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SIMPLE MEASUREMENTS OF SOIL SURFACE MICRORELIEF CHARACTERISTICS 1
Author(s) -
White Everett M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1983.tb05319.x
Subject(s) - surface runoff , crest , environmental science , surface roughness , surface finish , surface (topology) , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , remote sensing , geology , materials science , geometry , optics , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , physics , ecology , composite material , biology
Soil surface roughness and the topographic orientation of microrelief influence runoff and water storage. Distances measured following the surface of the microrelief and horizontally across the area with the microrelief can be used with the number of microridges or microhills to estimate the average cross‐sectional areas of the depression, the microslope angles, and crest heights. Microridge sideslope angles which effect the rate of runoff were estimated reasonably well in field plots by the method.