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Variability of soil water content along a transect in a desert area

Berndtsson, Ronny LU orcid and Chen, Heshen (1994) In Journal of Arid Environments 27(2). p.127-139
Abstract

Spatial variation patterns of soil water content are investigated along a bare soil transect covering a crest-to-crest spacing (about 60 m) in a shifting sand dune area. Soil water content analyses from gravimetrical soil sampling and neutron probe observations are shown to give different information regarding variability patterns. Gravimetrical sampling displays a large effect of a small rainfall (4·5 mm) on spatial and temporal variability patterns. These effects are not clearly distinguishable from the neutron sond observations. Both gravimetrical and neutron sond observations display a small-scale variation that needs to be further investigated in order to be explained.

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China, desert area, sand dunes, soil water
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Journal of Arid Environments
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27
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13 pages
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Elsevier
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0140-1963
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10.1006/jare.1994.1053
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English
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  number       = {{2}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Arid Environments}},
  title        = {{Variability of soil water content along a transect in a desert area}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jare.1994.1053}},
  doi          = {{10.1006/jare.1994.1053}},
  volume       = {{27}},
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