Temporal Change of Runoff and Sediment Load and their Differential Response to Human Activities:A Case Study for a Well-vegetated Mountain Watershed of Southern China

This study examined the temporal trends of runoff and sediment load and their differential response to human activities in the Lishui river,a tributary of the Yangtze river in southern China.The long-term observation data at four gauging stations,generally involving two periods from 1954 to 1985 and from 2007 to 2011,were used.We detected no significant temporal trend for both the annual runoff volume(Q) and the annual suspended Sediment Load(SL) over more than 30 years before 1985.The flow duration curves and the Suspended Sediment Concentration(SSC) also hold constant before 1985.Compared with the period before 1985,SL has decreased by about 80% though Q remains unchanged for the period after 2007.Detailed examination shows that the flow duration curves after 2007 have changed with a significant decrease in the high-flow component,which acts as a major cause for the decreasing SL.In addition,SSC has decreased by several times,which also contributes to the decrease in SL after 2007.Both decreases in high-flow discharges and in SSC can be linked with recent human activities,mainly including vegetation establishment and dam constructions.The constant Q and the decreasing SL are also reported for the main stream of the Yangtze River and other major rivers in southern China,although they are orders of magnitude larger than our study area in drainage area size.The present study highlights the importance of high-flow discharges on SL and suggests that the use of SL is more appropriate to reflect environmental change than Q.

Sediment Delivery across Multiple Spatio-temporal Scales in an Agriculture Watershed of the Chinese Loess Plateau

There is a consensus that sediment delivery ratio in the Chinese Loess Plateau is close to 1at the inter-annual timescale. However, little information is available about the sediment delivery at finer timescales. We evaluated the sediment delivery from plots to watersheds at the event or intra-annual, annual, and inter-annual timescales within the Wudinghe river basin, a 30,261 km2 basin in the Loess Plateau. We calculated the ratio of sediment output to sediment input and presented the temporal change of the channel morphology to determine whether sediment deposition occurs.Although a single flood event frequently has a sediment yield exceeding 10,000 t km-2, sediment deposition rarely occurs except during some small runoff events(sediment yield < 5000 t km-2) or dry years(sediment yield < 10,000 t km-2) when moving from slopes up to the main channels of the Wudinghe River. This observation suggests a sediment delivery ratio close to 1 even at the event or intra-annual and the annual timescales, but not necessarily at the interannual timescale. Such a high sediment delivery ratio can be related to hyper-concentrated flows, which have very strong sediment transport capacity even at low flow strength. Because hyper-concentrated flows are well-developed in the whole Loess Plateau, a sediment delivery ratio close to 1 below the interannual timescale possibly remains true for other rivers in the Loess Plateau.

电力系统配电自动化技术发展及故障处理分析

社会经济水平的提升带动了科学技术的发展与进步,在科学技术水平较高、信息技术与远程控制技术愈发成熟的背景下,电力行业逐渐转变发展。现如今,自动化、信息化、现代化、智能化已经成为电力行业的主要发展趋势,自动化技术在电力系统中的应用越来越普遍。但是,在电力系统的实际运行过程中,其配电自动化技术仍存在一些问题,这些问题引发了电力系统故障,降低了电力系统配电网络的稳定性,不利于我国电力行业的健康发展。本文简要分析了电力系统配电自动化技术发展,阐述了电力系统配电自动化技术发展中存在的问题,并进一步探究了电力系统配电自动化故障处理措施。

南岭山地土壤有机碳及组分海拔梯度变化特征

【目的】为了解我国亚热带山地土壤有机碳及组分海拔梯度变化规律及影响因素。【方法】以南岭国家级自然保护区不同海拔(400~1650 m)山地土壤为研究对象,调查了土壤有机碳及组分在不同土层深度的分布及密度特征,分析了土壤理化因子的影响。【结果】(1)总有机碳、易氧化碳、颗粒有机碳、惰性有机碳含量在相对较高海拔土壤中的含量整体更高,并在针阔混交林土壤中出现最大值,而水溶性有机碳含量则在低海拔的沟谷常绿阔叶林土壤中最高。(2)有机碳及组分含量随土层深度的增加呈明显下降趋势,随海拔变化幅度最大的组分为水溶性有机碳,随深度变化幅度最大的为颗粒有机碳,不同组分占总有机碳的比例在不同海拔和深度上的变化规律有所差异。(3)南岭山地土壤有机碳密度范围为8.81~26.59 kg m^(−2),整体略高于与其位置相近的山地土壤,有机碳及组分密度随海拔变化趋势与各自在土壤中的含量分布规律较为类似。(4)pH、黏粒含量、全氮与有机碳及组分含量的相关性较好,RDA分析结果表明全氮、全磷与土壤含水率对有机碳及组分变化的解释量占比较高。【结论】南岭山地土壤有机碳及组分具有明显的海拔梯度变化特征,土壤理化性质是影响有机碳及组分分布的重要因素。