Variability of Soil Moisture and Its Relationship with Surface Albedo and Soil Thermal Parameters over the Loess Plateau

Data from July 2006 to June 2008 observed at SACOL （Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University, 35.946°N, 104.137°E, elev. 1961 m）, a semi-arid site in Northwest China, are used to study seasonal variability of soil moisture, along with surface albedo and other soil thermal parameters, such as heat capacity, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, and their relationships to soil moisture content. The results indicate that surface albedo decreases with increases in soil moisture content, showing a typical exponential relation between the surface albedo and the soil moisture. The heat capacity, the soil thermal diffusivity, and soil thermal conductivity show large variations between Julian day 90-212 and 450-578. The soil thermal conductivity is found to increase as a power function of soil moisture. Soil heat capacity and soil thermal diffusivity increase with increases in soil moisture. The SACOL observed soil moisture are also used to validate the AMSR-E/AQUA retrieved soil moisture and there is good agreement between them. The analysis of the relationship between satellite retrieved soil moisture and precipitation suggests that the variability of soil moisture depends on the variation of precipitation over the Loess Plateau.

Relationships Between Surface Albedo,Soil Thermal Parameters and Soil Moisture in the Semi-arid Area of Tongyu,Northeastern China

Continuous observation data collected over the whole year of 2004 on a cropland surtace m Tongyu, a senti-arid area of northeastern China （44°25＇N, 122°52＇E）, have been used to investigate the variations of surface albedo and soil thermal parameters, including heat capacity, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, and their relationships to soil moisture. The diurnal variation of surface albedo appears as a U shape curve on sunny days. Surface albedo decreases with the increase of solar elevation angle, and it tends to be a constant when solar elevation angle is larger than 40°. So the daily average surface albedo was computed using the data when solar elevation angle is larger than 40° Mean daily surface albedo is found to decrease with the increase of soil moisture, showing an exponential dependence on soil moisture. The variations of soil heat capacity are small during Julian days 90 300. Compared with the heat capacity, soil thermal conductivity has very gentle variations during this period, but the soil thermal diffusivity has wide variations during the same period. The soil thermal conductivity is found to increase as a power function of soil moisture. The soil thermal diffusivity increases firstly and then decreases with the increase of soil moisture.

Effect of increasing rainfall on the thermal–moisture dynamics of permafrost active layer in the central Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

In the past several decades,the trend of rainfall have been significantly increasing in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau,which inevitably leads to a change in the surface energy balance processes and thermal-moisture status of the permafrost active layers.However,the influence of mechanisms and associated effects of increasing rainfall on active layers are still poorly understood.Therefore,in this study,a validated coupled numerical water–vapor–heat model was applied for simulating the surface energy components,liquid and vapor water migration,and energy transfer within the permafrost active layer under the action of increasing rainfallin the case of an especially wet year.The obtained results demonstrate that the surface heat flux decreaseswith the increase in rainfall,and the dominant form of energy exchange between the ground and atmospherebecomes the latent heatflux,which is beneficial for the preservation of permafrost.The increasing rainfall will also cause the migration of liquid and vapor water,and the migration of liquid will be more significant.The liquid and vapor water migrationcaused by the increasing rainfallis also accompanied by energy transfer.With the increase in rainfall,the decrease in total soil heat flux directly leads to a cooling effect on the soil,and then the upper limit of the frozen soil rises,which alleviates the degradation of permafrost.These results provide further insights into engineering structures,regional ecological climate change,hydrology,and environmental issues in permafrost regions.

Investigating spatial and temporal variations of soil moisture content in an arid mining area using an improved thermal inertia model

Mining operations can usually lead to environmental deteriorations. Underground mining activities could cause an extensive decrease in groundwater level and thus a dramatic variation in soil moisture content（SMC）. In this study, the spatial and temporal variations of SMC from 2001 to 2015 at two spatial scales（i.e., the Shendong coal mining area and the Daliuta Coal Mine） were analyzed using an improved thermal inertia model with a long-term series of Landsat TM/OLI（TM=Thematic Mapper and OLI=Operational Land Imager） data. Our results show that at large spatial scale（the Shendong coal mining area）, underground mining activities had insignificant negative impacts on SMC and that at small spatial scale（the Daliuta Coal Mine）, underground mining activities had significant negative impacts on SMC. Trend analysis of SMC demonstrated that areas with decreasing trend of SMC were mainly distributed in the mined area, indicating that underground mining is a primary cause for the drying trend in the mining region in this arid environment.

Impact of Particle Size, Thermal Processing, Fat Inclusion and Moisture Addition on Pellet Quality and Protein Solubility of Broiler Feeds

The present study evaluated the effect of feed particle size, thermal processing, several levels of fat inclusion and moisture addition on pellet quality and protein solubility in potassium hydroxide （KOH） in a corn, soybean meal and animal by products based broiler diets. The different processing factors were combined in a 2 x 4 x 4 x 2 factorial arrangement in an eight randomized block consisting of eight production series： two particle sizes （coarse： 1,041 microns and medium： 743 microns）, four fat inclusion levels at the mixer （15, 25, 35 and 45 g/kg of feed）, four moisture addition levels in the conditioner （0, 7, 14 and 21 g/kg of feed） and two thermal processing treatments （conditioner-pellet press treatment or conditioner-expander-pellet treatment） which resulted in 64 different processed feeds. For the determination of the pellet durability index （PDI）, the amount of intact pellets and protein solubility determinations, eight feed samples （replicates） were collected for each treatment. The data were transformed using a variation of Box-Cox transformation in order to fit a normal distribution （p 〉 0.05）. Adding moisture up to 21 g/kg of feed in the conditioner improved pellet quality of the diets （p 〈 0.05）. Expansion of diets before pelleting improved （P 〈 0.05） PDI and amount of intact pellets by 26% and 31%, respectively, as compared to a simple conditioning-pelleting feed processing. Expander treatment （at 110 ℃） decreased （p 〈 0.05） protein solubility in KOH from 686 g/kg to 643 g/kg total protein as compared to pelleting process （at 80-82 ℃）. The amount of intact pellets reduced from 773 g/kg to 746 g/kg of feed （/7 〈 0.05） as particle size increased from medium to coarse grinding. Pellet quality was significantly reduced with fat inclusion levels higher than 35 g/kg of diet.

Thermal and Moisture Comfort Properties of Down Jacket Fabrics

In order to study the thermal and moisture comfort properties of down jacket fabrics,20 popular down jacket fabrics were selected from the market.The basic specifications of the samples were tested,and thermal and moisture performance tests were conducted.The obtained thermal and moisture indicators were analyzed,and then combined with the subjective evaluation results to obtain the regression equation for the evaluation of the comprehensive thermal and moisture comfort of down jacket fabrics.The air permeability,the thermal resistance,the warm and cold feeling and the moisture permeability were tested,and the results were divided into 5 levels.The results showed that the consistency of the air permeability and the moisture permeability of down jacket fabrics studied was better,and the thermal insulation of the down jacket fabrics with coating was better.The thickness of the down jacket fabrics had an effect on the warm and cold feeling of instant contact,and the consistency of subjective and objective warm and cold feeling was better.The obtained comprehensive evaluation equation of the thermal and moisture comfort has certain guiding significance for the thermal and moisture comfort of down jacket fabrics.

Research on the Estimation Model of Soil Moisture Content Based on the Characteristics of Thermal Infrared Data

With the portable Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), the reflectance spectra of soil samples with different moisture content are measured in laboratory for expounding the characteristic of radiation in the thermal infrared part of the spectrum with different soil moisture content. A model of estimating the moisture content in soil is attempted to make based on Moisture Diagnostic Index (MDI). In general,the spectral characteristic of soil emissivity in laboratory includes the following aspects.Firstly,in the region of 8.0-9.5 μm,along with the increase of soil moisture content,the emissivity of soil increases to varying degrees. The spectral curves are parallel relatively and have a tendency to become horizontal and the absorbed characteristic of reststrahlen is also weakened relatively with the increase of soil moisture in this region.Secondly,in the region of 11.0-14.0 μm,the emissivity of soil has a tendency of increasing.There is an absorption value near about 12.7 μm. As the soil moisture content increases,the depth of absorption also increases. This phenomenon may be caused by soil moisture absorption. Methods as derivative, difference and standardized ratio transformation may weaken the background noise effectively to the spectrum data. Especially using the ratio of the emissivity to the average of 8-14 μm may obviously enhance the correlation between soil moisture and soil emissivity. According to the result of correlation analysis, the 8.237 μm is regarded as the best detecting band for soil moisture content. Moreover,based on the Moisture Diagnostic Index ( MDI) in the 8.194-8.279 μm, the logarithmic model of estimating soil moisture is made.

Experimental and theoretical study on thermal and moisture characteristics of new-type bamboo structure wall

Thermal and moisture characteristics of the bamboo structure wall were tested in natural climate and three representative variation processes of heat and moisture： heating from solar radiation in summer at normal temperature and humidity, heating from solar radiation in summer at normal temperature and high humidity after rain, humidifying from brash in summer at high temperature and normal humidity. The results show that, in summer, the largest temperature difference between external and internal surface of the 28 mm-thick bamboo plywood wall is 11.73℃ （at 15：40） and the largest strain difference is 136 μm/m （at 18：50）, both in ambient and indoor conditioned environment. In heating process, lengthways of the wall surface are in contracting strain while transverse ways are in expanding strain at initial stage and in contracting strain during later period. When the high temperature wall is humidified by rain, the surface temperature drops, moisture content increases and the expanding strain is presented on the surface during the whole process. Temperature and moisture content are two important factors which affect thermal and moisture stress （TMS） of the bamboo structure wall. The TMS is not only related to temperature and moisture content, but also greatly affected by temperature gradient, moisture content gradient and rates of changing.

Opto-thermal Moisture Content and Moisture Depth Profile Measurements in Organic Materials

Opto-thermal transient emission radiometry(OTTER) is a infrared remote sensing technique, which has been successfully used in in vivoskin moisture content and skin moisture depth profiling measurements. In present paper, we extend this moisture content measurement capability to analyze the moisture content of fruit(tomato, grape, etc.) skins, and to study the relationship between fruits ripening process and their surface moisture and moisture depth profiles.

A Darcy-Law Based Model for Heat and Moisture Transfer in a Hill Cave

A hill can be regarded as an environmental carrier of heat.Water,rocks and the internal moisture naturally pre-sent in such environment constitute a natural heat accumulator.In the present study,the heat and moisture trans-fer characteristics in a representative hill cave have been simulated via a method relying on the Darcy’s law.The simulations have been conducted for both steady and unsteady conditions to discern the influence of permeability and geometric parameters on the thermal and moisture transfer processes.The reliability of the simulation has been verified through comparison of the numerical results with the annual observation data.As revealed by the numericalfindings,the internal temperature of the hill accumulator is proportional to the permeability,outside surface temperature,overground height,underground constant temperature layer depth,and underground tem-perature of the hill,and it is inversely proportional to the horizontal size of the hill.Moreover,in the considered case,the order of magnitude of the permeability of the hill is contained in the range 10-15–10-13,and displays a certain sensitivity to the rainwater seepage.

EFFICIENCY AND COMFORT THROUGH DEEP ENERGY RETROFITS: BALANCING ENERGY AND MOISTURE MANAGEMENT

Homes that survived to be called“historic”did so because they worked;that is,they delivered a level of performance that met the owner’s expectations and tolerance level without catastrophic damage to the home,pocketbook,or surrounding environment.Home performance expectations have changed and now include a desire to use less energy while at the same time realizing a level of comfort that includes air conditioning and constant temperatures in all rooms.In order to meet these performance expectations,old homes often require some“re-engineering.”Increasing insulation will advance energy efficiency goals,reduce costs,and make a home more sustainable but by itself is insufficient,and,often,it can also upset the moisture balance resulting in unexpected mold and sick building syndrome.Improvement in moisture management design is a critically important consideration whenever energy efficiency is increased;however,many projects fail to address moisture adequately.This article will walk through the process of insulating and air sealing a house(two very different activities,sometimes combined,sometimes not),and shed particular light on how different approaches encourage or discourage moisture problems.

Simulations of Heat and Moisture Conditions in a Retrofit Wall Construction with Vacuum Insulation Panels

Vacuum insulation panels provide unprecedented possibilities for renovating the existing building stock in a manner that reduces the thermal losses through the building envelope. This study is focused on the implementation of VIPs （vacuum insulation panels） in energy retrofit projects with rendered outer walls. Particular emphasis is put on reducing the thermal bridges due to mechanical fasteners and at the joints of the panels. These are evaluated through a parametric study of the impact of the thermal conductivity of the joints of the panels and the adjacent insulation layer as well as the material of the fasteners. The study is carried out with 3D FEM （finite element method） simulations software. Furthermore, the moisture conditions in the construction are studied. The dynamic moisture behavior of a wall construction is modeled with a two dimensional FEM model. The long term effects of vapor diffusion are investigated in terms of accumulated moisture and the risk of condensation. The results illustrate that vacuum insulation on the outside of the wall construction does not pose a moisture problem to the construction. The simulations are based on a draft of a new technical solution for the refurbishment of a building that is typical for the great Swedish building program of the 1970s.

Response of the Thermal Conductivity as a Function of Water Content of a Burnt Mediterranean Loam Soil

The purpose of this research is to explore the variability on the soil thermal conductivity -?- after a prescribe fire, and to assess the effects of the ashes on the heat transfer once it’s were incorporated into the soil matrix. Sampling plot was located in the Montgrí Massif (NE of Spain). A set of 42 soil samples between surface and 5 cm depth was collected before and after the fire. To characterize the soil chemical and physical variables were analyzed. To determine the variability on the soil λ a dry-out curve per scenario (before and after fire) was determined. SoilRho ? method based on ASTM D-5334-08 which was validated by LabFerrer was used. Soil thermal conductivity has shown changes in their values. Indeed, in all moisture scenarios the values of soil λ decreased after soil was burnt. The critical point in the relationshipθ(λ) for the soil after fire which always was stronger than soil before to be burnt. Soil with “white” ashes showed a high thermal conductivity. An X-Ray diffractometry analysis allowed to clarify and to verify these results. To sum up, we could say that thermal conductivity presents changes when the scenario changes, i.e. before and after to be burnt. On the other hand, the volume of ashes incorporated on the soil increased the differences between no burnt and burnt soil, showing even some improvements on the heat transfer when water content started to govern the process.

Thermal Diffusion in Masson Pine Wood

In order to analyze the effects of the temperature gradient on moisture movement during the highly intensive microwave-vacuum drying, thermal diffusion of Masson pine wood was studied. Internal distribution of temperature and moisture in Masson pine samples sealed by epoxy resin and aluminum foil was measured, the magnitude of thermal diffusion was calculated and the influencing factors of thermal diffusion were discussed. Results showed that with the transfer of moisture toward the low temperature in wood, opposite temperature and moisture gradient occurred. The initial moisture content （MC）, temperature and time are important factors affecting this process; the thermal diffusion is in proportion to wood temperature, its initial moisture and time. The temperature and distance from hot surface is strongly linearly correlated, and the relationship between MCs at different locations and distance from the hot end surface changes from logarithmically form to exponentially form with the increase in experimental time.

基于疏水仿生学提升超细高氯酸铵热分解、安全及防吸湿性能的研究

为了研制出兼具高燃速和高安全性能的固体推进剂,以改善高氯酸铵的性能为目标,采用液相沉积法制备了具有核壳结构的超细高氯酸铵@硬脂酸锌(UF-AP@ZnSA)复合物;使用扫描电镜(SEM)、热重-差示扫描量热法(TG-DSC)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)等对样品的形貌、结构和热分解性能进行了表征;并测量了样品的撞击感度、摩擦感度、吸湿率和接触角等参数;采用热分析-红外联用技术分析并解释了硬脂酸锌(ZnSA)催化UF-AP的热分解机理。结果表明,UF-AP表面生成了ZnSA壳层;不同壳层含量的复合物中UF-AP高温分解峰从424.3℃降至370~385℃,相较于原料UF-AP,放热区间更加集中,放热量更大;UF-AP@ZnSA复合物特性落高(H_(50))相较于原料增加了27.6 cm,摩擦感度的爆炸概率减小了76%,安全性能大幅度提升;壳层质量分数为5%的UF-AP@ZnSA复合物72 h的吸湿率为0.05%,较原料UF-AP的吸湿率降低约90%,防吸湿性能得到明显提升。

芳纶针织面料透气透湿及隔热性能研究

通过棉、蚕丝混纺纱,竹炭纤维、丙纶混纺纱和芳纶纱的科学搭配,由龙星制版系统进行双面针织物结构数字化设计,利用艺术设计方法有效地在结构和空间中进行科学合理的分配和排列,制备了纬编间隔织物和罗纹空气层织物,探讨了芳纶协同高舒适性双面针织物的透气透湿、隔热等性能。结果表明:通过有效的数字化方法所设计的空气层组织中,芳纶与竹炭、丙纶混纺纱搭配织造的空气层织物透气性更好,纬编间隔组织中,芳纶与竹炭、丙纶混纺纱间隔织物比芳纶与蚕丝、棉混纺纱间隔织物的透气性好。蚕丝的透湿性比竹炭纤维更好,更适用于制作服装纤维材料。

水分对消防灭火防护服织物系统辐射热防护性能的影响

现阶段消防灭火服热防护性能评估中,对水分影响的考虑不足。为研究水分在不同织物层中对其热防护性能的影响差异,在低热辐射暴露下,分别在外层、舒适层、外层与舒适层设置不同含水量水平,分别针对直接热暴露、包含热暴露与蓄热释放全程两种情形进行试验测评。研究发现,无论是直接热暴露还是综合考虑蓄热释放的作用,增加外层织物水分含量有利于提升多层织物整体热防护能力,且随着水分含量的增大而上升;舒适层织物润湿则会削弱多层织物整体热防护能力,提高舒适层的吸湿排汗能力,保持其干燥是保持灭火防护服热防护性能的手段之一。外层与舒适层同时润湿时,二者之间呈现交互影响,未来可进一步深入研究。

青藏高原降雨增加和气温升高对多年冻土水热动态贡献研究

在人类活动和全球气候变化驱动下,青藏高原气候整体呈现暖湿化变化趋势,由此引发的多年冻土活动层水热变化对寒区生态环境和寒区工程稳定性产生显著影响。目前,温度升高对多年冻土的影响机制较为明确,但降雨增加、降雨增加与气温升高共同作用下的多年冻土水热响应过程和机制尚不明确。在考虑雨水感热作用的地表能水平衡-冻土水热耦合模型的基础上,对比研究气温升高、降雨增加单一作用及其共同作用对活动层水热影响机制。结果表明:相比气温升高和降雨增加单一作用,暖湿化复合作用导致地表净辐射通量和蒸发潜热通量增长显著,地表感热降低更加明显,雨水感热影响较小,地表土壤热通量呈增加趋势;暖湿化复合作用下温度梯度液态水通量增长显著,基质势梯度液态水通量在浅层增幅也大于单独升温作用,但小于单一降雨增加作用,暖湿化导致暖季土壤含水率增幅小于单独降雨作用;暖湿化作用下活动层热传导通量在冷季增加显著且增幅小于单独升温作用,而液态水对流传热在暖季增加明显且增幅小于单独湿化作用;降雨增加促使土体暖季降温显著,暖湿化与单一气温升高均导致土体在冷季升温效果高于暖季;气温升高1.0℃引起多年冻土上限下移10cm,降雨增加100 mm促使上限抬升8 cm,暖湿化共同作用导致冻土上限下移6 cm;在暖湿化作用下,降雨增加对冻土降温作用较小,气温升高对冻土的升温效应仍占据主导。

基于无人机多光谱与热红外数据的冬小麦土壤水分反演

引入植被覆盖度会在一定程度上提高土壤水分反演模型的精度,但大多数研究均基于归一化植被指数NDVI估算植被覆盖度,未深入研究基于其他植被指数估算植被覆盖度对模型的影响。为此,以河南省驻马店市西平县人和乡冬小麦部分种植区域为实验区,基于分辨率高、机动性强的无人机平台搭载多光谱与热红外成像仪开展冬小麦覆盖地表的土壤水分反演研究,探究引入不同植被覆盖度参数后模型精度的变化,并弥补基于卫星遥感影像的土壤水分监测分辨率低、时效性差的不足。基于随机森林算法,将温度植被干旱指数TVDI、垂直干旱指数PDI两种干旱指数分别与7种植被指数估算的植被覆盖度参数耦合搭建土壤水分反演模型,并根据最优模型的反演结果对实验区的土壤水分空间分布情况进行分析。同时,建立耦合TVDI与PDI指数、不引入植被覆盖度的土壤水分反演模型TP模型为对照组。结果表明:在0~10 cm和>10~20 cm深度时,TP模型的决定系数R^(2)分别为0.606、0.670,均方根误差RMSE分别为0.045、0.041。7种引入植被覆盖度的模型精度较TP模型精度均有一定程度的提升,其中最优模型TPOSAVI的R^(2)较TP模型分别提高0.143、0.158,RMSE分别降低0.7百分点、0.8百分点。基于干旱指数引入植被覆盖度能够提高模型精度,且不同植被覆盖度参数对模型精度的提升程度有差异。

抗菌热湿舒适复合功能服用面料的性能

为开发热湿条件下穿着健康舒适的抗菌服用面料,以桑蚕丝为经纱,蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维、天丝、蜂窝抗紫外涤纶纤维、蜂窝玉石涤纶纤维等混纺为纬纱,通过改变纬纱种类、织物组织及纬密等设计并试织了A、B两个系列共16种织物;并对其吸湿速干、抗菌与热传递性能等进行测试,运用模糊综合分析法对其抗菌性能、热湿舒适性进行评价。结果表明:当纬纱中含有天丝成分时织物吸湿速干性能更佳,随着织物组织浮长变短、纬密增大,其吸湿速干性能整体呈下降趋势;织物具有优良的抗菌性,纬纱中蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维含量越高,织物抗菌性能越好。织物热阻随着纬纱中天丝含量增加而减小,当含有蜂窝玉石涤纶纤维时织物热传递性能最佳;组织浮长更短的织物热传递性能更优。模糊综合分析结果表明,A系列中以天丝蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维蜂窝抗紫外涤纶纤维(306010)为纬纱并以16枚加强纬缎织造的织物抗菌热湿舒适性能最佳,B系列中纬密为46根cm时织物抗菌热湿舒适性能最佳。