Quantifying and characterizing contemporary riparian sedimentation

Fluvial processes of erosion, sediment transport and deposition determine the changing form and sedimentary structure of naturally adjusting riparian zones. Riparian sediment storage has both scientific and management importance in relation to: (i) the quantities of sediment that are involved; (ii) the quality of the sediment; and (iii) the dispersal of biological materials, notably the vegetation propagules that are transported and deposited in association with the sediment. After discussing the significance of riparian sedimentation processes, this paper reviews methods for quantifying contemporary sediment deposition within water bodies and their margins. Methods for investigating contemporary riparian sedimentation are given particular emphasis, and the extent to which different methods provide comparable estimates and have been used to support the analysis of different physical and chemical properties of the sediment are outlined. The importance of the following are stressed: (i) selecting a sampling method that is suited to the sedimentation environment; (ii) incorporating careful cross‐calibration if measurements from different methods are to be combined; and (iii) replicating measurements to give more robust estimates if small traps are employed. It is concluded that artificial turf mats provide a useful design of sediment trap across a range of environmental conditions because: (i) their surface roughness reduces problems of sediment removal by flood waters or rainfall; (ii) their pliability permits installation on irregular surfaces; (iii) they can be securely attached to the ground with metal pins to resist high shear stresses from river flows; (iv) they are robust and light and so easily manipulated in the field and laboratory; (v) it is possible to fully recover the deposited sediment to accurately determine the amount of sediment deposited and to support a range of other analyses. Results are presented to illustrate how artificial turf mats can be used to estimate the quantity and quality of deposited sediment and to explore the associated deposition of viable seeds. This provides one example of the important hydroecological role of riparian sedimentation processes and of the potential for the development of innovative, interdisciplinary research on riparian sediment dynamics. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preschool Competency in Context: An Investigation of the Unique Contribution of Child Competencies to Early Academic Success.

The present concurrent study combined developmental and ecological considerations to examine the unique contribution of multiple preschool competencies to an indicator of early academic success. Participants included 195 Head Start children from 32 classrooms representative of a large, urban Head Start program. Dimensional (variable-centered) analyses revealed 3 distinct classroom competency dimensions (i.e., General Classroom Competencies, Specific Approaches to Learning, and Interpersonal Classroom Behavioral Problems). The first 2 of these dimensions were found to be uniquely associated with early academic success. Findings from typological (person-centered) analyses supported the dimensional findings. Typological analyses revealed 7 profiles of classroom competency distinguished by high scores on the dimensions of General Competencies and Approaches to Learning, and these profiles were found to relate differentially to the indicator of early academic success. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

STATIONARY TANGENT: THE DISCRETE AND NON-SMOOTH CASE

Abstract. In Keich (2000 ),we define a stationary tangent process, or a locally optimal stationary approximation, to a real non-stationary smooth Gaussian process. This paper extends the idea by constructing a discrete tangent – a `locally' optimal stationary approximation – for a discrete time, real Gaussian process. Analogously to the smooth case, our construction relies on a generalization of the recursion formula for the orthogonal polynomials of the spectral distribution function. More precisely, we use a generalization of the Schur parameters to identify the stationary tangent. By way of discretizing, we later demonstrate how this tangent can be used to obtain `good' local stationary approximations to non-smooth continuous time, real Gaussian processes. Further, we demonstrate how, analogously to the curvatures in the smooth case, the Schur parameters can be used to determine the order of stationarity of a non-smooth process.     

南水北调中线工程战略环境影响评价探讨

根据南水北调中线工程的特点,从宏观性、全局性、综合性和协调性提出了环境评价指标体系。研究和评价了中线工程对我国可持续发展战略影响、水资源优化配置与可持续利用、增强综合国力和地区竞争力、促进京津华北地区可持续发展战略问题。进行了中线工程对宏观经济、区域经济发展,社会公平、城市化进程、改善生活质量等社会发展,以及水环境保护、生态完整性与重要敏感生态问题、移民与可持续发展等宏观影响的评价研究,提出了保护水环境、生态修复、防护与保护的战略对策措施。     

黄河口河道演变规律探讨

通过分析黄河口河道在纵剖面、横断面、河型等方面的演变过程,总结归纳出黄河口河道的演变规律。指出:黄河口泥沙在潮汐涨落等因素影响下,河口河道纵剖面逐渐形成台阶状,与此同时,河口滩地横比降逐渐发展为倒比降;河口河道中段由顺直型河道逐渐转为弯曲型河道,而下段仍为相对顺直、游荡型河道。当河口河道中段比降减小到一定程度后,此河段开始漫滩、卡冰、出汊。河口台阶的形成揭示了黄河口流路由单股河道逐渐转为出汊的过程,即黄河口流路由“青壮期”逐渐转为“衰亡期”的过程。延长黄河口流路使用年限的途径是:①尽量减少黄河下游输向黄河口的泥沙量;②采取河口挖沙或人工改汊措施,地点宜选在河口河道的中下段。     

工程建设的新特点与中国三峡总公司的可持续发展

本文介绍了三峡工程进入2002年后工程建设的新特点,并对工程下一步两个重点项目三期截流和碾压混凝土围堰的技术难点和工期安排做了深入分析。另外,作者根据国家电力体制改革的重要内容,以及中国三峡总公司自身情况,对公司未来的可持续发展之路亦做了深入探讨。借助中国三峡总公司的品牌优势和资本实力,吸收其它形式的能源,优化能源结构;进一步降低工程造价,提高三峡电价在电力市场的竞争力;依靠科学管理,实现电力生产利润最大化,深化内部改革等措施,促进中国三峡总公司可持续发展。     

院基寺水库坝基渗漏分析及处理设计

对院基寺水库运行过程中出现的坝基渗漏现象进行了全面的描述,结合坝址工程地质和水文地质条件、施工情况及坝体结构,系统地分析了产生渗漏的原因及渗漏途径,并提出了防渗帷幕灌浆处理方案。灌浆试验、现场施工质量检查及实际观测成果证实,工程处理措施取得了良好的效果。     

利用黄河泥沙加固下游大堤

黄河是一条举世闻名的多泥沙河流，善淤、善决、善徒给沿河人民带来对过深重灾难，防洪问题一直是国家的心腹之患。泥沙问题是黄河防洪问题的症结所在。在总结固大堤经验的基础，进行挖河疏浚，淤筑“相对地下河”，已作为黄河治理的一项重大决策付诸实施。     

永定新河河口潮流动力及泥沙特征初步分析

依据永定新河河口１９９７年潮汐观测资料及河道１９９０～１９９７年潮汐观测资料，通过实测资料的整理分析，初步揭示了永定新河河口潮流动力及泥沙特征，为河道的治理规划提供了科学的依据。     

交通平衡分配下的公路桥收费策略

假定一个城市被一条河流分为两部分（如我国的武汉，重庆等市），河上至少架设了两座公路桥梁，本文研究在交通平衡状态下，怎样制定车辆过桥梁的收费水平，使获得的总收入最大，乘客的总行驶时间最少，对多车种问题，研究了等价的数学模型和算法。还对一个含两座桥梁与三种车型的简单算例，进行了计算与分析。