Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 28, issue 1
Articles | Volume 28, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-205-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-205-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 28, issue 1
Research article
 | 
12 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2024

Seasonal dynamics and spatial patterns of soil moisture in a loess catchment

Shaozhen Liu, Ilja van Meerveld, Yali Zhao, Yunqiang Wang, and James W. Kirchner

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We study the seasonal and spatial patterns of soil moisture in 0–500 cm soil using 89 monitoring sites in a loess catchment with monsoonal climate. Soil moisture is highest during the months of least precipitation and vice versa. Soil moisture patterns at the hillslope scale are dominated by the aspect-controlled evapotranspiration variations (a local control), not by the hillslope convergence-controlled downslope flow (a nonlocal control), under both dry and wet conditions.
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