Ronny Berndtsson
Professor, Dep Director, MECW Dep Scientific Coordinator
Variability of soil water content along a transect in a desert area
Author
Summary, in English
Spatial variation patterns of soil water content are investigated along a bare soil transect covering a crest-to-crest spacing (about 60 m) in a shifting sand dune area. Soil water content analyses from gravimetrical soil sampling and neutron probe observations are shown to give different information regarding variability patterns. Gravimetrical sampling displays a large effect of a small rainfall (4·5 mm) on spatial and temporal variability patterns. These effects are not clearly distinguishable from the neutron sond observations. Both gravimetrical and neutron sond observations display a small-scale variation that needs to be further investigated in order to be explained.
Department/s
- Division of Water Resources Engineering
Publishing year
1994-01-01
Language
English
Pages
127-139
Publication/Series
Journal of Arid Environments
Volume
27
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources
Keywords
- China
- desert area
- sand dunes
- soil water
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0140-1963