Soil hydrology in the Earth system

H Vereecken, W Amelung, SL Bauke… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Soil hydrological processes (SHP) support ecosystems, modulate the impact of climate
change on terrestrial systems and control feedback mechanisms between water, energy and …

Hydro-pedotransfer functions: a roadmap for future development

TKD Weber, L Weihermüller, A Nemes… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2024 - hess.copernicus.org
Hydro-pedotransfer functions (PTFs) relate easy-to-measure and readily available soil
information to soil hydraulic properties (SHPs) for applications in a wide range of process …

Global influence of soil texture on ecosystem water limitation

FJP Wankmüller, L Delval, P Lehmann, MJ Baur… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Low soil moisture and high vapour pressure deficit (VPD) cause plant water stress and lead
to a variety of drought responses, including a reduction in transpiration and photosynthesis …

Incorporating machine learning models and remote sensing to assess the spatial distribution of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a light-textured soil

M Rezaei, SR Mousavi, A Rahmani… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Saturated soil hydraulic conductivity (K sat) is a key component in hydrogeology and water
management. This study aimed at evaluating popular tree-based machine learning …

Clays are not created equal: How clay mineral type affects soil parameterization

P Lehmann, B Leshchinsky, S Gupta… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clay minerals dominate the soil colloidal fraction and its specific surface area. Differences
among clay mineral types significantly influence their effects on soil hydrological and …

A framework for quantifying hydrologic effects of soil structure across scales

S Bonetti, Z Wei, D Or - Communications Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Earth system models use soil information to parameterize hard-to-measure soil hydraulic
properties based on pedotransfer functions. However, current parameterizations rely on …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Water Conservation Function and Its Driving Factors in the Upper Yangtze River Basin

C Liu, L Zou, J Xia, X Chen, L Zuo, J Yu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The water conservation function (WCF), as one of the most critical ecosystem services, has
an important impact on the ecological sustainability of a region. Accurately characterizing …

Global Soil Hydraulic Properties dataset based on legacy site observations and robust parameterization

S Gupta, A Papritz, P Lehmann, T Hengl, S Bonetti… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
The representation of land surface processes in hydrological and climatic models critically
depends on the soil water characteristics curve (SWCC) that defines the plant availability …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater salinity in the Horn of Africa: Spatial prediction modeling and estimated people at risk

D Araya, J Podgorski, M Berg - Environment International, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Changes in climate and anthropogenic activities have made water salinization
a significant threat worldwide, affecting biodiversity, crop productivity and contributing to …

Determinants of Field‐Saturated Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Across Sub‐Saharan Africa: Texture and Beyond

A Bargués‐Tobella, LA Winowiecki… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil infiltration is critical for water security and related ecosystem services. This infiltration,
the ability of soils to absorb water at their surface, is controlled by the soil hydraulic …