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The objectives of the research were to: (1) assess the strength of relationships between the soil thermal and hydrophysical properties, (2) evaluate the strength of association of evapotranspiration of spring wheat crop with soil thermal and hydrophysical properties, and (3) estimate the ranges of the thermal and hydrophysical properties of the sandy Haplic Podzol during the growing period of spring wheat in 2022. The study included instrumental simultaneous measurements of meteorological data, soil water retention curve, soil moisture content (SMC) and thermal properties. Actual evapotranspiration was calculated according to the Allen equation. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients showed that the increase in SMC from 0.10 cm3 cm−3 to 0.26 cm3 cm−3 resulted in a significant increase in thermal conductivity (r = 0.81, p &lt; 0.001), volumetric heat capacity (r = 0.93, p &lt; 0.001) and thermal diffusivity (r = 0.94, p &lt; 0.001). Actual evapotranspiration also rose with the increasing SMC (r = 0.91, p &lt; 0.001) and matric water potentials (r = 0.61, p &lt; 0.05). As a consequence of the changes in SMC, the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients supported the strong positive relationships of actual evapotranspiration with volumetric heat capacity (r = 0.97, p &lt; 0.001), thermal conductivity (r = 0.96, p &lt; 0.001) and thermal diffusivity (r = 0.96, p &lt; 0.001). Pearson correlation coefficients also supported the strong input of thermal inertia to the actual evapotranspiration (r = 0.88, p &lt; 0.01). During the whole period of observations, actual evapotranspiration varied from 0.05 to 0.59 mm hr−1, soil thermal conductivity – from 0.225 to −1.056 W m−1 K−1, volumetric heat capacity – from 1.057 to 1.889 MJ m–3 K−1, heat diffusivity from 0.189 to 0.559 mm2 s−1, and thermal inertia – from 516 to 1412 J m−2 K−1 s−0.5.
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The objectives of the research were to: (1) assess the strength of relationships between the soil thermal and hydrophysical properties, (2) evaluate the strength of association of evapotranspiration of spring wheat crop with soil thermal and hydrophysical properties, and (3) estimate the ranges of the thermal and hydrophysical properties of the sandy Haplic Podzol during the growing period of spring wheat in 2022. The study included instrumental simultaneous measurements of meteorological data, soil water retention curve, soil moisture content (SMC) and thermal properties. Actual evapotranspiration was calculated according to the Allen equation. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients showed that the increase in SMC from 0.10 cm3 cm−3 to 0.26 cm3 cm−3 resulted in a significant increase in thermal conductivity (r = 0.81, p < 0.001), volumetric heat capacity (r = 0.93, p < 0.001) and thermal diffusivity (r = 0.94, p < 0.001). Actual evapotranspiration also rose with the increasing SMC (r = 0.91, p < 0.001) and matric water potentials (r = 0.61, p < 0.05). As a consequence of the changes in SMC, the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients supported the strong positive relationships of actual evapotranspiration with volumetric heat capacity (r = 0.97, p < 0.001), thermal conductivity (r = 0.96, p < 0.001) and thermal diffusivity (r = 0.96, p < 0.001). Pearson correlation coefficients also supported the strong input of thermal inertia to the actual evapotranspiration (r = 0.88, p < 0.01). During the whole period of observations, actual evapotranspiration varied from 0.05 to 0.59 mm hr−1, soil thermal conductivity – from 0.225 to −1.056 W m−1 K−1, volumetric heat capacity – from 1.057 to 1.889 MJ m–3 K−1, heat diffusivity from 0.189 to 0.559 mm2 s−1, and thermal inertia – from 516 to 1412 J m−2 K−1 s−0.5.

Effects of thermal and hydrophysical properties of sandy Haplic Podzol on actual evapotranspiration of spring wheat

Department of Soil Physics, Physical Chemistry and Biophysics

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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The objectives of the research were to: (1) assess the strength of relationships between the soil thermal and hydrophysical properties, (2) evaluate the...

Effects of thermal and hydrophysical properties of sandy Haplic Podzol on actual evapotranspiration of spring wheat

Published Online: May 14, 2023

Page range: 125 - 131

Received: Nov 11, 2022

Accepted: Mar 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2023-0013

Keywords
Soil, Thermal properties, Hydrophysical properties, Actual evapotranspiration

© 2023 Eugene V. Balashov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effects of thermal and hydrophysical properties of sandy Haplic Podzol on actual evapotranspiration of spring wheat

Published Online: May 14, 2023

Page range: 125 - 131

Received: Nov 11, 2022

Accepted: Mar 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2023-0013

KeywordsSoil, Thermal properties, Hydrophysical properties, Actual evapotranspiration

© 2023 Eugene V. Balashov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Soil, Thermal properties, Hydrophysical properties, Actual evapotranspiration