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. 2013 Aug;204-205:120–129. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.015

Table 5.

Quantification of environmental driving forces for temporal variability of soil hydraulic properties.

Perioda Driving forces
Σ Rainfall
mm
Maximum I30
mm h− 1
Σ ET
mm
Moisture trend
cm3 cm− 3 d− 1
Cycle intensity
Cycle period
d
1 28.4 3.0 70.2 1.5E-03 0.9 27.0
2 60.0 2.0 23.7 6.9E-04 7.2 42.0
3 61.2 1.6 108.4 − 8.5E-04 37.4 53.0
4 217.4 7.4 162.1 3.9E-04 51.0 55.0
5 253.4 17.0 232.9 − 1.6E-03 5.3 28.0
6 110.8 3.2 75.4 2.4E-04 5.4 9.2
7 118.2 3.8 115.7 − 3.5E-04 40.8 27.2
8 79.0 4.0 231.8 − 2.2E-04 6.5 10.3
9 260.6 14.2 316.6 3.6E-04 20.1 21.0
10 80.4 1.8 129.7 − 2.1E-04 55.2 42.3
11 133.8 9.8 260.7 − 8.7E-04 8.8 46.0
a

Periods between two consecutive measurement dates (cf. Fig. 2).