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Comparison of the soil physical properties and hydrological processes in two different forest type catchments

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Soil physical properties and hydrological processes were analyzed in two experimental catchments with different forest types: one catchment is covered mostly with conifer type trees and the other catchment is covered with conifer and broad leaf trees. To analyze the effects of forest type on soil physical properties, we applied an hourly time step lumped conceptual model, which includes a physically-based infiltration submodel and an evapotranspiration sub-model, to simulate long term discharge. The estimated model parameters and some measured soil characteristics were compared for the two catchments to reveal the differences in soil physical properties. The differences in hydrological processes were compared through observed hydrological factors (rainfall, discharge and meteorological data) between the two catchments.

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  1. The School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

    Chuan Zhang

  2. The Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

    Haofang Yan

  3. The Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Tokyo, Japan

    Keiji Takase

  4. The Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroki Oue

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Zhang, C., Yan, H., Takase, K. et al. Comparison of the soil physical properties and hydrological processes in two different forest type catchments. Water Resour 43, 225–237 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807816120034

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