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FROM DROUGHT TO FLOOD: CATCHMENT RESPONSES REVEALED USING NOVEL SOIL WATER PROBES
Author(s) -
MILLER J. D.,
GASKIN G. J.,
ANDERSON H. A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199704)11:5<533::aid-hyp472>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - soil water , flood myth , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , drainage basin , land use , spatial variability , soil science , geology , geography , ecology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , statistics , mathematics , biology
New soil water probes, developed at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI), were used in catchment studies during the transition from drought to flood, revealing insights into both spatial and temporal behaviour of water in the soil profile. Measured soil water content showed that the mineral horizons became progressively wetter upwards from the base of the profile, which was confirmed by linked hydrochemical studies. After severe droughts the amounts of water required to raise soils back to field capacity may have long‐term consequences on water abstraction. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.