Retrieving soil water contents from soil temperature measurements by using linear regression

A simple linear regression method is developed to retrieve daily averaged soil water content from diurnal variations of soil temperature measured at three or more depths. The method is applied to Oklahoma Mesonet soil temperature data collected at the depths of 5, 10, and 30 cm during 11-20 June 1995. The retrieved bulk soil water contents are compared with direct measurements for one pair of nearly collocated Mesonet and ARM stations and also compared with the retrievals of a previous method at 14 enhanced Oklahoma Mesonet stations. The results show that the current method gives more persistent retrievals than the previous method. The method is also applied to Oklahoma Mesonet soil temperature data collected at the depths of 5, 25, 60, and 75 cm from the Norman site during 20-30 July 1998 and 1-31 July 2000. The retrieved soil water contents are verified by collocated soil water content measurements with rms differences smaller than the soil water observation error (0.05m~3 m~(-3)). The retrievals are     

Estimation of ground heat flux from soil temperature over a bare soil

Ground soil heat flux, G ₀, is a difficult-to-measure but important component of the surface energy budget. Over the past years, many methods were proposed to estimate G ₀; however, the application of these methods was seldom validated and assessed under different weather conditions. In this study, three popular models (force-restore, conduction-convection, and harmonic) and one widely used method (plate calorimetric), which had well performance in publications, were investigated using field data to estimate daily G ₀ on clear, cloudy, and rainy days, while the gradient calorimetric method was regarded as the reference for assessing the accuracy. The results showed that harmonic model was well reproducing the G ₀ curve for clear days, but it yielded large errors on cloudy and rainy days. The force-restore model worked well only under rainfall condition, but it was poor to estimate G ₀ under rain-free conditions. On the contrary, the conduction-convection model was acceptable to determine G ₀ under rain-free conditions, but it generated large errors on rainfall days. More importantly, the plate calorimetric method was the best to estimate G ₀ under different weather conditions compared with the three models, but the performance of this method is affected by the placement depth of the heat flux plate. As a result, the heat flux plate was recommended to be buried as close as possible to the surface under clear condition. But under cloudy and rainy conditions, the plate placed at depth of around 0.075 m yielded G ₀ well. Overall, the findings of this paper provide guidelines to acquire more accurate estimation of G ₀ under different weather conditions, which could improve the surface energy balance in field.     

Modelling soil heat flux

A mathematical model to calculate soil heat flux in three steps is presented. In the first, an hourly air temperature based on the average daily temperature, using Fourier series coefficients is estimated. The estimated hourly air temperature constitutes an input variable for the second step of the model. In the second step, heat transfer principles, using the thermal properties of the soil in order to obtain a soil temperature profile in a 1-m-depth soil stratum, is applied. Finally, the results of the second stage are used to numerically calculate hourly heat flux in the soil. Correlation coefficients between observed and calculated hourly temperature values over the three summer months were 0.98, 0.97 and 0.96. Correlation coefficient for the entire study period between observed and estimated soil heat-flux values was 0.92 with a mean square error of 19.8 W m^–2.     

黑土区土壤水分含量对大豆产量构成因素的影响

本研究旨在分析黑土区（黑龙江）土壤有效水分贮存量对大豆产量构成因素的影响,以期为大豆生产防灾减灾提供科学依据。利用1994—2017年黑龙江省大豆主产区的发育期、土壤水分、产量结构资料分析了大豆不同发育阶段土壤有效水分贮存量的时空分布规律、基于土壤相对湿度指数（R_sm）的干旱等级划分规律及有效水分贮存量对大豆不同发育阶段产量结构各因素的影响。结果表明：1994—2017年研究区各发育阶段平均有效水分贮存量在14—18 mm之间变化,共发生干旱82站次,其中轻旱77站次,中旱5站次,没有发生重旱和特旱,其中开花—结荚期、结荚—鼓粒期发生干旱频次较高,且1994—2017年研究区域发生干旱的频次是逐年降低的。大豆的气象产量、株结实粒数、株籽粒重与不同发育期的各层次的土壤有效水分贮存量相关性不大;百粒重与三叶至开花期的20—50 cm土层、结荚—鼓粒期的0—20 cm土壤有效水分贮存量相关性较大;茎秆重与播种至出苗期的30—50 cm土壤有效水分贮存量呈显著正相关;播种至开花期土壤中的有效水分贮存量尤其是深层土壤在一定范围内越多,株荚数越多;空秕荚率与播种至出苗期的0—20 cm和30—40 cm、出苗至三叶期的30—40 cm土壤有效水分贮存量相关性较大。     

Climatic soil moisture deficit - climate and soil data integration in a GIS

This paper discusses a GIS based implementation of a model for soil droughtiness assessment evaluating the impact of possible climate change. It focuses, in particular, on the development of a methodology for mapping Available Water Capacity. An assessment of the Soil Drought Susceptibility for Scotland in the year 2030 is made and illustrated with maps and derived statistics.     

Net radiation — soil heat flux relations as influenced by soil water content variations

Net radiation, soil heat flux, incoming and reflected solar radiation, and soil water content were measured during several clear day periods following approximate 10-cm applications of water to loam soils at Phoenix, Arizona, and at Sidney, Montana. The regression of soil heat flux on net radiation changed significantly as the soil dried, with the difference between them being a linear function of the volumetric soil water content of the uppermost 2 to 4 cm of soil. The net radiation-soil heat flux difference for soil in an air-dry state was only about one-half of what it was on the day after irrigation. Techniques discussed allow evaluation of what the net radiation-soil heat flux difference would be under conditions of no surface saturation deficit at any time of year from measurements of net solar radiation, soil water content, and air temperature, thereby improving the utility of many evaporation models. The data also indicate that water content measurements may be replaced by more easily measured soil albedo.     

土壤微生物生物量研究进展

综述了近年来国内外土壤微生物量包括微生物碳、微生物氮、微生物磷和微生物硫及其与碳、氮、磷和硫循环方面的研究进展,着重论述了土壤微生物量C,N,P,S在土壤养分转化循环中的重要性,并就种植、轮作、施肥等农业措施和土壤微生物量与环境的关系包括重金属和农药污染对土壤微生物量的影响进行了探讨。同时,就今后土壤微生物量的研究重点提出了展望。     

利用土壤水文常数开展土壤墒情定量服务

土壤水分是植物耗水的直接与主要来源.土壤水分含量的变化对土壤中养分的分解和转移、土壤微生物的活动、土壤生产力以及植物的生理活动有很大影响.     

人工冻土观测的冻点对应的土壤温度研究

基于2018年12月至2020年3月喀左、沈阳、辽阳、满洲里4个国家级地面气象站人工冻土器与测温式冻土自动观测仪观测的资料,对人工冻土观测获得的冻点与测温式冻土自动观测仪获得的相应深度的温度进行对比分析.结果表明:人工冻土器获取的冻点对应的土壤温度与0℃总体一致,又不完全重合;0—35 cm深度范围,冻点对应的温度变化...     

Flux between soil and atmosphere, vertical concentration profiles in soil, and turnover of nitric oxide: 2. Experiments with naturally layered soil cores

Intact soils cores were taken with a stainless steel corer from a sandy podzol and a loamy luvisol, and used to measure the flux (J) of NO between soil and atmosphere and the vertical profile of the NO mixing ratios (m) in the soil atmosphere, both as function of the NO mixing ratio (m _a) in the atmosphere of the headspace. These measurements were repeated after stepwise excavation of the soil column from the top, e.g. by removing the upper 2 cm soil layer. The gaseous diffusion coefficients of NO in the soil cores were either computed from soil porosity or were determined from experiments using SF6. The NO fluxes (J) that were actually measured at the soil surface were compared to the fluxes which were calculated either from the vertical NO profiles (J _c ) or from the NO production and uptake rates (J _m ) determined in the excavated soil samples. In the podzol, the actually measured (J) and the calculated (J _m , J_m) NO fluxes agreed within a factor of 2. In the luvisol, the measured NO fluxes (J) and those calculated from the vertical NO profiles (J _c ) also agreed well, but in the upper 6 cm soil layer the NO fluxes (J _m ) calculated from NO production and uptake rates were up to 7 times higher than the measured NO fluxes. This poor agreement was probably due to the inhomogeneous distribution of NO production and consumption processes and the change of diffusivities within the top layers of the luvisol. Indeed, the luvisol showed a pronounced maximum of the NO mixing ratios at about 6 cm depth, whereas the podzol column exhibited a steady and exponential decrease of the NO mixing ratios with depth. The inhomogeneities in the luvisol were confirmed by incubation of the soil cores under anoxic conditions. This treatment resulted in production of NO at several depths indicating a zonation of increased potential activities within the luvisol profile which may have biased the modelling of the NO surface flux from turnover measurements in soil samples. Inhomogeneities could be achieved even in homogenized soil by fertilization with nitrate solution.     

Flux between soil and atmosphere, vertical concentration profiles in soil, and turnover of nitric oxide: 1. Measurements on a model soil core

A stainless steel soil corer which was filled with homogenized soil was used to measure the flux (J) of NO between soil and atmosphere and the vertical profile of the NO mixing ratios (m) in the soil atmosphere, both as function of the NO mixing ratio (mm _a ) in the atmosphere of the headspace. The NO emission flux decreased linearly with increasing NO mixing ratio and turned into a deposition flux after passage of the compensation point (m _c) at about 400 ppbv NO. Almost the same compensation point was obtained when the turnover of NO was measured in flask-incubated soil samples as function of the NO mixing ratio. The flux (J) of NO at the soil-atmosphere interface was calculated from the production rate (P) of NO and the NO uptake rate constant (k) that were measured in these flask-incubated soil samples using the diffusion model of Galbally and Johansson (1989). The calculated fluxes agreed within <15% with those actually measured. The vertical profiles of NO were fitted to an exponential function and analyzed by Fick's first law of diffusion. The shape of the profiles indicated a net production of NO in the upper 10 cm soil layer when the atmospheric NO mixing ratio was below the compensation point and in a net consumption of NO when the atmospheric NO mixing ratio was above the compensation point. In soil layers below 10 cm depth, the turnover of NO resulted in compensation of production and consumption rates. Measurement of the actual diffusion coefficient using SF₆ showed that gas transport in the soil core was not only due to molecular diffusion but in addition due to a bidirectional gas flow. The experimentally determined diffusion coefficient was smaller than that computed from soil porosities, but resulted together with the additional transport term in NO fluxes that were close (< ±15%) to those measured. This is the first comprehensive study of NO concentration profiles and turnover rates in soil providing a theoretical basis for modelling NO fluxes at the soil-atmosphere interface.     

冻融交替对河岸缓冲带土壤无机氮和土壤微生物量氮的影响

全球气候变化引起的中高纬度地区积雪覆盖和降雪格局变化,造成该区域土壤冻融交替强度和频次变化,是土壤氮循环的重要影响因素。冻融温差和冻融循环次数影响微生物数量和群落的变化,进而影响土壤氮素生物地球化学循环。以大伙房水库实验林场小流域的河岸缓冲带生态系统为研究对象,通过分析冻融交替对河岸缓冲带土壤无机氮和土壤微生物量氮的影响,阐明冻融交替对土壤无机氮含量变化的影响机制,为评估小流域氮素流失风险提供依据。结果表明：随着冻融循环次数的增加,土壤无机氮含量呈增加趋势;不同温差的冻融循环处理对土壤无机氮影响不同,冻融条件为-5/+5℃和-20/+5℃时土壤无机氮含量在冻融循环10次之后分别为34.9±0.9 mg/kg和37.2±0.8 mg/kg,是处理前的1.21和1.41倍;冻融温差和冻融循环次数对土壤NH₄⁺–N含量有极显著影响(P<0.01),土壤冻融10次后土壤NH₄⁺–N含量是对照处理的4-10倍;冻融循环次数对土壤NO₃^－–N含量有显著影响(P<0.05),冻融温差对NO₃^－–N含量无显著影响(P>0.05);土壤微生物量氮含量对冻融循环的响应显著(P<0.01)。可见,冻融交替显著增加了土壤无机氮含量,由于早春季节植被对无机氮吸收较少,可能增大土壤氮素随冰雪融化的淋溶流失风险。     

Estimates of continental-scale soil wetness and comparison with the soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini

 Soil wetness, in both its global distribution and the seasonal change, has been mainly estimated by the water balance approach using the bucket model which regards the soil wetness as soil moisture. The soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini is one of the representatives examples, however, this method has problems since it does not incorporate the effects of flooding, snow accumulation on the ground, and so on. In this study, we use the Amazon and Volga river basin to carry out a case study to evaluate these problems. In the Amazon river basin, the annual range of the entire terrestrial water storage, about 400 mm, can be mainly explained by the rising and falling of the water level, and flooding around river channels, although soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini is almost constant throughout the year. In the Volga river basin, snow accumulates on the ground producing 80 mm of water equivalent during winter, however the soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini is almost saturated in winter. Received: 30 October 1996 / Accepted: 4 June 1997     

A nonlinear coupled soil moisture-vegetation model

Based on the physical analysis that the soil moisture and vegetation depend mainly on the precipitation and evaporation as well as the growth, decay and consumption of vegetation a nonlinear dynamic coupled system of soil moisture-vegetation is established. Using this model, the stabilities of the steady states of vegetation are analyzed. This paper focuses on the research of the vegetation catastrophe point which represents the transition between aridness and wetness to a great extent. It is shown that the catastrophe point of steady states of vegetation depends mainly on the rainfall P and saturation value v0, which is selected to balance the growth and decay of vegetation. In addition, when the consumption of vegetation remains constant, the analytic solution of the vegetation equation is obtained.     

Calibration of soil heat flux transducers

Summary Soil heat flux transducer calibration, according to theory, is influenced by the thermal conductivity difference between the transducer and the calibration medium and the geometry of the transducer. This study was conducted to compare the influence of these parameters on the calibration factors of two types of commercial soil heat flux transducers with different material thermal conductivities and different geometries. A theoretical calibration equation was developed and evaluated. Calibrations of 14 transducers representing two commercial types were conducted in the laboratory using steady-state conductive methods over a range of heat fluxes from 40 W/m² to 200 W/m². The calibration medium was dry and saturated sand with a thermal conductivity varying from 0.3 to 3 W m^–1°C^–1. The mean calibration factor for one type of transducer was 12% lower than the mean manufacturer's calibration factor instead of the 26 to 36% lower value predicted by theory. The other type of transducer had a mean calibration factor 7% greater than the mean manufacturer's calibration factor in contrast to the 1 to 11% larger value predicted from theory. The computed geometric factors were 1.07 and 0.89 for the circular and square transducers, respectively. These factors were less than the theoretical value of 1.70 for each shape of transducer but similar to experimental values of 1.02 to 1.31 from previous studies reported in the literature. The thermal conductivity of the calibration medium and the geometry of the transducer affects the calibration factors of soil heat flux transducers, basically according to theory.Contribution from USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Area.With 4 Figures     

A two-layer model of soil hydrology

A two-layer model of soil hydrology is developed for applications where only limited computer time and complexity are allowed. Volumetric soil water is computed in a thin upper layer for use in calculation of surface evaporation. Storage of water is computed for an underlying deeper layer.In an effort to identify the influence of significant asymmetric truncation errors in the two-layer model, this model is compared with the 100-level model of Boersma et al. (1983). Comparisons are made for modelled soils with clay, loam and sand properties for various time dependencies of potential evaporation and precipitation. Truncation errors in the resulting two-layer model appear to be modest, at least compared to errors associated with difficulty in estimation of the hydraulic diffusivity and its strong dependence on soil water content.Minimization of the influence of truncation errors requires: (1) choosing the upper layer to be sufficiently thin, (2) allowing the soil water gradient to control surface evaporation directly and (3) using suitable numerical implementation of the evaluation of internal soil water flux.

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Résumé On propose un modèle d'hydrologie du sol à deux couches, spécialement élaboré pour des applications où le temps de calcul et la complexité doivent être aussi réduits que possible. Le contenu en eau du sol dans la mince couche de surface est utilisé pour évaluer l'évaporation, tandis que la réserve en eau est calculée pour la couche profonde, beaucoup plus épaisse.Afin d'estimer les erreurs de troncature et leurs effets dans le modèle à deux couches, des comparaisons sont faites avec le modèle à 100 niveaux de Boersma et al. (1983). Ces comparaisons portent sur des sols de natures variées (argile, terres végétales et sable) et incluent divers taux d'évaporation potentielle et de précipitation. Les effets des erreurs de troncature dans le modèle à 2 couches semblent peu importants par rapport à ceux associés à la mauvaise connaissance de la diffusivité hydraulique et de sa dépendance à l'égard du contenu en eau du sol.La réduction de l'influence de ces erreurs de troncature nécessite: (1) le choix d'une couche supérieure suffisamment fine; (2) le contrôle direct de l'évaporation vers l'atmosphère à partir de la répartition verticale du contenu en eau du sol; (3) l'utilisation d'une procédure particulière pour évaluer le flux d'eau entre les deux couches du sol.

     

A study of the sensitivity of bare soil evaporation schemes to soil surface wetness,using the coupled soil moisture and surface temperature prediction model,BARESOIL

Summary The performance of evaporation schemes with and approach and their combination within resistance representation of evaporation from bare soil surface is discussed. For this purpose nine schemes, based on different functions of or , on the ratio of the volumetric soil moisture content and its saturated value are used.The quality of the chosen schemes has been evaluated using the results of time integration by the coupled soil moisture and surface temperature prediction model, BARESOIL, using in situ data. A sensitivity analysis was made using two sets of data derived from the volumetric soil moisture content of the top soil layer. One with values below the wilting point (0.17 m³m^–3) and the second with values above 0.20m³m^–3. Data sets were obtained at the experimental site Rimski anevi, Yugoslavia, from the bare surface of a chernozem soil.With 4 Figures     

Measurement of soil water contents and frozen soil depth during a thaw using time‐domain reflectometry

Abstract

The results of a field test of time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) to measure apparent liquid soil water contents and to locate the unfrozen‐frozen interface during thawing conditions is presented. The apparent liquid water content was observed in the fall and through a late winter thaw on two sand sites, one with a natural snow cover and the other with snow removed throughout the winter. Temperatures were monitored at intervals throughout the profile. The results indicate that TDR provides a method for monitoring apparent liquid water content andfreeze‐thaw processes.