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Simulation and mapping of soil-water conditions in the Great Plains

Water Resources Bulletin
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1993.tb03255.x

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Abstract

Soil-water conditions provide valuable insight into the hydrologic system in an area. A soil-water balance quantitatively summarizes soil-water conditions and is based on climatic, soil, and vegetation characteristics that vary spatially and temporally. Soil-water balances in the Great Plains of the central United States were simulated for 1951-1980. Results of the simulations were mean annual estimates of infiltration, runoff, actual evapotranspiration, potential recharge, and consumptive water and irrigation requirements at 152 climatic data stations. A method was developed using a geographic information system to integrate and map the simulation results on the basis of spatially variable climatic, soil, and vegetation characteristics. As an example, simulated mean annual potential recharge was mapped. Mean annual potential-recharge rates ranged from less than 0.5 inch in much of the north-central and southwestern Great Plains to more than 10 inches in parts of eastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas.

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Zelt, R.B., Dugan, J.T., 1993, Simulation and mapping of soil-water conditions in the Great Plains: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 29, no. 6, p. 939-948, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1993.tb03255.x.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Simulation and mapping of soil-water conditions in the Great Plains
Series title Water Resources Bulletin
DOI 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1993.tb03255.x
Volume 29
Issue 6
Publication Date June 08, 2007
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher American Water Resources Association
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Water Resources Bulletin
First page 939
Last page 948
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