Impact of wind-speed and straw-mulching on soil water evaporation
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2011.03.35
Key Words: soil water  evaporation  straw-mulching  wind  arid and semi arid region
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LI Xiaoming College of Resources and EnvironmentNorthwest A & F University Yangling Shaarnxi 712100 China 
WANG Fei College of Resources and EnvironmentNorthwest A & F University Yangling Shaarnxi 712100 China
Institute of Soil and Water Conseroation Chinese Academy of Sciences &. Ministry of Water Resources Yangling Shaanxi 712100China 
HU Lin College of Resources and EnvironmentNorthwest A & F University Yangling Shaarnxi 712100 China 
MU Xingmin College of Resources and EnvironmentNorthwest A & F University Yangling Shaarnxi 712100 China
Institute of Soil and Water Conseroation Chinese Academy of Sciences &. Ministry of Water Resources Yangling Shaanxi 712100China 
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Abstract:
      The impacts of wind-speed and straw-mulching on soil water evaporation were measured and analyzed with 9 treatments of three wind-speeds (calm wind,0.5 or 1.5 m/s) and three straw-mulching levels (0,4 120, or 8 240 kg/ hm2). The results showed that when the water content was 70% of the field moisture capacity and mulching (0, 4 120kg/hm2) was the same, the soil water evaporation with wind-speed 1.5 m/s was significantly higher than other treatments; when the water content was higher than 55% of the field moisture capacity,the cumulative soil water evapo-ration with no mulching and wind-speed 1.5 m/s was far more than that of other treatments. There lies an exponential relationship between the cumulative soil water evaporation (E) and time (t) (E=atb), and the parameters (a and b) have clear differences among the treatments of wind-speed and straw mulching levels.