Comparison of the soil physical properties and hydrological processes in two different forest type catchments
- Authors: Zhang C.1, Yan H.2, Takase K.3, Oue H.4
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Affiliations:
- The School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering
- The Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology
- The Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences
- The Faculty of Agriculture
- Issue: Vol 43, No 1 (2016)
- Pages: 225-237
- Section: Interaction between Continental Waters and the Environment
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0097-8078/article/view/173875
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807816120034
- ID: 173875
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Abstract
Soil physical properties and hydrological processes were analyzed in two experimental catchments with different forest types: one catchment is covered mostly with conifer type trees and the other catchment is covered with conifer and broad leaf trees. To analyze the effects of forest type on soil physical properties, we applied an hourly time step lumped conceptual model, which includes a physically-based infiltration submodel and an evapotranspiration sub-model, to simulate long term discharge. The estimated model parameters and some measured soil characteristics were compared for the two catchments to reveal the differences in soil physical properties. The differences in hydrological processes were compared through observed hydrological factors (rainfall, discharge and meteorological data) between the two catchments.
About the authors
Chuan Zhang
The School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering
Author for correspondence.
Email: chuan_z@yahoo.com
China, Zhenjiang
Haofang Yan
The Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology
Email: chuan_z@yahoo.com
China, Zhenjiang
Keiji Takase
The Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences
Email: chuan_z@yahoo.com
Japan, Tokyo
Hiroki Oue
The Faculty of Agriculture
Email: chuan_z@yahoo.com
Japan, Tokyo
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