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A conceptual model of daily water balance following partial clearing from forest to pasture
A simple conceptual water balance model representing the streamflow generation processes on a daily time step following land use change is presented. The model consists of five stores: (i) Dry, Wet and Subsurface Stores for vertical and lateral water flow, (ii) a transient Stream zone Store (iii) a saturated Goundwater Store. The soil moisture balance in the top soil Dry and Wet Stores are the most important components of the model and characterize the dynamically varying saturated areas responsible for surface runoff, interflow and deep percolation. The Subsurface Store describes the unsaturated soil moisture balance, extraction of percolated water by vegetation and groundwater recharge. The Groundwater Store controls the baseflow to stream (if any) and the groundwater contribution to the stream zone saturated areas. The daily model was developed following a <I>downward approach</I> by analysing data from Ernies (control) and Lemon (53% cleared) catchments in Western Australia and elaborating a monthly model. The daily model performed very well in simulating daily flow generation processes for both catchments. Most of the model parameters were incorporated a priori from catchment attributes such as surface slope, soil depth, porosity, stream length and initial groundwater depth, and some were calibrated by matching the observed and predicted hydrographs. The predicted groundwater depth, and streamflow volumes across all time steps from daily to monthly to annual were in close agreement with observations for both catchments
A daily salt balance model for stream salinity generation processes following partial clearing from forest to pasture
We developed a coupled salt and water balance model to represent the stream salinity generation process following land use changes. The conceptual model consists of three main components with five stores: (i) Dry, Wet and Subsurface Stores, (ii) a saturated Groundwater Store and (iii) a transient Stream zone Store. The Dry and Wet Stores represent the salt and water movement in the unsaturated zone and also the near-stream dynamic saturated areas, responsible for the generation of salt flux associated with surface runoff and interflow. The unsaturated Subsurface Store represents the salt bulge and the salt fluxes. The Groundwater Store comes into play when the groundwater level is at or above the stream invert and quantifies the salt fluxes to the Stream zone Store. In the stream zone module, we consider a 'free mixing' between the salt brought about by surface runoff, interflow and groundwater flow. Salt accumulation on the surface due to evaporation and its flushing by initial winter flow is also incorporated in the Stream zone Store. The salt balance model was calibrated sequentially following successful application of the water balance model. Initial salt stores were estimated from measured salt profile data. We incorporated two lumped parameters to represent the complex chemical processes like diffusion-dilution-dispersion and salt fluxes due to preferential flow. The model has performed very well in simulating stream salinity generation processes observed at Ernies and Lemon experimental catchments in south west of Western Australia. The simulated and observed stream salinity and salt loads compare very well throughout the study period with NSE of 0.7 and 0.4 for Ernies and Lemon catchment respectively. The model slightly over predicted annual stream salt load by 6.2% and 6.8%
A daily salt balance model for stream salinity generation processes following partial clearing from forest to pasture
International audienceWe developed a coupled salt and water balance model to represent the stream salinity generation process following land use changes. The conceptual model consists of three main components with five stores: (i) Dry, Wet and Subsurface Stores, (ii) a saturated Groundwater Store and (iii) a transient Stream zone Store. The Dry and Wet Stores represent the salt and water movement in the unsaturated zone and also the near-stream dynamic saturated areas, responsible for the generation of salt flux associated with surface runoff and interflow. The unsaturated Subsurface Store represents the salt bulge and the salt fluxes. The Groundwater Store comes into play when the groundwater level is at or above the stream invert and quantifies the salt fluxes to the Stream zone Store. In the stream zone module, we consider a "free mixing" between the salt brought about by surface runoff, interflow and groundwater flow. Salt accumulation on the surface due to evaporation and its flushing by initial winter flow is also incorporated in the Stream zone Store. The salt balance model was calibrated sequentially following successful application of the water balance model. Initial salt stores were estimated from measured salt profile data. We incorporated two lumped parameters to represent the complex chemical processes like diffusion-dilution-dispersion and salt fluxes due to preferential flow. The model has performed very well in simulating stream salinity generation processes observed at Ernies and Lemon experimental catchments in south west of Western Australia. The simulated and observed stream salinity and salt loads compare very well throughout the study period with NSE of 0.7 and 0.4 for Ernies and Lemon catchment respectively. The model slightly over predicted annual stream salt load by 6.2% and 6.8%
Parameter sensitivity to climate and landscape variability of a simple, lumped salt and water balance model
International audienceA salt and water balance model is developed to represent salinity generation following land use changes in Western Australia. The model consists of five interconnecting stores: (i) Dry, Wet and Subsurface unsaturated Stores, (ii) a transient Stream zone Store and (iii) a saturated Groundwater Store. The salinity generation process in Western Australia is highly dependent on annual rainfall, potential energy for evaporation, salt fall and land use history of a catchment. We selected six experimental catchments with different land use histories across a climatic gradient to test the model and assess parameter sensitivity. The model was successful in representing the streamflow and salinity generation processes of all catchments. In the process of application, we classified the model parameters into three sets: (i) "known", (ii) "fixed" and (iii) "variable". The "known" parameter set is calculated a priori from catchment attributes. The "fixed" set comprises regionalised parameters that remain unchanged across all catchments once calibrated in one catchment. The "variable" set of seven physically meaningful parameters were calibrated at one catchment, estimated a priori for other catchments and then subsequently adjusted for best fit. The "variable" set represents: (i) the depth (d), spatial distribution (b, c), relationship of the lateral hydraulic conductivity with moisture content (ia) and vertical conductivity (Kuv) of the top soil, (ii) lateral conductivity (Kll) of the groundwater system, and (iii) salt release (Cu) from top soil. Sensitivity analyses of key model parameters show that the relationship of the top soil lateral hydraulic conductivity with soil moisture content (ia) is the most sensitive parameter. Other sensitive parameters include the depth of the top soil and its spatial distribution (d, b, c)
Active-sterile neutrino oscillations in the early Universe: asymmetry generation at low |delta m^2| and the Landau-Zener approximation
It is well established that active-sterile neutrino oscillations generate
large neutrino asymmetries for very small mixing angles (), negative values of and provided that
. By numerically solving the quantum
kinetic equations, we show that the generation still occurs at much lower
values of . We also describe the borders of the generation at
small mixing angles and show how our numerical results can be analytically
understood within the framework of the Landau-Zener approximation thereby
extending previous work based on the adiabatic limit. This approximate approach
leads to a fair description of the MSW dominated regime of the neutrino
asymmetry evolution and is also able to correctly reproduce its final value. We
also briefly discuss the impact that neutrino asymmetry generation could have
on big bang nucleosynthesis, CMBR and relic neutrinos.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figures; to appear on Phys. ReV. D; figure 7 added, new
curves in figure 5a, new figure
Near--K-edge double and triple detachment of the F- negative ion: observation of direct two-electron ejection by a single photon
Double and triple detachment of the F-(1s2 2s2 2p6) negative ion by a single
photon have been investigated in the photon energy range 660 to 1000 eV. The
experimental data provide unambiguous evidence for the dominant role of direct
photo-double-detachment with a subsequent single-Auger process in the reaction
channel leading to F2+ product ions. Absolute cross sections were determined
for the direct removal of a (1s+2p) pair of electrons from F- by the absorption
of a single photon
Ground state phases of the Half-Filled One-Dimensional Extended Hubbard Model
Using quantum Monte Carlo simulations, results of a strong-coupling
expansion, and Luttinger liquid theory, we determine quantitatively the ground
state phase diagram of the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model with on-site
and nearest-neighbor repulsions U and V. We show that spin frustration
stabilizes a bond-ordered (dimerized) state for U appr. V/2 up to U/t appr. 9,
where t is the nearest-neighbor hopping. The transition from the dimerized
state to the staggered charge-density-wave state for large V/U is continuous
for U up to appr. 5.5 and first-order for higher U.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Leptogenesis beyond the limit of hierarchical heavy neutrino masses
We calculate the baryon asymmetry of the Universe in thermal leptogenesis
beyond the usual lightest right-handed (RH) neutrino dominated scenario (N_1DS)
and in particular beyond the hierarchical limit (HL), M_1 << M_2 << M_3, for
the RH neutrino mass spectrum. After providing some orientation among the large
variety of models, we first revisit the central role of the N_1DS, with new
insights on the dynamics of the asymmetry generation and then discuss the main
routes departing from it, focusing on models beyond the HL. We study in detail
two examples of `strong-strong' wash-out scenarios: one with `maximal phase'
and the limit of very large M_3, studying the effects arising when
delta_2=(M_2-M_1)/M_1 is small. We extend analytical methods already applied to
the N_1DS showing, for example, that, in the degenerate limit (DL), the
efficiency factors of the RH neutrinos become equal with the single decay
parameter replaced by the sum. Both cases disprove the misconception that close
RH neutrino masses necessarily lead to a final asymmetry enhancement and to a
relaxation of the lower bounds on M_1 and on the initial temperature of the
radiation-dominated expansion. We also explain why leptogenesis tends to favor
normal hierarchy compared to inverted hierarchy for the left-handed neutrino
masses.Comment: 30 pages, 8 figures; corrected typo in Eq. (67); shortened
Introduction, Section 3 and Conclusions; one figure removed; added 2
references; to appear in JCA
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