 arc-second SRTM(Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)DEM(Digital Elevation Model)(2000)and the resolution of 8 m HMA(High Mountain Asia)DEM(2016).An average thickness of 0.08(±0.03)m/a,or a slight mass increase of 0.06(±0.02)m w.e./a has been obtained since 2000.We found thinning was significantly lesser on the clean ice than the debris-covered ice.In addition,the elevation of glacier surface is spatially heterogeneous,showing that the accumulation of mass is dominant in high altitude regions,and the main mass loss is in low altitude regions,excluding the surge-type glacier.For surge-type glaciers,the mass may transfer from the reservoir to the receiving area rapidly when surges,then resulting in an advance of glacier terminus.The main surge mechanism is still unclear,it is worth noting that the surge did not increase the glacier mass in this study.

Ice thickness distribution and volume estimation of Burqin Glacier No.18 in the Chinese Altay Mountains

Information on the thickness distribution and volume of glacier ice is highly important for glaciological applications;however,detailed measurements of the ice thickness of many glaciers in the Chinese Altay Mountains remain lacking.Burqin Glacier No.18 is a northeast-orientated cirque glacier located on the southern side of the Altay Mountains.This study used PulseEKKO®PRO 100A enhancement ground-penetrating radar(GPR)to survey the ice thickness and volume of Burqin Glacier No.18 in summer 2018.Together with GPR surveying,spatial distributed profiles of the GPR measurements were concurrently surveyed using the real-time kinematic(RTK)global navigation satellite system(GNSS,Unistrong E650).Besides,we used QuickBird,WorldView-2,and Landsat TM to delineate accurate boundary of the glacier for undertaking estimation of glacier ice volume.GPR measurements revealed that the basal topography of profile B1-B2 was flat,the basal topography of profile C1-C2 presented a V-type form,and the basal topography of profile D1-D2 had a typical U-type topographic feature because the bedrock near the central elevation of the glacier was relatively flat.The longitudinal profile A1-A2 showed a ladder-like distribution.Glacier ice was thin at the terminus and its thickness increased gradually from the elevation of approximately 2620 m a.s.l.along the main axis of the glacier tongue with an average value of 80(±1)m.The average ice thickness of the glacier was determined as 27(±2)m and its total ice volume was estimated at 0.031(±0.002)km3.Interpretation of remote sensing images indicated that during 1989–2016,the glacier area reduced from 1.30 to 1.17 km2(reduction of 0.37%/a)and the glacier terminus retreated at the rate of 8.48 m/a.The mean ice thickness of Burqin Glacier No.18 was less than that of the majority of other observed glaciers in China,especially those in the Qilian Mountains and Central Chinese Tianshan Mountains;this is probably attributable to differences in glacier type and climatic setting.

Multi-decadal variations in glacier flow velocity and the influencing factors of Urumqi Glacier No.1 in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

Urumqi Glacier No. 1 is a representative glacier in the inland areas of Central Asia and is the only Chinese reference glacier in the World Glacier Monitoring Service. In this study, we explored multi-decadal variations in the flow velocity of the glacier and the influencing factors based on continuous field observations and path coefficient analysis. Results show that the glacier flow velocity decreased from 5.5 m/a in 1980/1981 to 3.3 m/a in 2010/2011. The annual variation in the direction of glacier flow velocity in the western branch and eastern branch was less than 1°–3°, and the change of glacier flow velocity in the western branch was more dramatic than that in the eastern branch. Glacier flow velocity was influenced by glacier morphology（including glacier area, glacier length, and ice thickness）, glacier mass balance and local climate conditions（air temperature and precipitation）, the glacier morphology being the leading factor. The long-term flow velocity data set of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 contributes to a better understanding of glacier dynamics within the context of climatic warming.

Effect of topography on the changes of Urumqi Glacier No.1 in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains

Topography plays an important role in determining the glacier changes.However,topography has often been oversimplified in the studies of the glacier changes.No systematic studies have been conducted to evaluate the relationship between the glacier changes and topographic features.The present study provided a detailed insight into the changes in the two branches(east branch and west branch)of Urumqi Glacier No.1 in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains since 1993 and systematically discussed the effect of topography on the glacier parameters.This study analyzed comprehensive recently observed data(from 1992/1993 to 2018/2019),including mass balance,ice thickness,surface elevation,ice velocity,terminus,and area,and then determined the differences in the changes of the two branches and explored the effect of topography on the glacier changes.We also applied a topographic solar radiation model to analyze the influence of topography on the incoming shortwave radiation(SW_(in))across the entire glacier,focusing on the difference in the SW_(in) between the two branches.The glacier mass balance of the east branch was more negative than that of the west branch from 1992/1993 to 2018/2019,and this was mainly attributed to the lower average altitude of the east branch.Compared with the west branch,the decrease rate of the ice velocity was lower in the east branch owing to its relatively increased slope.The narrow shape of the west branch and its southeast aspect in the earlier period resulted in a larger glacier terminus retreat of the west branch.The spatial variability of the SW_(in) across the glacier surface became much larger as altitude increased.The SW_(in) received by the east branch was slightly larger than that received by the west branch,and the northern aspect could receive more SW_(in),leading to glacier melting.In the future,the difference of the glacier changes between the two branches will continue to exist due to their topographic differences.This work is fundamental to understanding how topographic features affect the glacier changes,and provides information for building different types of relationship between the glacier area and ice volume to promote further studies on the basin-scale glacier classification.

祁连山服务价值及其与人类福补关系研究

Global warming is causing melting of glaciers,which is affecting socioeconomic development.It is essential to study the combined influence of changes in structures of glaciers on human well-being and socioeconomic systems.Herein,we considered Qilian Mountains as an example,quantified the regional socioeconomic benefits of glaciers and human well-being,and attempted to draw a correlation between glacier service value and human well-being.The findings of our study reveal that the value of glacier services in Qilian Mountains decreased from 1.84×10^(10)yuan in 1998 to 1.72×10^(10)yuan in 2018,with a spatial trend of circling down from the central region to the western and eastern regions.The distribution of human well-being showed an increasing trend,and a phenomenon of“low value central and western clustering,high value eastern sporadic distribution.”There is an increasing degree of coordination between human well-being and glacier services value;the spatial distribution shows a decreasing trend from the west to the east,with differences in the nature of coordinated development in different regions at the same coordination stage being obvious.We analyzed the changes in glacier services value and their relationship with human well-being from both micro and macro perspectives to provide theoretical support for formulating management strategies for glacier resource conservation and improving the interface between glacier service evaluation results and government decision-making.

Regional eco-efficiency evaluation and spatial pattern analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Zone

The environmental ecology of the Yangtze River Economic Zone(YREZ)faces ecological function decline,deterioration and degradation under intense human activities,long-term development and utilization and its economy has developed rapidly over recent decades.Eco-efficiency is considered as a measure of coordinated development of economy,resources,environment and ecology,and is currently considered a very important issue.In this paper,based on the slack-based measure and data envelope analysis model,we take 129 prefecture-level cities of the YREZ as the study unit and measure the eco-efficiency of the YREZ in 2000,2005,2010 and 2015,which considers undesired output.The evaluation of the status quo of the regional eco-efficiency development was carried out at provincial,prefectural and city scales.The spatial autocorrelation test model and standard deviation ellipse were used to analyze the spatially distributed characteristics and the evolutionary regularity of eco-efficiency.Our study suggested that the eco-efficiency value varied significantly at different spatiotemporal scales and the overall distribution presented an"N-shaped"pattern,the value is the largest downstream and the smallest upstream.Regional eco-efficiency presented certain volatility in growth and a clear spatial positive agglomeration trend from 2000 to 2015.The spatial distribution of each agglomeration area was also significantly different,forming some high-high agglomeration areas at the center of the shaft with Shanghai and surrounding cities,and some low-low agglomeration areas at the center with middle reaches and upstream cities.The low-high over-aggregation and high-low polarization clusters were fewer.At the same time,with the change of the research period,the degree of positive agglomeration became increasingly pronounced and the eco-efficiency gap of the neighborhoodunit reduced.The regional eco-efficiency value of the YREZ presented a spatial distribution pattern in the northeast-southwest axis and the evolutionary pattern of the regional eco-efficiency similarly showed a northeast-southwest orientation.

长期冰川学观测引领大陆性和干旱区冰川变化与影响研究

中国是中纬度山地冰川大国,冰川科学研究十分重要。冰川还是我国西部干旱区重要的水资源——我国及周边国家大江大河的源头,由冰川变化引发的水文、水资源变化对于我国西北干旱区山盆地理结构的生态系统具有决定性意义。中国科学院天山冰川观测试验站(以下简称"天山冰川站")建立于中国冰川学开创之初的1959年,围绕乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川(以下简称"1号冰川")的研究,对中国冰川科学理论的形成和发展起着关键性作用,亦是对国际冰川学的重要发展和贡献。以乌鲁木齐河山区流域综合观测试验为基础的水文学研究,奠定了我国内陆河流域水文研究基础。60年来,作为中国冰川学观测、试验、研究和人才培养的基地,对外开放交流的平台,天山冰川站在冰川物理学、冰川对气候变化的响应、冰川水文、雪冰物理化学过程、第四纪冰川、冰缘植被与生态等研究方向取得系统性创新成果,为中国的冰川学事业作出了卓越贡献。世界冰川监测服务中心(WGMS)将1号冰川列为全球10条重点观测研究的参照冰川之一,即作为中国和中亚干旱区的参照冰川,其长期、系统的观测研究成为许多国家冰川学研究的参照和典范。