Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5733-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5733-2021
Research article
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08 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2021

Characterization of soil moisture response patterns and hillslope hydrological processes through a self-organizing map

Eunhyung Lee and Sanghyun Kim

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In order to understand hillslope hydrological processes during rainfall runoff events, rainfall characteristics and responses of soil moisture at the hillslope scale were explored by applying self-organizing map (SOMs) to a dataset. Combinations of upslope and downslope spatial patterns of hillslope hydrological processes, vertical flow, and lateral flow along surface or subsurface boundaries were responsible for the distinctions between the event clusters.
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