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The Contradictory Issue of the Impact of Antecedent Soil Moisture to Interrill Erosion in Clay Soil: A Two-Year Field Study
The impact of antecedent soil moisture content on soil erosion has been a contradictory issue in erosion research, as well as process-based soil loss estimation models. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of antecedent soil moisture content on the loss of clay soil through two-year runoff plot experiments under natural rainfall. Volumetric soil moisture sensors were used to monitor soil moisture changes, and readings were used along with rainfall records to quantify the antecedent soil moisture conditions. The results of this study show that the impact of antecedent soil moisture on interrill erosion is conditional, and the impact only exists in erosion events with a low Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity Index. The coefficient of determination between antecedent soil moisture content and soil loss per the Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity Index (Soil Loss/EI30) varies from 0.222 to 0.758, depending on the rainfall duration and Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity. The results of this study also suggest that accumulative rainfall within 48 h (Pp48) prior to an effective erosion event is strongly correlated with Soil Loss/EI30, particularly when the duration of an effective erosion event is either 3~7 h or 10~30 h. Hence, Pp48 can be considered as a replacement for antecedent soil moisture in process-based soil loss simulation models.
The Contradictory Issue of the Impact of Antecedent Soil Moisture to Interrill Erosion in Clay Soil: A Two-Year Field Study
The impact of antecedent soil moisture content on soil erosion has been a contradictory issue in erosion research, as well as process-based soil loss estimation models. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of antecedent soil moisture content on the loss of clay soil through two-year runoff plot experiments under natural rainfall. Volumetric soil moisture sensors were used to monitor soil moisture changes, and readings were used along with rainfall records to quantify the antecedent soil moisture conditions. The results of this study show that the impact of antecedent soil moisture on interrill erosion is conditional, and the impact only exists in erosion events with a low Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity Index. The coefficient of determination between antecedent soil moisture content and soil loss per the Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity Index (Soil Loss/EI30) varies from 0.222 to 0.758, depending on the rainfall duration and Rainfall–Runoff Erosivity. The results of this study also suggest that accumulative rainfall within 48 h (Pp48) prior to an effective erosion event is strongly correlated with Soil Loss/EI30, particularly when the duration of an effective erosion event is either 3~7 h or 10~30 h. Hence, Pp48 can be considered as a replacement for antecedent soil moisture in process-based soil loss simulation models.
The Contradictory Issue of the Impact of Antecedent Soil Moisture to Interrill Erosion in Clay Soil: A Two-Year Field Study
Yu-Da Chen (author) / Chia-Chun Wu (author)
2024
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