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Ronny Berndtsson

Professor, Dep Director, MECW Dep Scientific Coordinator

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Variability of soil water content along a transect in a desert area

Author

  • Ronny Berndtsson
  • Heshen Chen

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