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

Ronny Berndtsson, Heshen Chen

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-139
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Arid Environments
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994 Jan 1

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources

Free keywords

  • China
  • desert area
  • sand dunes
  • soil water

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