Characterizing spatial-temporal patterns and abrupt changes in deep soil moisture across an intensively managed watershed

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 341; pp. 181 - 194
• Main Authors: Wang, Yunqiang, Sun, Hui, Zhao, Yali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.05.2019
• Subjects: best management practices; China; Deep soils; humans; issues and policy; Land restoration; Land use change; Meteorological variable; ravines; Robinia pseudoacacia; roots; soil depth; soil profiles; soil water; soil water content; Soil water management; space and time; The Loess Plateau; vegetation; watersheds; China; Land restoration; The Loess Plateau; Meteorological variable; Soil water management; Deep soils; Land use change

Soil moisture content (SMC) is highly variable in space and time due to the combined effects of natural processes and human influences. This study was conducted to explore the temporal-spatial patterns of deep SMC and detect possible abrupt changes in SMC in deep soil layers across an intensively ma...