Soil Water Content and Dry Density by Time Domain Reflectometry

Soil water content and dry density are two important properties for compaction quality control. This paper presents a new method for determining soil water content and dry density using a single time domain reflectometry test, which is an improvement over that designated by ASTM D6780. This new method is based on simultaneous measurement of apparent dielectric constant and bulk electrical conductivity on the same soil sample. Calibration equations correlate these two parameters with soil gravimetric water content and dry density, which are simultaneously solved after adjusting field-measured conductivity to a standard conductivity. The method compensates for temperature effects. The test process takes about 3 min and all calculations are automated. Testing may be done in situ using a special probe that provides sufficient sampling volume or in a compaction mold adapted to form a probe. Laboratory and field tests results show this one-step method is a fast, accurate, and safe method for construction quality control.     

Watershed scale temporal and spatial stability of soil moisture and its role in validating satellite estimates

Watershed scale soil moisture estimates are necessary to validate current remote sensing products, such as those from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR). Unfortunately, remote sensing technology does not currently resolve the land surface at a scale that is easily observed with ground measurements. One approach to validation is to use existing soil moisture measurement networks and scale these point observations up to the resolution of remote sensing footprints. As part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2002 (SMEX02), one such soil moisture gaging system in the Walnut Creek Watershed, Iowa, provided robust estimates of the soil moisture average for a watershed throughout the summer of 2002. Twelve in situ soil moisture probes were installed across the watershed. These probes recorded soil moisture at a depth of 5 cm from June 29, 2002 to August 19, 2002. The sampling sites were analyzed for temporal and spatial stability by several measures including mean relative difference, Spearman rank, and correlation coefficient analysis. Representative point measurements were used to estimate the watershed scale (∼25 km) soil moisture average and shown to be accurate indicators with low variance and bias of the watershed scale soil moisture distribution. This work establishes the validity of this approach to provide watershed scale soil moisture estimates in this study region for the purposes of satellite validation with estimation errors as small as 3%. Also, the potential sources of error in this type of analysis are explored. This study is a first step in the implementation of large-scale soil moisture validation using existing networks such as the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) and several Agricultural Research Service watersheds as a basis for calibrating satellite soil moisture products, for networks design, and designing field experiments.     

土壤养分有效性测定及其方法

在提出土壤养分有效性测定概念的基础上 ,本文对各种土壤养分有效性的测定方法进行了总结 ,讨论了这些方法的测定机理、测定效果及近几年的进展。这些方法包括用于磷钾等元素测定的树脂法、用于氮测定的生物培养法和化学提取法、磷测定的氧化铁试纸法和氢氧化铁透析管法和钾的四苯硼钠法     

潮褐土土壤养分的空间分布特征

应用主成分分析方法和地统计学方法,对河北省栾城县一15hm2试区里潮褐土全氮、全磷、有机质、速效磷、速效钾、碱解氮、NH 3-N等土壤养分含量的空间变异规律进行了定量分析。为实现土壤养分的精准管理和4-N和NO-变量平衡施肥提供了科学依据。     

三峡库区耕地土壤肥力特征及对策研究

三峡库区土壤肥力差异明显。主要土壤类型紫色土、水稻土、和黄壤,肥力水平差异较大,全量、有效态含量在不同土壤类型不一致。沿江从上而下,全N、全P、有效P含量较稳定,全K、有效K、碱解N含量变化较大。不同土壤类型肥力比较结果表明全N、全P含量为黄壤>水稻土>紫色土;全K、碱解N、有效P、有效K含量为紫色土>黄壤>水稻土。不同区县土壤肥力相关性分析表明全N、全P具有显著相关性,碱解N、有效P、有效K相互之间无相关性。主要土壤类型相关性分析表明水稻土、黄壤中全N同碱解N具有显著相关性。在不同区县和不同土壤类型土壤肥力指标有较大差异,因此在施肥水平上应区别对待。     

土壤中氮磷浸出对水库水质影响的模拟实验研究

水库建成蓄水后,库底土壤中氮、磷的浸出会对库水水质会产生一定影响。本文以南水北调中线工程的调蓄水库———瀑河水库为例,在现场调查基础上,使用蒸馏水和模拟水分别进行模拟实验,分析研究了土壤中氮、磷浸出对库水中总氮、总磷浓度的影响。实验结果表明,总氮、总磷的浓度均发生一定程度的变化,且模拟水中的浓度变化小于蒸馏水中的变化;但从整体趋势看,源于土壤的含量较低,对库水水质未产生明显不良影响。     

菜地土壤评价中参评因素的选定与分级指标的划分

菜地选片规划应通过土壤详查和评价工作,选出最适地区,才能经济有效、持续发展。土壤评价中参评因素的选定与分级指标的划分是工作的核心。应选取对蔬菜的生长发育和生产力具有重大影响的、稳定性较高的限制因素,并以土壤属性为主,结合环境条件,因地制宜选定。参评因素的分级应尽量采用定量指标,为分等定级提出定量依据,其主要级差应尽量利用有生物学意义的临界指标。在目前全国无统一规定下,试图面向全国选定参评因素及划分为五等六级的分级指标。     

设施栽培条件下土壤养分及有机质组成变化趋势的研究

以黄泛平原壤质潮土不同年限的设施栽培土壤为研究对象,探讨了设施栽培条件对土壤养分及土壤有机质组成的影响。结果表明,设施栽培土壤碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾、盐分含量均明显高于大田,其含量主要取决于施用化学肥料的种类和数量,随栽培年限的增加而增加;土壤有机质、腐殖酸、胡敏酸含量随种植年限有升高趋势;HA/FA与栽培年限显著相关,表示设施栽培条件下,土壤熟化程度随有机肥料的逐年施用而有所提高,但HA/FA变化幅度不大,这可能与设施栽培形成的高温高湿条件及施用有机肥料中难分解物质的含量有关。     

福建沿海地区不同用地土壤重金属污染及其评价

对福建沿海地区4种不同用地类型的8种重金属元素进行了检测和评价,结果表明:水田污染最严重是Pb,菜园地是Hg,果园是As,旱地是As。在多项综合指数评价中,菜园土污染最严重,综合污染指数(P)达到1.18,其余依次为水田0.64,果园0.59,旱地0.47。在单项污染综合指数中,Hg和Cd污染最严重,其污染指数(I)分别达到0.86和0.61,其余依次为Cr、Pb、Cu、As、Zn、Ni。评价结果为进一步的土壤污染与治理提供了科学依据。     

植物硅素营养与土壤硅素肥力研究现状和展望

硅作为重要的植物营养元素,近年来越来越受到人们的关注。本文从植物对硅的吸收及硅在植物体内的输送和分布、硅素在提高植物抗病虫害能力和增强植物抗逆性上的作用、影响土壤硅素肥力的因素以及硅素肥料的施用技术等几个方面,对土壤硅素肥力及植物硅素营养的研究进展进行了综述,并对今后一段时间该领域的研究趋势做了展望。