Analysis of soil moisture condition under different land uses in the arid region of Horqin sandy land, northern China

Niu, C. Y.; Musa, A.; Liu, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1157-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1157-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1157-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

Research article

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23 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2015

Analysis of soil moisture condition under different land uses in the arid region of Horqin sandy land, northern China

C. Y. Niu, A. Musa, and Y. Liu

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Oct 2015)
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RC C929: 'review by Artemi Cerdà', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Aug 2015
- AC C1039: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', cunyang Niu, 03 Sep 2015
RC C978: 'Analysis of soil moisture condition under different land uses in arid region of Horqin Sandy land, northern China', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Aug 2015
- AC C1047: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', cunyang Niu, 03 Sep 2015

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The higher soil moisture content among different land uses was exhibited by the grassland, and followed by cropland, poplar land, inter-dunes and shrub land. The temporal variations of soil moisture in different land uses were not always consistent with the rainfall due to the dry sequence. The infiltration depth exhibited a positive correlation with precipitation under all land uses. This study provided an insight into the implications for land and agricultural water management in this area.