Soil moisture response to snowmelt and rainfall in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Title
Soil moisture response to snowmelt and rainfall in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest
Abstract
Research involved a measurement program to characterize soils and to continuously monitor snow, precipitation, soil moisture, streamflow, temperatures, and energy balance in a headwater catchment. We speculate that much of the deep drainage is stored locally in the deeper regolith during period of high precipitation, being available for tree transpiration during summer and fall months when shallow soil-water storage is limiting. Relatively small differences in soil texture within the study area result in significant differences in soil moisture storage across the basin.
Purpose
Results of those measurements were analyzed to provide estimates of stores and fluxes of water over two water years (October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2009).
Begin Date
2015-08-21
End Date
2015-08-21
Originator Name
Roger C. Bales, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merceda
Jan W. Hopmans, Dept., Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Anthony T. O'Geen, Dept. Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Matthew Meadows, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced
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Ordering Information
Roger C. Bales
Sierra Nevada Research Institute
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Rd.
Merced, CA 95343
Links
www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/39280, snri.ucmerced.edu/roger-bales
Keywords
Evapotranspiration, Forest, Hydrogeology, Snowpack, Water, Water Balance
Resource Type
Document
Resource Owner
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