Rainfall interception of typical ecosystems in the Heihe River Basin: Based on high temporal resolution soil moisture data

Journal of Geographical Sciences - Rainfall interception is of great significance to the fully utilization of rainfall in water limited areas. Until now, studies on rainfall partitioning process of...     

毛乌素沙地油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)群落土壤水分动态特征

以流动沙地作对照,在毛乌素沙地选择半固定沙地油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)群落、具生物结皮的油蒿群落和油蒿+本氏针茅(Stipa capillata)群落设置样地,以10min间隔获取5、15、30、50、70cm深度土壤水分实时监测数据,分析生长季不同植被覆盖下沙地土壤水分动态变化特征。结果表明:(1)4个样地均为秋季储水量最大,油蒿+本氏针茅群落0~80cm层土壤储水能力最强,平均增加了30mm。(2)受土壤蒸发影响的同时,得不到春季小降水事件的补给,流动沙地20~60cm层春季土壤含水量只有4%,生长季波动明显,呈双峰型,0~20cm层和60~80cm层土壤含水量较稳定;半固定沙地油蒿群落0~60cm层土壤含水量长期处于6%左右,60~80cm层春季最低、夏季和秋季得到较好的补给,呈双峰型;具生物结皮的油蒿群落0~10cm平均土壤含水量大于10~20cm层,0~10cm层土壤水分受生物结皮影响呈双峰型,而10~60cm土壤水分较稳定,呈单峰型,60~80cm层土壤含水量在春季最低,呈双峰型;油蒿+本氏针茅群落土壤持水性有明显增加,夏季和秋季土壤含水量可长期处于12%~14%,呈明显的双峰型,而60~80cm土层得不到充分的降水补给,长期处于4%左右,呈单峰型。(3)不同植被覆盖的沙地土壤水分对30mm左右降水的响应深度不同,流动沙地可到70cm,半固定沙地油蒿群落到50cm,具生物结皮的油蒿群落到30cm,油蒿+本氏针茅群落到40cm;极端降水能够影响所有样地0~70cm土壤含水量。     

黑河流域典型生态系统的降雨截留特征——基于高时间分辨率的土壤水分数据（英文）

Rainfall interception is of great significance to the fully utilization of rainfall in water limited areas.Until now,studies on rainfall partitioning process of typical ecosystems in Heihe River Basin,one of the most important inland river basins in China,is still insufficient.In this study,six typical ecosystems were selected,namely alpine meadow,coniferous forest,mountain steppe,desert,cultivated crop,and riparian forest,in Heihe River Basin for investigation of the rainfall interception characteristics and their influencing factors,including rainfall amount,duration,and intensity,based on the gross rainfall and high temporal resolution soil moisture data obtained from 12 automatic observation sites.The results show that the average interception amount and average interception rate of the six ecosystems are significantly different: alpine meadow 6.2 mm and 45.9%,coniferous forest 7.4 mm and 69.1%,mountain steppe 3.5 mm and 37.3%,desert 3.5 mm and 57.2%,cultivated crop 4.5 mm and 69.1%,and riparian forest 2.6 mm and 66.7%,respectively.The rainfall amount,duration,and intensity all had impact on the process of rainfall interception.Among these three factors,the impact of rainfall amount was most significant.The responses of these ecosystems to the rainfall characteristics were also different.Analyzing rainfall interception with high temporal resolution soil moisture data is proved to be a feasible method and need further development in the future.