Abstract
By utilizing the data observed at Dunhuang during August and September 2000 in the “Field Experiment on Interaction between Land and Atmosphere in the Arid Region of Northwest China (FEILARNC)”, the characteristics of the soil moisture, temperature, and atmospheric humidity are analyzed. It is found that the thickness of the soil temperature active layer is about 5 cm and much thinner than is typical, that not only the atmospheric humidity gradient is often inverted but also the soil moisture gradient in the shallow layer in the Gobi near oasis, that the diurnal variation of soil moisture can be divided into the four stages that are called the wet stage, the losing-water stage, the dry stage, and the attaining-water stage. It is shown that in soil moisture profiles, the depth of the soil moisture active layer is about 10 cm and soil moisture inversion is the main feature in the shallow layer during the wet stage. Such a feature as soil moisture inversion indicates that soil in the shallow layer can inhale moisture from the air through condensation in the nighttime and exhale moisture to the air through evaporation in the daytime. The condensation and evaporation constitute together the full respiration process of moisture on the ground. The formation of soil moisture inversion is related with the state of soil temperature and moisture, the intensity of atmospheric humidity inversion, and the atmospheric thermodynamic stability.
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Zhang, Q., Song, L., Huang, R. et al. Characteristics of hydrologie transfer between soil and atmosphere over Gobi near oasis at the end of summer. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 20, 442–452 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02690802
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