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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1729-1739.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.090

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Formation characteristics and factors effecting of condensation waterin surface soil in Hoh Xil area

SHI Wanpeng1,2,3(),LI Bei1,3(),LIU Jingtao1,3,ZHUO Zijun1,2,CHEN Xi1,3   

  1. 1. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, Hebei, China
    2. China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050061, Hebei, China
  • Received:2022-03-08 Revised:2022-04-06 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2023-02-01
  • Contact: Bei LI E-mail:wanpeng0910@163.com;pingpangplayer@126.com

Abstract:

Caused by climate change, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has continuously expanded the transition between dry and wet conditions, and the phenomenon of ecological degradation has increased. Condensation water is an important water resource in arid regions. In order to explore the formation characteristics and influencing factors of condensation water on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this study selected Yanhu (Salt lake) district at the Hoh Xil area that has been greatly affected by climate in recent years, micro lysimeters were used to weigh the 0-10 cm soil to explore the evaporation and condensation characteristics of surface soil moisture. Besides, used multivariate statistical methods to analyze the relationship between condensation water and micro-meteorological factors, such as one-way analysis of variance, correlation analysis and principal component analysis. The results showed that: (1) During the period from 14:00 to 14:00 the next day, both the air temperature and the soil layer temperature showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing. The 0-10 cm soil had obvious soil condensate formation from 00:00 to 10:00, but the soil water evaporated significantly in the other period. The soil condensation water was mainly composed of atmospheric water vapor and deep soil water vapor, with a ratio of about 1:3. We found that the conditions for the occurrence of soil condensation water were as follows: the relative humidity of the air at night was greater than 64%, the air temperature was less than 3.8 ℃, and the temperature of the 5 cm soil layer was less than 4.1 ℃, it was conducive to the formation of condensation water, and the average water volume could reach 0.2 mm·d-1. (2) Correlation analysis showed that the total amount of soil condensed water was significantly negatively correlated with the temperature of the 5 cm soil layer and the soil temperature difference between 5 cm and 30 cm, and the linear regression effect between the amount of condensation water and related factors was good; There was a significant negative correlation between the amount and air temperature, and a significant positive correlation with relative humidity. The results of principal component analysis showed that the amount of condensation water was closely related to micro-meteorological factors, especially the micro-meteorological factors above 10 cm soil layer. This research could provide a certain scientific basis for the reasonable estimation of ecological water volume and vegetation restoration in the Yanhu district.

Key words: soil condensation water, air temperature, soil temperature, air relative humidity, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau