Different scale measurements of soil moisture on the ground

Author

Kaihotsu, Ichirow ; Ohno, Hiroyulu ; Miyazaki, Shin ; Yasunari, Tetsuzo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Natural Environ. Sci., Hiroshima Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1250

Abstract

This study investigated spatial variability of soil moisture in experimental fields of different size on the Mongolian plateau and in Japan. Data of near surface water contents at different depths and soil physical property parameters were obtained for each field. A complicated distribution of soil moisture was seen irrespective of the size of the field and the measurement interval. Statistical analyses showed no significant correlation between water content and either plant cover or saturated hydraulic conductivity, and that the spatial scale of soil moisture depended on the size of the experimental field and the measurement interval

Keywords

hydrology; soil; Japan; Mongolia; Mongolian plateau; hydrology; scale; soil moisture; spatial distribution; spatial scale; spatial variability; water content; Area measurement; Calibration; Moisture measurement; Probes; Satellites; Size measurement; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Surface topography; Water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858083

Filename

858083