其他摘要 | The Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River of China is the most
erosive area in the world. Severe soil erosion not only aggravates the fragile ecological
environment, but also produces large amounts of sediment which deposits on the lower
reaches of Yellow River, raises the riverbed, and threatens the security of that region.
Since the 1950s a great number of soil conservation measures have been implemented to
reduce soil erosion and increase rainfall use efficiency in the Loess Plateau. These
measures are very successful and reduced sediment by 3.0 ×108 t yr-1 from the Loess
Plateau to the Yellow River from 1970 to 1996. Meanwhile, they have resulted in great
changes in streamflow regime.
In this dissertation, 10 watersheds which are located in hilly and gully area of Loess
Plateau were chosen as the research object. The impacts of conservation measures on
runoff were analyzed from temporal and spatial scales. It could be useful to understand
and evaluate the function of soil conservation measures which have been implemented,
and guide the future construction of ecological resoration in this region. The main
conclusions of this study are as follows:
(1) Applicability of three kinds of methods, named PART, digital filter technique and
smoothed minima method which all belong to automatic baseflow separations, were
compared. It was concluded that the separation results of digital filtering technique was
relatively stable, and the baseflow process preferable conforms to the characteristics of
baseflow recession.
(2)The baseflow accounted for a larger proportion of the total runoff, the average
baseflow index was between 37% -64% for the 10 catchments. Strong downward trends
were detected in the baseflow volumes which was affected by conservation measures,
while the baseflow indices showed increasing trend in stages. Monthly baseflow
displayed two peaks in March and August which were benefited from snowmelt and
precipitation, and under the influence of large-scale conservation activities, decreasing trend was showed between the ages, with the most obvious changes occurring in summer
and autumn.
(3) Based on 50-year rainfall, runoff data of Lu River, the influence of soil and water
conservation on runoff was analyzed. Compared with pre-treatment, annual runoff,
surface runoff and baseflow were reduced by 60%, 66% and 56% respectively. Results
showed that contribution rate of conservation measures was 81% and 89% for the annual
total runoff and surface runoff changes. Conservation measures reduced the peak flow, so
that the monthly change in runoff was more stable, runoff process also tended to
homogenization.
(4) By applying wavelet transform, the tendency and periodic variations of flow series
and impact factors were studied. The standardized time series were decomposed by
Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) using the db3 wavelet function. The reconstruction of
the lowest frequency part showed the flow series descended more rapidly than
precipitation. Continuous wavelet transform (CWT) was carried out to identify the
periodic variation of the precipitation and flow series using the complex valued Morlet
function. Results showed that all 4 series had significant periodicity which concentrated
in the 30-31a, 21-26a, 9-14a, and 3-4a. But the dominant period for precipitation and
flow series was different, localization of periodic variations exhibited the influence of
conservation measures on runoff changes.
(5) Responses of runoff to conservation measures were not consistent among 10
watersheds because of the differences in many factors, such as beginning time of soil and
water conservation, spatial allocation of conservation measures, controlling area and
underlying surfaces. But the similarity was that the surface runoff which were intercepted
and stored by conservation measures did not compensate the amount of baseflow.
(6) Through analyzing runoff coefficients changes in different catchments, impacts of
catchment size on runoff effects were discussed preliminary. Results showed that the
responses of runoff coefficient differed with different catchment area range. The change
of runoff coefficient was mainly affected by the control degrees of soil and water
conservation, its relationship with catchment size may be not significant.
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