Prediction of the van Genuchten model soil hydraulic parameters for the 5-m soil profile in China's Loess Plateau

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作者
Bai, Xiao [1 ]
Shao, Ming'an [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Jia, Xiaoxu [2 ,3 ]
Zhao, Chunlei [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Nat Resources & Environm, 3 Taicheng Rd, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modelling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Soil hydraulic parameter; Van Genuchten model; Pedotransfer function; China 's Loess Plateau Region; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER-RETENTION; BULK-DENSITY; MOISTURE; ROSETTA; VARIABILITY; CAPACITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.catena.2021.105889
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Soil hydraulic parameters (SHPs) represent a crucial input for modelling of water flow, biogeochemical pro-cesses, and plant growth. This modelling depends on an accurate description of the water balance in a critical soil zone. To this end, pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are required to translate basic soil data into SHPs as it is challenging to measure them. This challenge is peculiarly acute for deep soil layers in thick loess deposits, such as in the China's Loess Plateau Region (CLPR). In this study, we analysed which factors are strongly correlated with SHPs, and developed PTFs for the SHPs. To this end, undisturbed and disturbed soil samples were collected up to 8 m depth at seven sampling sites in the CLPR to measure the soil water retention curve, saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks), and associated soil and environmental factors. Furthermore, soil core samples in the 5 m soil profile were collected at 243 sites, and the corresponding environmental factors were calculated to estimate the spatial distribution of SHPs across the CLPR using the established PTFs. Redundancy analysis of the collected data in the 0-8-m soil profile revealed that soil texture, soil depth, mean annual precipitation, slope gradient, slope aspect, and elevation were strongly correlated with SHPs. The most correlated variables were used to develop PTFs for SHPs by using stepwise multiple linear regression. The accuracy of the established regional PTFs was significantly higher compared to state-of-the-art in this domain. The spatial distribution of SHPs in the CLPR study area exhibited significant spatial clustering. Generally, SHPs transitioned from the southeast to the northwest, with significant differences between the south and north. Our results provide empirical basis for further quantification of the response of soil hydrological processes to vegetation restoration and land-use change not only in the CLPR, but also in other similar regions.
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