Heat balance and soil moisture in the Loess Plateau, China
Heat balance and soil moisture in the Loess Plateau, China
复制标题
DOI:
10.2480/agrmet.60.103
复制
发表时间:
2004-06-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Zhang, Xingchang
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Kimura, Reiji;Kamichika, Makio;Zhang, Xingchang
A three-layer soil model was used for clarifying the heat balance and soil water content in the Loess Plateau, China, and applied to actual bare soil fields (Tottori Sand Dune and Shenmu District, Shaanxi Province, China). The difference between the observed and calculated evaporation per day was approximately 0.18 mm (5 W m-2) to 0.21 mm (6 W m-2). Because of its moderate mixture of sand, silt and clay, yellow loessial soil in Shenmu affects water retentivity and restriction of evaporation from the soil surface. The seasonal change of heat balance and soil water content was examined using meteorological data in Yulin near Shenmu. The annual means of sensible heat and latent heat flux were 23 W m-2 and 19 W m-2 (239 mm per year), respectively. The soil water content of the second and third layers remained comparatively high in winter.