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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 27-31.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20140105

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Characteristics of Temperature, Soil Freezing and Thawing, and River Flow in Pailugou Watershed of Qilian Mountains

Niu Yun1,2, Liu Xiande1,2, Jing Wenmao2, Che Zongxi2, Zhao Weijun1,2   

  1. 1. Gansu Agricultural University Lanzhou 730070;
    2. Gansu Province Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Frozen-Soil Hydrology and Water Resources Academy of Water Resource Conservation Forests of Qilian Mountains in Gansu Province Zhangye 734000
  • Received:2013-06-03 Revised:2013-11-20 Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-01-25
  • Contact: 刘贤德

Abstract:

In this paper, the annual air temperature, sunshine duration, soil temperature, precipitation, soil freeze-thaw and river flow were analyzed based on data of monitoring meteorology, soil freezing and thawing, triangle weir hydrograph and volume from 2002 to 2011 in Pailugou watershed of Qilian Mountains. The results showed that: Average annual temperature was 1.7℃, and annual sunshine duration was 127.1 h. The soil temperature was 3.3℃ on the soil surface, 2.3℃ at 5, 10, and 15 cm depth, 2.4℃ at 20 and 40 cm depth. The soil freezing began around 11th of October; the soil ablation finish was around 17th of July. Frozen period was 278 days, accounted for 76.16% of a year. The rate of frozen soil thickness augment was about 1.22 cm ·d-1 before the 10th of December, then it reduced to 0.78 cm ·d-1, and reached the minimum to 20th of March, at which the thickness of frozen soil reached to the maximum, and the average maximum thickness was 159.6 cm; Soil thawing started around 2nd of April with the increasing rate, and ended around 17th of July, and the average melting rate was 1.47 cm ·d-1. The regression model for S (runoff) and P (precipitation) was 2.936P + 9.587 (R2=0.742 6), and the regression model for S (runoff) and frozen-thaw thickness of soil was -10.361Fd + 1 388.498 (R2=0.701 7).

Key words: soil temperature, frozen soil freezing and thawing, river flow, Pailugou watershed of Qilian Mountains

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