<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the study of <italic>Tomlain</italic> (1997) a soil water balance model was applied to evaluate the climate change impacts on the soil water storage in the Hurbanovo locality (Southwestern Slovakia), using the climate change scenarios of Slovakia for the years 2010, 2030, and 2075 by the global circulation models CCCM, GISS and GFD3. These calculations did not take into consideration neither the various soil properties, nor the groundwater table influence on soil water content. In this study, their calculated data were compared with those monitored at the same sites. There were found significant differences between resulting soil water storage of the upper 100 cm soil layer, most probably due to cappilary rise from groundwater at sites 2 and 3. It was shown, that the soil properties and groundwater table depth are importat features strongly influencing soil water content of the upper soil layer; thus the application of the soil water balance equation (Eq. (1)), neglecting the above mentioned factors, could lead to the results far from reality.</p></abstract>

In the study of Tomlain (1997) a soil water balance model was applied to evaluate the climate change impacts on the soil water storage in the Hurbanovo locality (Southwestern Slovakia), using the climate change scenarios of Slovakia for the years 2010, 2030, and 2075 by the global circulation models CCCM, GISS and GFD3. These calculations did not take into consideration neither the various soil properties, nor the groundwater table influence on soil water content. In this study, their calculated data were compared with those monitored at the same sites. There were found significant differences between resulting soil water storage of the upper 100 cm soil layer, most probably due to cappilary rise from groundwater at sites 2 and 3. It was shown, that the soil properties and groundwater table depth are importat features strongly influencing soil water content of the upper soil layer; thus the application of the soil water balance equation (Eq. (1)), neglecting the above mentioned factors, could lead to the results far from reality.

Comparison of the monitored and modeled soil water storage of the upper soil layer: the influence of soil properties and groundwater table level

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Račianska 75, 831 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

In the study of Tomlain (1997) a soil water balance model was applied to evaluate the climate change impacts on the soil water storage in the Hurbanovo...

Comparison of the monitored and modeled soil water storage of the upper soil layer: the influence of soil properties and groundwater table level

Published Online: Dec 08, 2010

Page range: 279 - 283

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-010-0026-9

Keywords
pôda, zásoba vody, hladina podzemnej vody, vlhkosť pôdy, monitoring, klimatická zmena

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Comparison of the monitored and modeled soil water storage of the upper soil layer: the influence of soil properties and groundwater table level

Published Online: Dec 08, 2010

Page range: 279 - 283

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-010-0026-9

Keywordspôda, zásoba vody, hladina podzemnej vody, vlhkosť pôdy, monitoring, klimatická zmena

This content is open access.

Keywords
pôda, zásoba vody, hladina podzemnej vody, vlhkosť pôdy, monitoring, klimatická zmena