Spatiotemporal dynamics and temporal stability of soil moisture at black locust plantations with different restoration years on hilly region of the loess plateau, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
陈维梁,王树学,齐统祥,焦磊,王聪,买尔当·克依木,李宗善,傅伯杰 CHEN Weiliang
CATENA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Zhou ◽  
Bojie Fu ◽  
Guangyao Gao ◽  
Nan Lü ◽  
Yihe Lü ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 10083-10125 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zhou ◽  
B. J. Fu ◽  
N. Lü ◽  
G. Y. Gao ◽  
Y. H. Lü ◽  
...  

Abstract. The Temporal stability of soil moisture (TSSM) is an important factor to evaluate the value of available water resources in a water-controlled ecosystem. In this study we used the evapotranspiration-TSSM (ET-TSSM) model and a new sampling design to examine the soil water dynamics and water balance of different land uses/cover types in a hilly landscape of the Loess Plateau under a finer spatiotemporal scale. Our primary focus is to examine the difference among soil water processes, including the wet-to-dry (WTD) process triggered by precipitation and the dry-to-wet (DTW) process caused by radiation among varied land uses/cover types. Three vegetation types and bare land were selected in the sampling scheme. For each land uses/cover type, four microplots (60 cm × 60cm) were established, and the soil moisture was measured at the central point (CP) and four ambient points (AP). The results indicated that (1) the bare land (plot1) was sensitive to the influence of rainfall and radiation compared with other land uses types; (2) Andropogon (plot2) and Spiraea pubescens (plot4) more efficiently represented the average soil moisture of the different land uses/cover in the WTD and DTW processes, respectively, in the CP position. In contrast, the bare land and Artemisia coparia (plot3) seemed to be more representative of the average soil water content in the AP position; (3) the ET-TSSM model demonstrated that, in the WTD processes, although Spiraea pubescens land use reached the net deficit of the soil water storage condition was longest, the vegetated land uses have a higher capacity of water consumption than bare land and more easily affected the serious condition of the soil water deficiency at the end of WTD processes. We concluded that a finer spatiotemporal scale in the TSSM study could be a new method to describe the effect of plant on soil moisture dynamics triggered by precipitation or radiation and that the improvement of the application of the TSSM-based model to hydrological processes could be a promising research subject in the future.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-445
Author(s):  
Weiliang Chen ◽  
Zongshan Li ◽  
Lei Jiao ◽  
Cong Wang ◽  
Guangyao Gao ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 107086
Author(s):  
Pingzong Zhu ◽  
Guanghui Zhang ◽  
Hongxiao Wang ◽  
Baojun Zhang ◽  
Yingna Liu

Author(s):  
Cong WANG ◽  
Shuai WANG ◽  
Bojie FU ◽  
Lu ZHANG ◽  
Nan LU ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTSoil moisture is a key factor in the ecohydrological cycle in water-limited ecosystems, and it integrates the effects of climate, soil, and vegetation. The water balance and the hydrological cycle are significantly important for vegetation restoration in water-limited regions, and these dynamics are still poorly understood. In this study, the soil moisture and water balance were modelled with the stochastic soil water balance model in the Loess Plateau, China. This model was verified by monitoring soil moisture data of black locust plantations in the Yangjuangou catchment in the Loess Plateau. The influences of a rainfall regime change on soil moisture and water balance were also explored. Three meteorological stations were selected (Yulin, Yan'an, and Luochuan) along the precipitation gradient to detect the effects of rainfall spatial variability on the soil moisture and water balance. The results showed that soil moisture tended to be more frequent at low levels with decreasing precipitation, and the ratio of evapotranspiration under stress in response to rainfall also changed from 74.0% in Yulin to 52.3% in Luochuan. In addition, the effects of a temporal change in rainfall regime on soil moisture and water balance were explored at Yan'an. The soil moisture probability density function moved to high soil moisture in the wet period compared to the dry period of Yan'an, and the evapotranspiration under stress increased from 59.5% to 72% from the wet period to the dry period. The results of this study prove the applicability of the stochastic model in the Loess Plateau and reveal its potential for guiding the vegetation restoration in the next stage.


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