New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires
Modeling peatland hydraulic processes in cold regions requires defining near-surface hydraulic parameters. The current study aims to determine the soil freezing and water characteristic curve parameters for organic soils from peatland-dominated permafrost mires. The three research objectives are as...
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| description | Modeling peatland hydraulic processes in cold regions requires defining near-surface hydraulic parameters. The current study aims to determine the soil freezing and water characteristic curve parameters for organic soils from peatland-dominated permafrost mires. The three research objectives are as follows: (i) Setting up an in situ soil freezing characteristic curve experiment by installing sensors for measuring volumetric water content and temperature in Storflaket mire, Abisko region, Sweden; (ii) Conducting laboratory evaporation experiments and inverse numerical modeling to determine soil water characteristic curve parameters and comparing three soil water characteristic curve models to the laboratory data; (iii) Deriving a relationship between soil freezing and water characteristic curves and optimizing this equation with sensor data from (i). A long-lasting in situ volumetric water content station has been successfully set up in sub-Arctic Sweden. The soil water characteristic curve experiments showed that bimodality also exists for the investigated peat soils. The optimization results of the bimodal relationship showed excellent agreement with the soil freezing cycle measurements. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to establish and test bimodality for frozen peat soils. The estimated hydraulic parameters could be used to better simulate permafrost dynamics in peat soils. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-31b894a2181e4736a49d1364932e3dd92024-12-27T14:34:48ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2024-11-011312199010.3390/land13121990New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost MiresRadhakrishna Bangalore Lakshmiprasad0Stephan Peth1Susanne K. Woche2Thomas Graf3Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Physics in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 9A, 30167 Hannover, GermanyInstitute of Earth System Sciences, Section—Soil Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419 Hannover, GermanyInstitute of Earth System Sciences, Section—Soil Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419 Hannover, GermanyInstitute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Physics in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 9A, 30167 Hannover, GermanyModeling peatland hydraulic processes in cold regions requires defining near-surface hydraulic parameters. The current study aims to determine the soil freezing and water characteristic curve parameters for organic soils from peatland-dominated permafrost mires. The three research objectives are as follows: (i) Setting up an in situ soil freezing characteristic curve experiment by installing sensors for measuring volumetric water content and temperature in Storflaket mire, Abisko region, Sweden; (ii) Conducting laboratory evaporation experiments and inverse numerical modeling to determine soil water characteristic curve parameters and comparing three soil water characteristic curve models to the laboratory data; (iii) Deriving a relationship between soil freezing and water characteristic curves and optimizing this equation with sensor data from (i). A long-lasting in situ volumetric water content station has been successfully set up in sub-Arctic Sweden. The soil water characteristic curve experiments showed that bimodality also exists for the investigated peat soils. The optimization results of the bimodal relationship showed excellent agreement with the soil freezing cycle measurements. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to establish and test bimodality for frozen peat soils. The estimated hydraulic parameters could be used to better simulate permafrost dynamics in peat soils.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/1990palsassoil water characteristic curvesoil freezing characteristic curveClausius–Clapeyron equationbimodalitynumerical modeling |
| spellingShingle | Radhakrishna Bangalore Lakshmiprasad Stephan Peth Susanne K. Woche Thomas Graf New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires Land palsas soil water characteristic curve soil freezing characteristic curve Clausius–Clapeyron equation bimodality numerical modeling |
| title | New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires |
| title_full | New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires |
| title_fullStr | New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires |
| title_short | New Method for Hydraulic Characterization of Variably Saturated Zone in Peatland-Dominated Permafrost Mires |
| title_sort | new method for hydraulic characterization of variably saturated zone in peatland dominated permafrost mires |
| topic | palsas soil water characteristic curve soil freezing characteristic curve Clausius–Clapeyron equation bimodality numerical modeling |
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