Revealing the relative influence of soil and topographic properties on soil water content distribution at the watershed scale in two sites

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	Revealing the relative influence of soil and topographic properties on soil water content distribution at the watershed scale in two sites
	Hu Wei ; Si Bing Cheng
	2014
关键词	Soil moisture
英文摘要	Soil and topographic properties are two important factors controlling soil water content (SWC) distribution in a horizontal dimension. The objective of this study was to use structural equation modeling (SEM) to reveal the relative influence of soil and topographic properties on SWC distribution at the watershed scale. Experiments were conducted in two representative sites: St. Denis National Wildlife Area (SDNWA) in the Canadian prairie landscape with a humid continental climate, and LaoYeManQu (LYMQ) watershed on the Chinese Loess Plateau with a cold semi-arid environment. Soil water contents were measured along a 576. m long transect at the SDNWA and over an area of 20. ha at the LYMQ. The influences of soil and topographic properties on SWC were determined at various soil layers and under various antecedent soil water conditions. Results showed that soil and topographic properties jointly controlled SWC distribution at the SDNWA, but soil properties contributed more to SWC variability than topographic properties. At the LYMQ, only soil properties dominated SWC distribution. The influences of soil and topographic properties at the SDNWA were stronger under wetter conditions, whereas the influence of soil properties at the LYMQ presented slight differences between different antecedent soil water conditions. The influence of soil properties decreased and then increased with depth from 0-20. cm to 120-140. cm at the SDNWA, whereas the influence of topographic properties at the SDNWA and the influence of soil properties at the LYMQ decreased with depth. This study implied that SWC was a local and nonlocal control in the humid continental climate, whereas only a local control operated in the cold semi-arid environment.
出处	Journal of Hydrology
卷	516 页:107-118
收录类别	EI
语种	英语
内容类型	EI期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/31276]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu Wei,Si Bing Cheng. Revealing the relative influence of soil and topographic properties on soil water content distribution at the watershed scale in two sites. 2014.