Toward a rule-based biome model

EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT): Current projections of the response of the biosphere to global climatic change indicate as much as 50 to 90% spatial displacement of extratropical biomes. The mechanism of spatial shift could be dominated either by competitive displacement of northern biomes by southern biomes or by drought-induced dieback of areas susceptible to change. The current suite of global biosphere models cannot distinguish between these two processes, hence the need for a mechanistically based biome model. The first steps have been taken toward development of a rule-based, mechanistic model of regional biomes at a continental scale. ... The model is in an early stage of development and will require several enhancements, including: explicit simulation of potential evapotranspiration, extension to boreal and tropical biomes, a shift from steady-state to transient dynamics, and validation on other continents.

High-resolution computation of isotopic processes in northern California using a local climate model

EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT): We describe a coupled local climate/isotope model that can calculate Rayleigh-type processes of distillation and fractionation of hydrogen isotopes along individual air mass flowlines in the western United States.This climate model is an extension of that detailed earlier by Craig and Stamm (1990). ... Volumetric effects of evapotranspiration (ET) are included. The model allows sensitivity studies of the influence of ET recycling.

Climatological aspects of the large-scale hydrologic cycle in the United States

We describe a 2.5-degree gridpoint atmospheric hydrology/climatology of precipitable water, precipitation, atmospheric moisture convergence, and a residual evaporation or evapotranspiration for the coterminous United States. We also describe a large-scale surface hydrology/climatology of a residual soil moisture, streamflow divergence, or runoff, as well as precipitation and evaporation. Annual and seasonal means and interrelationships among various components of the hydrologic cycles are discussed.

典型草原物候特征及其对生态系统功能的影响研究

植物物候反映的是植物(包括农作物)和环境(气候、水文、土壤条件)的周期性变化之间的相互关系。在气候变化背景下，植物物候已经发生了显著变化，并且对生态系统产生了重要影响。然而，目前的物候研究大多是针对木本植物，对于草本植物的研究则相对缺乏，而且草本植物的物候节律表现出较木本植物更为复杂的特征，不但受温度影响，亦受到水分因素的影响。 本研究利用内蒙古典型草原区克氏针茅草原建群种羊草和克氏针茅自1985～2003年19年的物候资料和气象数据，分析了物候特征及气候因子的变化趋势，探究了两种植物返青期和枯黄期的主导因子。结果表明，克氏针茅草原近20年来的气候发生了显著的变化，总体表现为温度升高、降水量降少、土壤水分含量减少。与以往物候研究结果不同的是，羊草和克氏针茅返青期在气候变暖的背景下却显著滞后。相关分析显示返青前期土壤水分是导致返青滞后的主要原因。对于枯黄期的相关分析同样显示水分因子是制约两种植物生长季结束的关键因子。在检验现有返青期和枯黄期物候模型对于典型草原适用性的基础上，本研究选择应用广泛、计算简便的CTM(Cumulative Temperature Model)模型作为改进返青期物候模型的基础，在其中加入了水分的影响，使得改进返青期物候模型可以很好的模拟典型草原植物返青期，模拟误差小于7天。同时，构建了考虑水分和温度共同影响的枯黄期模型。改进后的物候模型提高了DCTEM(Dynamic Chinese Terrestrial Ecosystems Model)模型的模拟精度。 基于耦合改进物候模块的DCTEM模型对影响生态系统NPP(Net Primary Productivity)、NEP(Net Ecosystem Productivity)和AET(Annual Evapotranspiration)的因子加以分析。结果显示，降水量是影响克氏针茅草原生态系统功能的主要因子，其对于NPP、NEP、AET以及土壤异养呼吸等均有不同程度的影响。其次，生长季长度变化对于克氏针茅生态系统功能呈现出显著的影响作用，其影响程度仅次于降水量。 为了量化在实际的气象条件下单位生长季长度变化所引起生态系统NPP、NEP和AET的变化幅度，设置了三个引起生长季长度变化的物候模拟情景(动态枯黄情景、动态返青情景、动态起止情景)以及对照情景。研究结果显示，不同情景下植物生长季长度变化对于生态系统功能有着不同程度的影响。动态枯黄情景下由于草原枯黄期使整个生长季每延长一天NEP增加3.11％，NPP为0.34％，对于AET的影响最小为0.06％;动态返青情景下，由于草原返青期波动使得整个生长季延长一天则NEP增加1.54%，NPP为0.15％，对于AET的影响最小为0.01％;在动态起止情景下，生长季延长一天则NEP增加3.37%，NPP为0.39％，对于AET的影响最小为0.06％。总体而言，由于枯黄期引起的生长季变化对生态系统功能影响程度比由于返青期引起的程度高。此外，不同的生态系统功能要素对于物候变化的影响程度也有所不同。在几种模拟情景下，NEP受到生长季变化的影响最大，其次为NPP，AET受物候变化影响最小。

开垦和放牧对内蒙古半干旱草原蒸发散的影响

为了研究开垦和放牧对内蒙古半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散的影响，我们以内蒙古锡林郭勒盟多伦县的草地和农田以及锡林浩特围封草地和退化草地为实验样地，利用涡度协方差技术对四个样地2006-2007年的蒸发散和微气象因子进行连续测定，探讨开垦和放牧对内蒙古半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散的影响及其驱动机制。同时利用稳定同位素技术区分多伦半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散的组分，初步探讨生态系统蒸发散各组分的变化特征及其驱动因子。 在观测的两年里，四个生态系统的年蒸发散接近或超过了年降雨量。在较湿润年份（2006年）的生长季（5-9月），开垦使得半干旱草原的蒸发散降低了15%，而在较干旱年份（2007年）降低了7%。放牧在2006年生长季期间使草原生态系统蒸发散降低了13%，而在2007年生长季里，围封草地和退化草地的蒸发散没有显著性差异。开垦和放牧造成的土壤含水量显著下降是生态系统蒸发散降低的最主要的原因。此外，农田开垦改变了植被的种类和物候特征，缩短了植物的生长期（农作物的生长期主要是6-8月，而草地的生长季一般为5-9月），是造成农田整个生长季的蒸发散比草地低的另一个原因。干旱年份降雨量少、土壤含水量低，限制了植被的生长，降低了冠层导度，从而导致了植物蒸腾的下降。另一方面，在干旱年份，开垦和放牧增加了草原生态系统蒸发散对土壤含水量变化的敏感性，表明未来降雨格局的变化不仅直接通过影响土壤含水量来改变蒸发散，而且会影响蒸发散和土壤含水量之间的相关性。 通过研究生态系统对不同强度和不同时间降雨的响应表明，> 3 mm的降雨会增加内蒙古半干旱草原生态系统的土壤含水量和蒸发散，对内蒙古半干旱草原生态系统关键过程有效。雨后1-2天蒸发散达到峰值，之后下降。多数大的降雨事件后，农田和退化草地蒸发散峰值比相对应的草地高，之后下降的也快，这与植被的生长状况、凋落物的量和地面的裸露程度有关。雨后土壤含水量和蒸发散的变化与降雨事件的大小呈正相关的关系，并且蒸发散的变化与土壤含水量的变化有显著的线性相关性，说明了土壤含水量是影响蒸发散变化的主要因子。土壤含水量初始值和干旱期的长短会影响内蒙古半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散对降雨的响应。土壤含水量初始值低会增强蒸发散对降雨的响应，而土壤含水量初始值高时，蒸发散对降雨的响应会下降。干旱期长会增强蒸发散对降雨的瞬时响应。围封草地由于有凋落物的缓冲和保水作用，未来降雨强度的增加会促进围封草原植被的生长;而退化草地地表裸露，对大的降雨事件缓冲作用小，地表径流和土壤蒸发强烈，不利于保水和植被的生长。因此，未来极端降雨事件频率的增加和干旱期的延长势必会对半干旱草原生态系统产生影响，尤其对退化草地产生不利影响。 为了进一步了解蒸发散组分的变化规律及其驱动因子，我们利用稳定同位素与微气象技术相结合的方法，区分半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散的组分。区分结果表明，在2006年和2007年整个生长季期间，植物蒸腾均为蒸发散的主要形式，在2006年和2007年生长季期间植物蒸腾占蒸发散的比例分别为88%和73%。影响植物蒸腾的因子主要是净辐射、大气相对湿度、土壤含水量和叶面积指数;影响蒸发的因子主要是大气相对湿度、土壤含水量和风速;而影响蒸发散的因子主要是净辐射、大气相对湿度、土壤含水量和风速，说明了这些水分流失过程受到不同环境因子的驱动。此外，我们根据一个简单的模型把同位素方法区分的蒸发散组分外推到整个生长季，结果表明，在2006年和2007年整个生长季蒸腾与蒸发散的比例高，并且蒸腾与降雨量的比例高，由此说明，半干旱草原生态系统植被能够有效地利用水分，雨水利用效率高。生态系统总初级生产力（GPP）与植物蒸腾（T）存在明显的正相关关系，从5-8月，生态系统水分利用效率（GPP/T）逐渐升高。 我们的研究结果表明：人类的活动如开垦和放牧通过改变植被类型、土壤持水能力和蒸发散对土壤含水量的响应，降低了草原生态系统的蒸发散，增加了生态系统蒸发散对降雨响应的敏感性，不利于土壤的保水和植被对水分的利用。半干旱草原生态系统蒸发散组分的稳定同位素技术区分，为进一步从新的角度探讨土地利用方式的改变对草原生态系统蒸发散影响的生理机制提供了可能。

黄土高原植被演替不同阶段植物系数的变化与适应性评价

用4年长期定位试验资料,利用植物系数、蒸散量、土壤含水量和土壤水分对植物的有效性等指标,研究了黄土高原植被群落不同演替阶段(草本群落→灌木群落→早期森林群落→顶级群落)的耗水特性与生态适应性。结果表明:不同演替阶段,群落实际蒸散量主要受降水控制,群落间差异不显著(P>0.05);土壤含水量是早期森林群落明显高于其它群落,草本群落明显高于灌木群落(P<0.05);植物系数是灌木群落>草本群落>乔木群落,而顶级群落大于早期森林群落;土壤水分对植物的有效性是早期森林和顶级群落明显高于草本和灌木群落(P<0.05)。因此,进行植被建设不但要考虑植物系数还要考虑土壤水分对不同植物的有效性。

地带性多年冻土区小流域水文状况对水热季节变化的响应

大兴安岭北部是我国唯一一片地带性连续多年冻土分布区，也是欧亚大陆地带性多年冻土分布区的南缘，因此对气候变化的响应十分敏感。全球变暖必然会影响到冻土土壤水分状态的变化，从而对冻土区的流域水文状况产生影响；小流域是区域研究的主要对象，冻土活动层变化的最直接后果就是引起流域内水文状况发生变化。本研究利用DEM数据划分小流域，在划分出的小流域的基础上，探讨了影响流域流量变化的几个因子，包括降水、蒸散(Evapotranspiration, ET)和土壤持水，初步简化了流域水量平衡方程，可为进一步研究提供基础。主要包括以下方面的内容： a)平均温度的升高必然会影响到冻土土壤水分状态的变化，从而导致区域小流域水文状况随之变化； b)融深与海拔高度存在一定的相关关系，融深随海拔的升高而增加；土壤水分随海拔变化的规律并不明显。年内降水主要集中在每年的5月份到10月份；11月份和12月份降水一般比春季的多，这两个月份气温很低，降水形式主要是雪。不同地点不同海拔下冻土活动层土壤水分含量变化很大，这和当地的环境条件有关，如地表覆被、土壤类型、坡度、坡向等。 c)参考植被蒸散呈明显的周期性波动规律。每年同期蒸散大致维持在同一水平上。从年初到年中，流域内蒸散呈不断增加的趋势。但是变化规律又稍有不同，每年大致从1月份到4月份，蒸散随时间变化很快，几乎呈线性增加。但是从4月中旬开始，到下半年的9月中旬，ET0呈震荡变化趋势。4月中旬开始，蒸散开始震荡增加，到7月份左右达到最大，然后开始震荡降低，大约到9月中旬或10月初开始转为近似线性减少趋势。 d)土壤水分含量的变化ΔW可以表示为下式：ΔW=R-(0.260Rn-0.036N) Kc+c；其中，ΔW为土壤水分含量的变化；R流域出口处流量；Rn为太阳净辐射；N为白昼长度；Kc植被系数；c为常数。 上述研究结果可以为进一步分析年内冻土湿地水分状况对温度变化的响应提供基础，也可为气候变化条件下冻土湿地水文过程的响应研究提供参考。

森林蒸散模型与模拟研究-以长白山阔叶红松林为例

森林蒸散不但是森林水量平衡的重要分量，也是森林热量平衡的重要分量。准确模拟森林蒸散量是森林水文学、森林气象学学科发展的需求，同时也为森林流域水资源、森林生态系统管理及其开发利用提供科学依据。本文以长白山阔叶红松为对象，利用长白山阔叶红松林气象观测塔安装的常规气象梯度观钡（系统、开路涡动相关系统的观测数据，依据空气动力学基本理论与能量平衡方程建立了森林蒸散机理模型（模型a与模型b），并确定了参数：零平面位移高度d以及温度和风速廓线稳定度订正函数φm和φh。同时，对比分析了模型模拟森林蒸散量的精度，结果表明：本文模型a模拟蒸散量的精度为84.06％：模型b的模拟精度为79.47％；空气动力学方法中的Pruitt法、Businger法、Dyer法的模拟精度分别是59.85％、53.81％、52.07％；波文比法模拟精度仅为41.15％。最后，利用MAOS-I型小气候自动观测系统的观测数据以及土壤含水量监测结果，分别应用模型。和水量平衡法对长白山阔叶红松林生长季节（2001年7-9月）的蒸散量进行了模拟与计算。结果表明，模型。得到的森林蒸散总量为268.91mm，水量平衡法获得的结果为288.18mm。两者相差：19.29mm，相对误差为6.7％。

水分亏缺和凋落物水浸液对云杉幼苗生长和种子萌发的影响

在人类活动导致全球变暖的前提下，由于全球气温的升高，地表水分加速向空中蒸发。从20世纪70年代至今，地球上严重干旱地区的面积几乎扩大了一倍。这一增长的一半可归因于气温升高而不是降雨量下降，因为实际上同期全球平均降水量还略有增长。干旱对陆地植物和农林生态系统产生深远影响，并已成为全球变化研究的一个重要方面。位于青藏高原东部的川西亚高山针叶林是研究气候变暖对陆地生态系统影响的重要森林类型。森林采伐迹地、人工林下和林窗环境作为目前该区人工造林和森林更新的重要生境，其截然不同的光环境对亚高山针叶林更新和森林动态有非常重要的影响。凋落物产生的化感物质可通过影响种子萌发和早期幼苗的定居而影响种群的建立和更新，而人工林和自然林物种以及更新速度的差异性也都受凋落物的影响。 云杉是川西亚高山针叶林群落的重要树种之一,在维持亚高山森林的景观格局和区域生态安全方面具有十分重要的作用，其自然更新能力及其影响机制一直是研究的热点问题。本试验以云杉种子和2年生幼苗为研究对象，从萌发、根尖形态、幼苗生长、光合作用、渗透调节和抗氧化能力等方面研究了不同光环境下水分亏缺和凋落物水浸液对云杉种子和幼苗生长的影响。旨在从更新的角度探讨亚高山针叶林自然更新的过程，其研究成果可在一定程度上为川西亚高山针叶林更新提供科学依据，同时也可为林业生产管理提供科学指导。主要研究结论如下： 水分亏缺在生长形态、光合作用、抗氧化能力、活性氧化对云杉幼苗都有显著影响。总体表现为，水分亏缺导致了云杉幼苗的高度、地径、单株总生物量降低，增加了地下部分的生长；水分亏缺显著降低了云杉叶片中相对含水量、光合色素、叶氮含量，净光合速率和最大量子产量(Fv/Fm)，提高了幼苗叶片中膜脂过氧化产物（MDA）的含量；水分亏缺提高了幼苗叶片中过氧化氢(H2O2)含量，超氧荫离子（O2-）生成速率以及脯氨酸和抗氧化系统的活性（ASA, SOD, CAT, POD, APX和GR）。从这些结果可知，植物在遭受水分亏缺导致的伤害时，其自身会形成防御策略，并通过改变形态和生理方面的特性以减轻害。但是，这种自我保护机制依然不能抵抗严重水分亏缺对植物的伤害。 模拟林下低光照条件显著增加单株植物的地上部分生长，尤其是其叶片的比叶面积（叶面积/叶干重），同时其光合色素含量和叶片相对含水量也显著增加，这些改变直接导致植株光合速率和生物量的增加。同时，与高光照水平相比，低光照幼苗的膜脂过氧化产物（MDA）和活性氧物质均较低，显示出低光照比高光照水平对植物的更低的氧化伤害。尽管低光照也导致大部分抗氧化酶活性降低，但这正显示出植物遭受低的氧化伤害，更印证了前面的结论。 凋落物水浸液影响了云杉种子的萌发和根系的生长，更在形态、光合作用、抗氧化能力、活性氧物质以及叶氮水平上显著影响了云杉幼苗，其中，以人工纯林凋落物的影响更有强烈。具体表现在，种子萌发速率和萌发种子幼根的长度表现为对照>自然林处理>人工纯林；凋落物水浸液抑制种子分生区和伸长区的生长，人工林处理更降低了根毛区的生长，使根吸水分和养分困难。对2年生幼苗的影响主要表现在叶绿素含量、光合速率以及叶氮含量的降低；膜脂过氧化产物、活性氧物质和抗氧化酶系统的显著增加。同样的，人工纯林处理对云杉幼苗的影响显著于自然林处理。 在自然生态系统中，由于全球变暖气温升高导致的水分亏缺和森林凋落物都存在森林的砍伐迹地，林窗和林下环境中。我们的研究表明，与迹地或林窗强光照比较，林下的低光照环境由于为植物的生长营造了较为湿润的微环境，因此水分亏缺在林下对云杉幼苗造成的影响微弱。这可以从植物的形态、光合速率以及生物量积累，过氧化伤害和抗氧化酶系统表现出来。另一方面，凋落物水浸液在模拟林下低光照环境对植物的伤害也微弱于强光照环境，这与强光照环境高的水分散失导致环境水分亏缺有关；而人工纯林处理对云杉幼苗的伤害比对照和自然林处理显示出强烈的抑制作用。 Under the pre-condition of global warming resulted from intensive human activities, water in the earth’s surface rapidly evaporates due to the increase of global air temperature. From 1970s up to now, the area of serious drought in the world is almost twice as ever. This increase might be due to the increasing air temperature and not decreasing rainfall because global average rainfall in the corresponding period slightly is incremental. Drought will have profound impacts on terrestrial and agriculture-forest system and has also become the important issue of global change research. The subalpine coniferous forests in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau provide a natural laboratory for the studying the effects of global warming on terrestrial ecosystems. The light environment significantly differs among cutting blanks, forest gap and understory, which is particularly important for plant regeneration and forest dynamics in the subalpine coniferous forests. Picea asperata is one of the keystone species of subalpine coniferouis forests in western China, and it is very important in preserving landscape structure and regional ecological security of subalpine forests. The natural regeneration capacities and influence mechanism of Picea asperata are always the hot topics. In the present study, the short-term effects of two light levels (100% of full sunlight and 15% of full sunlight), two watering regimes (100% of field capacity and 30% of field capacity), two litter aqueous extracts (primitive forest and plantation aqueous extracts) on the seed germination, early growth and physiological traits of Picea asperata were determined in the laboratory and natural greenhouse. The present study was undertaken so as to give a better understanding of the regeneration progress affected by water deficit, low light and litter aqueous extracts. Our results could provide insights into the effects of climate warming on community composition and regeneration behavior for the subalpine coniferous forest ecosystem processes, and provide scientific direction for the forest production and management. Water deficit had significant effects on growth, morphological, physiological and biochemical traits of Picea asperata seedlings. Water deficit resulted in the decrease in height, basal diameter, total biomass and increase in under-ground development; water deficit significantly reduced the needle relative water content, photosynthetic pigments, needle nitrogen concentration, net photosynthetic rate and the maximum potential quantum yield of photosynthesis (Fv/Fm), and increased the degree of lipid peroxidation (MDA) in Picea asperata seedlings; water deficit also increased the rate of superoxide radical (O2-) production, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content, free proline content and the activities of antioxidant systems (ASA, SOD, POD, CAT, APX and GR) in Picea asperata seedlings. These results indicated that some protective mechanism was formed when plants suffered from drought stress, but the protection could not counteract the harm resulting from the serious drought stress on them. Low light in the understory significantly increased seedling above-ground development, especially the species leaf area (SLA), and photosynthetic pigments and relative needle content. These changes resulted in the increase in net photosynthetic rate and total biomass. Moreover, the lower MDA content and active oxygen species (AOS) (H2O2 and O2-) in low light seedlings suggested that low light had weaker oxidative damage as compared to high light. Lower antioxidant enzymes activities in low light seedlings indicated the weaker oxidative damage on Picea asperata seedlings than high light seedlings, which was correlative with the changes in MDA and AOS. Litter aqueous extracts affected seed germination and root system of Picea asperata seedlings. Significant changes in growth, photosynthesis, antioxidant activities, active oxygen species and leaf nitrogen concentration were also found in Picea asperata seedlings, and plantation treatment showed the stronger effects on these traits than those in control and primitive forest treatment. The present results indicated that seed germination and radicle length parameters in control were superior to those in primitive forest treatment, and those of primitive forest treatment were superior to plantation treatment; litter aqueous extracts inhibited the meristematic and elongation zone, and plantation treatment caused a decrease in root hairs so as to be difficult in absorbing water and nutrient in root system. On the other hand, litter aqueous extracts significantly decreased chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate and leaf nitrogen concentration of Picea asperata seedlings; MDA, AOS and antioxidant system activities were significantly increased in Picea asperata seedlings. Similarly, plantation treatment had more significant effect on Picea asperata seedlings as compared to primitive forest treatment. In the nature ecosystem, water deficit resulted from elevating air temperature and litter aqueous extract may probably coexist in the cutting blank, forest gap and understory. Our present study showed that water deficit had weaker effects on low light seedlings in the understory as compared to high light seedlings in the cutting blank and forest gap. The fact was confirmed from seedlings growth, gas exchange and biomass accumulation, peroxidation and antioxidant systems. This might be due to that low light-reduced leaf and air temperatures, vapour-pressure deficit, and the oxidative stresses can aggravate the impact of drought under higher light. On the other hand, litter aqueous extracts in the low light had weaker effects on the Picea asperata seedlings than those at high light level, which might be correlative to the water evapotranspiration under high light. Moreover, plantation litter aqueous extracts showed stronger inhibition for seed germination and seedling growth than control and primitive forest treatments.

阔叶红松林净初级生产力模型参数的敏感性

PnET-Ⅱ(photosynthesis and evapotranspiration)模型是生态系统过程模型,运行过程中所需的参数较多,包括植被、土壤和气候参数等.本文估计了丰林自然保护区阔叶红松林中红松和阔叶树的总净初级生产力(NPP)和枝干NPP对PnET-Ⅱ模型参数变化的敏感程度.结果表明:PnET-Ⅱ模型的植被参数中,林冠参数变化对模拟结果影响较大,且红松总NPP对植被参数的敏感性大于阔叶树;红松和阔叶树NPP对土壤持水量变化敏感性较小,且红松NPP对土壤持水量的敏感性略小于阔叶树;在气候情景范围内,气温变化对红松和阔叶树NPP的影响最大,降水和光合有效辐射次之.不同气候情景对NPP模拟结果的影响不同.红松和阔叶树的总NPP和枝干NPP对各输入参数的敏感程度并不完全一致.

黄土高原水蚀风蚀交错区土壤剖面水分动态的数值模拟研究

利用SWAP(Soil-Water-Atmosphere-Plant)模型对黄土高原水蚀风蚀交错区坡地土壤-植被-大气系统中的水循环进行数值模拟。结果显示,SWAP模型很好的模拟了不同土地利用方式条件下的土壤水循环过程。根据模拟结果,水蚀风蚀交错区的丰水年份,农地和种植第一年的紫花苜蓿地季末土壤水分稍有盈余,谷子和紫花苜蓿的日蒸散量分别为1.2~2.6 mm和1.2~2.5 mm。

黄土区参考作物蒸散量多种计算方法的比较研究

参考作物蒸散量的计算公式大多存在地域性限制,分析其应用情况能够反映这些公式在中国部分地区的应用前景。该文根据1996～2000年陕西省榆林、延安与西安三站的逐日气象资料,以FAO推荐的Penman-Monteith方法为标准,对计算参考作物蒸散量的10种方法进行比较。线性回归,平方根误差与平均偏差方法检验的结果显示:Penman系列方法之间关系密切,Kimberly PM-72方法最好。不同方法之间在夏季的差异较大,春秋季较小。在需要数据较少的方法中Priestley-Taylor方法接近Penman-Monteith方法。FAO-Rad、FAO-BC、Hargreaves与Makkink 4种方法与其差异明显,而且存在地域差异。在本区应用这些方法时需要对其参数进行适当调整,以适应当地的气象条件。

Emergy Assessment of a Wheat-Maize Rotation System with Different Water Assignments in the North China Plain

Sustainable water use is seriously compromised in the North China Plain (NCP) due to the huge water requirements of agriculture, the largest use of water resources. An integrated approach which combines the ecosystem model with emergy analysis is presented to determine the optimum quantity of irrigation for sustainable development in irrigated cropping systems. Since the traditional emergy method pays little attention to the dynamic interaction among components of the ecological system and dynamic emergy accounting is in its infancy, it is hard to evaluate the cropping system in hypothetical situations or in response to specific changes. In order to solve this problem, an ecosystem model (Vegetation Interface Processes (VIP) model) is introduced for emergy analysis to describe the production processes. Some raw data, collected by investigating or observing in conventional emergy analysis, may be calculated by the VIP model in the new approach. To demonstrate the advantage of this new approach, we use it to assess the wheat-maize rotation cropping system at different irrigation levels and derive the optimum quantity of irrigation according to the index of ecosystem sustainable development in NCP. The results show, the optimum quantity of irrigation in this region should be 240-330 mm per year in the wheat system and no irrigation in the maize system, because with this quantity of irrigation the rotation crop system reveals: best efficiency in energy transformation (transformity = 6.05E + 4 sej/J); highest sustainability (renewability = 25%); lowest environmental impact (environmental loading ratio = 3.5) and the greatest sustainability index (Emergy Sustainability Index = 0.47) compared with the system in other irrigation amounts. This study demonstrates that application of the new approach is broader than the conventional emergy analysis and the new approach is helpful in optimizing resources allocation, resource-savings and maintaining agricultural sustainability.

Probabilistic modelling of soil moisture dynamics of irrigated cropland in the North China Plain

A probabilistic soil moisture dynamic model is used to estimate the soil moisture probability distribution and plant water stress of irrigated cropland in the North China Plain. Soil moisture and meteorological data during the period of 1998 to 2003 were obtained from an irrigated cropland ecosystem with winter wheat and maize in the North China Plain to test the probabilistic soil moisture dynamic model. Results showed that the model was able to capture the soil moisture dynamics and estimate long-term water balance reasonably well when little soil water deficit existed. The prediction of mean plant water stress during winter wheat and maize growing season quantified the suitability of the wheat-maize rotation to the soil and climate environmental conditions in North China Plain under the impact of irrigation. Under the impact of precipitation fluctuations, there is no significant bimodality of the average soil moisture probability density function.

Effects of vegetation control on ecosystem water use efficiency within and among four grassland ecosystems in China

Through 2-3-year (2003-2005) continuous eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes, we examined the seasonal, inter-annual, and inter-ecosystem variations in the ecosystem-level water use efficiency (WUE, defined as the ratio of gross primary production, GPP, to evapotranspiration, ET) at four Chinese grassland ecosystems in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and North China. Representing the most prevalent grassland types in China, the four ecosystems are an alpine swamp meadow ecosystem, an alpine shrub-meadow ecosystem, an alpine meadow-steppe ecosystem, and a temperate steppe ecosystem, which illustrate a water availability gradient and thus provide us an opportunity to quantify environmental and biological controls on ecosystem WUE at different spatiotemporal scales. Seasonally, WUE tracked closely with GPP at the four ecosystems, being low at the beginning and the end of the growing seasons and high during the active periods of plant growth. Such consistent correspondence between WUE and GPP suggested that photosynthetic processes were the dominant regulator of the seasonal variations in WUE. Further investigation indicated that the regulations were mainly due to the effect of leaf area index (LAI) on carbon assimilation and on the ratio of transpiration to ET (T/ET). Besides, except for the swamp meadow, LAI also controlled the year-to-year and site-to-site variations in WUE in the same way, resulting in the years or sites with high productivity being accompanied by high WUE. The general good correlation between LAI and ecosystem WUE indicates that it may be possible to predict grassland ecosystem WUE simply with LAI. Our results also imply that climate change-induced shifts in vegetation structure, and consequently LAI may have a significant impact on the relationship between ecosystem carbon and water cycles in grasslands.