LI Yuanbo, LI Shenglong, XIAO Bo, et al. Evaporation Characteristics of Soil Covered with Moss Crust in the Wind-water Erosion Crisscross Region of the Loess Plateau[J]. 2020, 34(5): 208-215.
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LI Yuanbo, LI Shenglong, XIAO Bo, et al. Evaporation Characteristics of Soil Covered with Moss Crust in the Wind-water Erosion Crisscross Region of the Loess Plateau[J]. 2020, 34(5): 208-215. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2020.05.029.
Evaporation Characteristics of Soil Covered with Moss Crust in the Wind-water Erosion Crisscross Region of the Loess Plateau
Soil evaporation is an important component of soil water balance and energy exchange
and it is also a key link in the hydrological cycle in arid and semi-arid region. In this study
the evaporation rates of the biocrusts and non-crusted soil developed on aeolian sandy soil and loessal soil were measured under simulated and natural conditions by using micro-lysimeters in the wind-water erosion crisscross region on the Loess Plateau of China
the differences of biocrusts soil and non-crusted soil evaporation characteristics were analyzed
and the soil bulk density
soil particle distribution
and organic matter were determined. The results showed that: (1) The process of evaporation could be clearly divided into three stages under simulated evaporation experiment. As compared with non-crusted soil
biocrusts soil decreased the evaporation rate by 3.04%~15.46% (0.21~1.05 mm/day) at atmospheric evaporation control stage; while it was increased by 32.26%~187.07% (0.58~2.54 mm/day) at soil hydraulic conductivity control stage
and by 12.91% to 87.73% (0.05~0.34 mm/day) at vapor diffusion control stage
in addition
the cumulative soil evaporation was expressed as biocrusts soil higher than non-crusted soil under simulated evaporation experiment. (2) Moreover
the evaporation rate of biocrusts and non-crusted soil was low under natural evaporation conditions from June 16 to September 3
and the daily average evaporation of biocrusts soil was 1.12~1.42 times that of non-crusted soil. The evaporation rates of biocrusts soil and non-crusted soil increased rapidly after rainfall. Furthermore
the soil evaporation amount after rainfall was 2.20~8.55 times that before rainfall
biocrusts increased soil water content after rain and promoted soil evaporation. In addition
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