[Characteristics of Eukaryotic Phytoplankton Community Structure and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Danjiangkou Reservoir].

Eukaryotic phytoplankton play crucial roles in ecosystem processes, and understanding their community composition and abundance is of great importance to protect the balance of aquatic ecosystems. Danjiangkou Reservoir is a canyon lake in central China that acts as the water source of the Mid-route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project. In this study, the composition of planktonic microeukaryotes from water samples with a depth ranging from 0.5 to 20 m in Danjiangkou Reservoir were investigated using high-throughput 18S rDNA gene sequencing. The environmental factors including pH, water temperature (WT), nitrate (NO3--N), ammonia (NH4+-N), total nitrogen (TN), conductivity (Cond.), water depth, and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the reservoir areas were measured, and their correlations with the abundance and diversity of eukaryotic phytoplankton were analyzed. The results of high-throughput sequencing showed that a total of 68 genera of phytoplankton belonging to 12 phyla were detected, and the phytoplankton communities were mainly composed of Dinophyceae, Bacillariophyta, and Chlorophyta. In particular, significant differences in the diversity of phytoplankton communities on a vertical distribution were found. The diversity and abundance of the phytoplankton communities in Songgang (SG), Tumen (TM), and Dangzikou (DZK) decreased with the increase in water depth, and the relationship between phytoplankton and water depth in other sampling sites was not obvious. The results of RDA showed that NO3--N, water depth, DO, pH, and WT could influence the vertical distribution of the phytoplankton community in the Danjiangkou Reservoir. Among these phytoplankton types, Dinophyceae was negatively correlated with NO3--N and water depth and positively correlated with other environmental factors. Meanwhile, Bacillariophyta was positively correlated with NO3--N and water depth and negatively correlated with other environmental factors. In addition, Chlorophyta was negatively correlated with WT, pH, and DO and not significantly correlated with water depth.

[Characteristics of Macrobenthos Community Structure and Their Relationships with Environmental Factors in Rivers of Beijing in Spring].

Macrobenthos from 20 sites of 17 rivers in Beijing were investigated in the spring of 2019, and the relationship between community structure characteristics and environmental factors was analyzed. A total of 64 classification units (species) of macrobenthos from 3 phyla, 6 classes, and 32 families were identified. We found that there were large spatial differences between the density composition and dominant species of macrobenthos. Mountainous river area had the highest density of aquatic insects (33.95 ind.·m-2), and the main dominant species were Simuliidae sp., Hydropsyche sp., and Paraciadius alpicola. In suburban areas, Chironomidae and Oligochaeta showed the largest average density, which was 82.58 ind.·m-2 and 36.21 ind.·m-2, respectively, and Polypedilum nubeculosum and Chironomus pallidivittatus were the dominant species in this area. Furthermore, macrobenthos in urban rivers were mainly Gastropods (88.75 ind.·m-2), and the dominant species were Bellamya aeruginosa and Bellamya purificata. Fourteen more species were found in the urban and suburban river areas than in mountain areas. According to the results of the canonical correspondence analysis, there were many factors affecting the community structure of macrobenthos, including water temperature, TN, Chl-a, pH, and human activity. Nutrient concentration was the main factor affecting the community structure of macrobenthos in the suburban river area, while human activities and water temperature were the major determinants of the macrobenthos community structure in mountainous and urban rivers.

[Analysis of River Zooplankton Community Characteristics in Autumn in Beijing].

To clarify the spatial distribution characteristics of zooplankton communities and the relationship between zooplankton and water environmental factors, 81 samples from 28 rivers and lakes in Beijing were collected in September 2017. A total of 68 species of zooplankton were identified, including 17 species of protozoa (25%), 36 species of rotifers (53%), 13 species of cladocera (19%), and copepods (3%, which were mainly copepodids and nauplii). Among 15 dominant species, 12 were copepods and rotifers. Zooplankton communities varied between the different rivers:The zooplankton in rivers in mountainous areas were mainly protozoa and copepods; in suburban areas, communities were dominated by copepods; and in urban areas, rotifers were dominant. A comprehensive water quality index, the Shannon-Wiener index, the Pielou evenness index, and the Margalef richness index were also calculated. Results showed that the water quality of the rivers in mountainous areas was generally better than in urban areas, which was better than in suburban areas. TN was found to be the main form of pollution using the single factor water quality index. Principal component analysis (PCA) and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) identified that NH4+-N, BOD5, and COD had a significant effect on zooplankton community characteristics.

[Water Quality Analysis of Beijing Segment of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project].

Water quality is the key problem that water management departments concern. Water quality of Beijing segment of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project is closely related to water security and social stability in Beijing. Since the connection of Beijing part in Middle Route of South-to-North Diversion Project, water quality data of Daning regulation and storage reservoir and Daning surge tank was collected, and water quality indexes including water temperature, total nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, chloride ion, sulfate, dissolved oxygen, permanganate index, pH, ammonia nitrogen, fluorine ion and total phosphorus, were monitored monthly. With variance analysis, water quality difference among different water sources of the South-to-North Water Diversion of Middle Route was analyzed. With factor analysis method, the water quality risk factors of Daning regulation and storage reservoir and Daning surge tank were identified. The results were as following, water from Hebei province had higher contents of nitrate nitrogen, total nitrogen, fluorine ion, chloride ion and sulfate than those of water from Danjiangkou reservoir, but the water quality was not as good as that from Danjiangkou reservoir. LSD difference test results showed that the dissolved oxygen, nitrate nitrogen and total nitrogen of the water from Hebei province had significant differences (P<0.05) between flood season and non-flood season, there was significant difference (P<0.05) in pH of water from Danjiangkou reservoir between flood season and non-flood season, and the water quality of Danjiangkou reservoir was more stable than water from Heibei province. No matter in flood season or non-flood season, there were no significant differences (P<0.05) in pH, dissolved oxygen, permanganate index, total phosphorus and ammonia nitrogen between the water from Danjiangkou reservoir and Heibei province, but there were significant differences (P<0.05) in nitrate nitrogen, total nitrogen, fluorine ion and sulfate ion and chloride ion. Contents of Nitrate nitrogen, total nitrogen, sulfate and chloride ion in 2015 (the mixture of water from Hebei province and Danjiangkou reservoir) in Daning regulation and storage reservoir were lower than those in 2012-2014 (water from Hebei province), and the water from Danjiangkou reservoir played a key role in dilution and adjustment of the water from Hebei province in Daning regulation and storage reservoir. The water quality differences test results between 2012-2014 and 2015 showed that there were significant differences (P<0.05) in the nitrate nitrogen, total nitrogen, fluorine ion, sulfate and chloride ion both in flood season and non-flood season, and the water quality of 2015 was better than that of 2012~2014 in non-flood season, but the differences of pH, dissolved oxygen, permanganate index, total phosphorus, ammonia nitrogen were not obvious (P<0.05). The difference test results between Daning regulation and storage reservoir and Daning surge tank showed that Permanganate index, total nitrogen, fluorine ion, sulfate and chloride ion had significant differences (P<0.05) both in flood season and non-flood season, and the contents of permanganate index, fluorine ion, sulfate and chloride ions in Daning regulation and storage reservoir were higher than those in Daning surge tank. The factor analysis results indicated that water quality potential risk factors both in Daning regulation and storage reservoir and Daning surge tank were mainly nitrogen, including ammonia nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen and total nitrogen, and potential risk factors also included total phosphorus in Daning regulation and storage reservoir.

[δ¹5N-NO3⁻ and δ¹8O-NO3⁻ Tracing of Nitrate Sources in Beijing Urban Rivers].

In order to quantitatively identify sources of nitrate pollution in Beijing urban area and provide effective guidance for relevant departments to control the pollution of Beijing rivers, δ¹5N-NO3⁻ and δ¹8O-NO3⁻ isotope tracing method was used to analyze the composition of nitrogen and oxygen stable isotopes from nitrate in Beijing urban river. Besides, stable isotope mixing model was adopted to track nitrogen sources of nitrate in Beijing urban rivers and the contribution rates of respective pollution sources were evaluated. The results showed that: (1) NO3⁻-N pollution was the main inorganic nitrogen pollution in Beijing rivers and pollution of downstream was more serious than that of upstream. (2) δ¹5N-NO3⁻ in Beijing urban surface rivers was in range of 6.26 per thousand-24.94 per thousand, while δ¹8O-NO3⁻ ranged -0.41 per thousand-11.74 per thousand; δ¹5N-NO3⁻ increased from upstream to downstream along the flow of the surface water. (3) The nitrate pollution composition of Beijing rivers could be gained from the stable isotope mixing model. The average contribution rates of manure and sewage, soil nitrate and atmospheric deposition were 61.2%, 31.5% and 7.3%, respectively.

[Seasonal Dynamics of Airborne Pollens and Its Relationship with Meteorological Factors in Beijing Urban Area].

The seasonal dynamics of airborne pollens and their relationship with meteorological conditions, which are considered to be important factors for appropriate construction of urban green system and reliable prevention of tropic pollinosis, were investigated in Beijing urban area. The airborne pollens were monitored from December 31st 2011 to December 31st 2012 by Burkard volumetric trap, and the data were analyzed. The results revealed that: (1) In 2012 the pollen dispersion period lasted 238 days from March 17 to November 18th, accounting for 65% of the year. There were two peaks of pollen amount in air, which occurred from March to May and from August to October, respectively. In the spring peak, tree pollens such as Oleaceae, Populus and Salix pollens were the dominant, accounting for 53% of the total annual pollens, while in the autumn period, weed pollens such as Compositae, Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae pollens made up about 40% of the annual total value; (2) The highly allergenic weeds pollens dominated in autumn, which caused a high incidence of tropic pollinosis; (3) The airborne pollen amount of Beijing urban area was significantly affected by meteorological condition like the wind speed, temperature, humidity, precipitation and so on; (4) When temperature ranged from OC to 15 degrees C, the pollen amount showed positive relation with temperature; while in the temperature range of 18 degrees C to 30 degrees C, it showed negative relation; (5) The average temperature of spring and autumn season in 2012 was 17 degrees C, and 79% of airborne pollens were detected in these two seasons. This temperature condition was conducive to the pollen dispersion. (6) The pollen amount showed negative relation with relative moisture between 20% and 50% and larger than 70%, while in the moisture range of 50% to 60%, it showed positive relation; (7) The wind speed smaller than 3 m x s(-1) was good to pollen distribution, when it was larger than 4 m x s(-1) or the wind lasted for a long time, the pollen amount in the air would decrease; (8) The pollen release was decreased by the rain. The above results can be helpful to forecast the pollen amount in the air. monitoring; pollen amount

[Study on the Temperature Dependent Phase Transformation of Raman Spectra for Cyclobutanol].

Cyclobutanol (C4H8O) is one of the four-membered ring type molecules, which usually adopts a non-planar equilibrium conformation, and the substituent group OH can adopt two positions relative to the puckered ring, the axial or the equatorial, giving rise to an additional degree of freedom and various molecular conformations. Additionally, temperature is one important thermodynamic parameter that greatly influents the structure and induces the possibility of conformational change or crystal change. As a consequence, there may be a number of phase transitions and molecular conformations for cyclobutanol under different temperature. In this paper, Raman and infrared spectroscopic technique were applied to investigate the vibration modes of cyclobutanol. The results indicate that the main component of the liquid cyclobutanol is equatorial-trans (Eq-t) conformer with a few Eq-g conformers at ambient condition. Then differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and low temperature Raman spectroscopic were applied to study the phase transition of cyclobutanol during the cooling and heating process. It is observed that the Raman spectra and the intensities of these bands are not significantly changed during the cooling process. The results indicate that there is sill no presence of solidification especially cooling to 140K, which indicates that the cyclobutanol still remains the liquid state and supercooled state is observed during the cooling process. And this supercooled liquid is one metastable state, not in thermodynamic equilibrium. Further cooling to 138 K, the super-cooling liquid cyclobutanol will transform into the glassy state, accompanied with a small change of entropy. During the heating process, as the temperature is raised to 180 K, the Raman peaks became sharper and some new characteristic peaks appeared abruptly and a discontinuous change was observed in bandwidths versus temperature. And these new signatures can be maintained upon to 220 K, and then will disappear as the temperature increasing continuously. This result indicates the one crystal phase transition and a melting transition present at around 180 and 220 K. In addition, it can be observed that the component of Eq-g conformer increases, accompanied with the crystallization during heating at around 180 K. These results were helpful to understand the kinetics of the crystallization process of other small organic molecules.

[Characteristics of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Pollution and Eutrophication Assessment of Secondary River in Urban Chongqing].

To understand the secondary river quality in Chongqing urban area, six typical secondary rivers were chosen to investigate the pollution characteristics of total nitrogen and total phosphorus and to evaluate the water eutrophication level according to the monitoring data of water physicochemical characteristics and chlorophyll content from April 2013 to March 2014. The study results showed that: the six rivers mentioned above have been seriously polluted by TN and TP, with the monthly mean values of TN and TP far exceeding the universally accepted threshold values of water eutrophication. Water eutrophicaton appraisal result indicated that all rivers in each season were in a state of eutrophication, and the eutrophication level could be arranged in the order of Panxi River > Qingshui River > Tiaodeng River > Huaxi River > Funiu River > Chaoyang River. The seasonal changes in TN and TP of secondary rivers were significant, with high concentrations of TN and TP in spring and winter, and lower concentrations in summer and autumn. TN and TP of the rivers showed a trend of increasing from the upstream to the downstream in each season. Pollutant concentration accumulated gradually along rivers and the maximum accumulation rate reached 1. 25 mg . (L . km) -1. Therefore, further study on urban secondary river pollution characteristics is of great significance to urban water pollution control.

[Characterization of Pollutant Wash-off in the Urban Stormwater].

To understand the pollution character of urban road runoff, the concentrations of TSS, EC, N and P in the ring road runoff of Beijing from June to September 2013 were evaluated, the correlations among pollutants were examined, and the load of TSS, N and P were estimated. Result showed that the small particulates in the range of 1-10 µm consisted of 60% TSS in the road runoff. Totally 89 percent of the nitrogen (N) was dissolved phase state in the road runoff, 80 percent of the phosphorus (P) was particular phase state in the road runoff. Based on the characteristics of correlations between EC, TSS and TN, TP, EC and TSS were the surrogate indexes of pollution degree assessment for the dissolved N and particulate P in the urban road runoff, respectively. Based on our results, the SS, N and P year load per unit area in Beijing ring road runoff were 16 725.69, 1777.91 and 24.23 mg x (m2 x a)(-1), respectively. Our findings described the polutant wash off character in urban road runoff, which provide a scientific basis for management of nonpoint pollution in a city and an alternative method for controlling pollution.

[Characteristics of atmospheric nitrogen wet deposition in Beijing urban area].

With the ion-exchange resin method, the atmospheric nitrogen wet deposition in Beijing urban area within the Fifth Ring Road was investigated from June to October, 2012. The relationship between atmospheric nitrogen wet deposition and rainfall precipitation was investigated, the differences of nitrogen wet deposition in different months, different ring roads (the Fifth Ring Road, the Fourth Ring Road, the Third Ring Road and the Second Ring Road) and different functional areas (institutes and colleges district, ring-road, residential areas, railway station and public garden) were also investigated. The results showed that the average value and standard deviation of ammonia-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen and nitrite-nitrogen were significantly different during different months in 2012. The atmospheric nitrite nitrogen deposition first decreased and then increased, the maximum value appeared in September. The positive relationships between ammonia nitrogen (nitrate nitrogen) and mean monthly precipitation and negative relationships between nitrite nitrogen and mean monthly precipitation were both significant (P < 0.05). The three nitrogen depositions of ring-road and railway station were higher than other functional areas, but only the nitrite nitrogen deposition had obvious regional difference. The differences of the three nitrogen depositions among different ring roads were all not significant and it meant that the nitrogen wet deposition was equally distributed in Beijing urban area.

[Characteristic comparative study of particulate matters in Beijing before and during the Olympics].

Two city ecosystem research stations were selected for continuous monitoring of atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration from June to September 2008, when the Beijing Olympic Games was held. The relationship between meteorological factors, artificial control management measures and PM2.5 dynamic characteristics were analyzed. The results showed that the daily average concentration of PM2.5 at RCEES Station, which is near the 5th North Ring, was 0.067 mg x m(-3) during the study period, and the particle concentration during the Olympic Games was 0.060 mg x m(-3), which was decreased by about 26% compared with the content before the Olympic Games (0.081 mg x m(-3)). As for JX Station located in the 2th South Ring, its daily average concentration of PM2.5 was 0.078 mg x m(-3). Similar to RCEES Station, PM2.5 average content during the Olympic Games (0.069 mg x m(-3)) was 27% lower compared with the content before the Olympic Games (0.095 mg x m(-3)). Two peaks could be found when daily distribution of PM2.5 was displayed, one appeared between 08:00 and 10:00 (the average content for RCEES and JX were 0.068 and 0.089 mg x m(-3), respectively), and the other appeared at 20:00-22:00, which could be attributed to traffic emission and road dust pollution, especially the emission from the growing number of cars in rush hours. Meteorological condition during the whole period was typical in summer in Beijing with both high temperature and humidity. Correlation analysis revealed that the concentrations of PM2.5 had a positive correlation with the air temperature (P < 0.01), while it had no significant relationship with wind speed, relative humidity or precipitation (P > 0.05). Our monitoring results suggested that the artificial air pollution control strategies were effective measures for air pollution control during 2008 Beijing Olympic Game.

[Analysis of first flush effect of typical underlying surface runoff in Beijing urban city].

Rapid increase of the urban impervious underlying surfaces causes a great increase of urban runoff and the accumulation of pollutants on the roof and road surfaces brings many pollutants into the drainage system with the runoff, and it thus becomes a great threat to the urban water environment. To know the runoff pollution process and to build scientific basis for pollutant control, runoff processes from the roof and road surfaces were monitored and analyzed from 2004 to 2006, and the runoff EMC (Event Mean Concentration) was calculated. It was found that two types of runoff were seriously polluted by COD and TN. The COD and TN of roof runoff exceeded the fifth level of the surface water environmental quality standard (GB 3838-2002) by 3.64 and 4.80 times, respectively, and the COD and TN of road runoff exceeded by 3.73 and 1.07 times, respectively. M (V) curve was used to determine the relation between runoff volume and runoff pollution load. Various degrees of the first flush phenomenon were found for TSS, COD, TN and TP in roof runoff. But this phenomenon occurred only for TSS and TP of the road runoff, and on the whole it was not obvious. Properties of the underlying surfaces, rainfall intensity, and pollutant accumulation are all important factors affecting the roof and road runoff pollutant emission characteristics.

[Spatial changes and sources of nitrate in Beijing urban ecosystem surface water].

The spatial variation in nitrate-nitrogen (NO3- -N) concentrations in surface water of ten sampling sites in the Beijing urban ecosystem from Kunminghu Lake to Tonghui River were assessed using monitoring data from 2009 to 2010. Nitrogen sources were examined using a hydro-chemical method. The results showed that the average nitrate-N concentrations of surface water in the Beijing urban ecosystem ranged from 0.7-7.6 mg x L(-1), with concentrations at all sites affected by human activities to a varying degree. The nitrate-N concentrations in the Dongbianmen and Tonghui River located in the southeastern of Beijing ranged from 7.0-7.6 mg x L(-1) and were significantly higher than those in the upper reaches (P < 0.01). For all sampling sites, the chloride concentrations fell between 14.8-86.0 mg x L(-1). The chloride concentrations at the furthest downstream sites, in the Dongbianmen and Tonghui River, ranged from 81.5-85.0 mg x L(-1) and were 2.3-5.8 times higher than those in the upper reaches. This indicates that the surface water in Dongbianmen and Tonghui River is clearly affected by human activities and that there are outfalls or pollutant sources near these two sampling sites. Further, the Cl-/Na+, SO4(2-)/Ca2+ ratios showed that the majority of nitrate-N came from a single source. The information given by the nitrate-N concentrations combined with the NO3- -N/Cl- ratio implied that sewage effluent, including industrial waste water, leakage from solid waste disposal and domestic wastewater mainly controlled nitrate distribution in the Beijing urban surface water. The results from this study suggest that surface water management should focus on downstream sites located in the southeastern region of Beijing such as the Dongbianmen and Tonghui River in the future.

[Research on evaluation of water quality of Beijing urban stormwater runoff].

The natural rainwater and stormwater runoff samples from three underlying surfaces (rooftop, campus road and ring road) were sampled and analyzed from July to October, 2010 in Beijing. Eight rainfall events were collected totally and thirteen water quality parameters were measured in each event. Grey relationship analysis and principal component analysis were applied to assess composite water quality and identify the main pollution sources of stormwater runoff. The results show that the composite water quality of ring road runoff is mostly polluted, and then is rooftop runoff, campus road runoff and rainwater, respectively. The composite water quality of ring road runoff is inferior to V class of surface water, while rooftop runoff, campus road runoff and rainwater are in II class of surface water. The mean concentration of TN and NH4(+)-N in rainwater and runoff is 5.49-11.75 mg x L(-1) and 2.90-5.67 mg x L(-1), respectively, indicating that rainwater and runoff are polluted by nitrogen (N). Two potential pollution sources are identified in ring road runoff: (1) P, SS and organic pollutant are possibly related to debris which is from vehicle tyre and material of ring road; (2) N and dissolved metal have relations with automobile exhaust emissions and bulk deposition.

Computer vision based method and system for online measurement of geometric parameters of train wheel sets.

Train wheel sets must be periodically inspected for possible or actual premature failures and it is very significant to record the wear history for the full life of utilization of wheel sets. This means that an online measuring system could be of great benefit to overall process control. An online non-contact method for measuring a wheel set's geometric parameters based on the opto-electronic measuring technique is presented in this paper. A charge coupled device (CCD) camera with a selected optical lens and a frame grabber was used to capture the image of the light profile of the wheel set illuminated by a linear laser. The analogue signals of the image were transformed into corresponding digital grey level values. The 'mapping function method' is used to transform an image pixel coordinate to a space coordinate. The images of wheel sets were captured when the train passed through the measuring system. The rim inside thickness and flange thickness were measured and analyzed. The spatial resolution of the whole image capturing system is about 0.33 mm. Theoretic and experimental results show that the online measurement system based on computer vision can meet wheel set measurement requirements.

[Impacts of reclaimed water irrigation of urban lawn on groundwater quality].

Based on long-term monitoring of groundwater and irrigation water quality, the dynamics of the main physicochemical property and pollutant concentration of groundwater influenced by reclaimed water irrigation were examined in this study. The results of our five-year continuous study showed that the ammonium nitrogen concentration in reclaimed water ranged 0.05-65.4 mg x L(-1) with an average of 12.0 mg x L(-1), which exceeded the urban miscellaneous water quality standards for urban greening (GB/T 18920-2002). The total nitrogen in reclaimed water averaged at 28.3 mg x L(-1), ranging from 2.56 mg x L(-1) to 78.0 mg x L(-1), which was also relatively high. The groundwater quality indexes were normal with small fluctuations under tap-water irrigation. The influence of lawn irrigation with reclaimed water on the groundwater water quality was significant in the shallow well with a depth of 6 m, but not obvious in the deep well with a depth of 20 m. The greatest change was found in the enhanced value of nitrate concentration. The nitrate nitrogen concentration in shallow underground water had significantly positive correlation but lagging with the concentration of dissolved nitrogen in the irrigation reclaimed water, which indicated that lawn irrigation with reclaimed water might cause nitrate nitrogen pollution in shallow underground water. Therefore, considering the huge water consumption for the urban greening, it is suggested that the criteria of reclaimed water reuse should be further improved to avoid the risk of environmental pollution.

[Magnolia liliiflora whole-tree sap flow in response to multiple environmental variables in Beijing].

In order to clarify the environmental factors affecting the water use of typical urban tree species Magnolia liliflora, an investigation was conducted on the responses of M. liliiflora whole-tree sap flow to the air temperature, air relative humidity, radiation, wind speed, soil temperature and water content, and precipitation in Beijing from April to October, 2008. The eight environmental factors affecting M. liliiflora whole-tree sap flow could be divided into three categories, i.e., evaporative demand index, soil index, and precipitation index. The evaporative demand index (air temperature, air relative humidity, total radiation, wind speed, and vapor pressure deficit) could explain 60% of the variation in the sap flow of individual trees, which presented S-type change trend, i.e., the sap flow reached an asymptote where higher light and evaporative demands could not cause sap flow to increase further. Soil index (soil temperature and water content) and precipitation index (precipitation amount) had little influence on the sap flow.

[Effects of synoptic type on surface ozone pollution in Beijing].

Ozone (O), influenced by meteorological factors, is a primary gaseous photochemical pollutant during summer to fall in Beijing' s urban ambient. Continuous monitoring during July to September in 2008 was carried out at four sites in Beijing. Analyzed with synoptic type, the results show that the ratios of pre-low cylonic (mainly Mongolia cyclone) and pre-high anticylonic to total weather conditions are about 42% and 20%, illustrating the high-and low-ozone episodes, respectively. At the pre-low cylonic conditions, high temperature, low humidity, mountain and valley winds caused by local circulation induce average hourly maximum ozone concentration (volume fraction) up to 102.2 x 10(-9), negative correlated with atmospheric pressure with a slope of -3.4 x 10(-9) Pa(-1). The time of mountain wind changed to valley wind dominates the diurnal time of maximum ozone, generally around 14:00. At the pre-high anticylonic conditions, low temperature, high humidity and systematic north wind induce average hourly maximum ozone concentration (volume fraction) only 49.3 x 10(-9), the diurnal time of maximum ozone is deferred by continuous north wind till about 16:00. The consistency of photochemical pollution in Beijing region shows that good correlation exists between synoptic type and ozone concentration. Therefore, getting an eye on the structure and evolution of synoptic type is of great significances for forecasting the photochemical pollution.

[Time lag characteristics of stem sap flow of common tree species during their growth season in Beijing downtown].

From April to September in 2008, the stem sap flow velocity (Js) of several common tree species (Ginkgo biloba, Aesculus chinensis, Magnolia denudata, Robinia pseudoacacia, Pinus tabulaeformis and Cedrus deodara) in Beijing was measured by thermal dissipation method. Crosscorrelation analysis was used to estimate the time lag between the stem sap flow and the driving factors of canopy transpiration among the tree species. The Js of the six tree species was significantly correlated with the total radiation (Rs) and vapor pressure deficit (D), and the Js was lagged behind Rs but ahead of D. The maximum correlation coefficient of Js with Rs (0.74-0.93) was often higher than that of Js with D (0.57-0.79), indicating that the diurnal Js was more dependent on Rs than on D. The sampled tree species except P. tabulaeformis had a shorter time lag of Js with Rs (10-70 min) than with D (47-130 min), and there existed significant differences among R. pseudoacacia, P. tabulaeformis, and C. deodara. The time lag between the Js and the driving factors of canopy transpiration was mainly correlated with the tree features (DBH, tree height, canopy area, and sapwood area) and the nocturnal water recharge, regardless of tree species.