Spatial and temporal variability of urban soil water dynamics observed by a soil monitoring network

Wiesner, Sarah; Gröngröft, Alexander; Ament, Felix; Eschenbach, Annette

doi:10.1007/s11368-016-1385-6

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“…The calibration also resulted in substantially lower soil water capacity parameter values (SOL_AWC) in urbanized areas, consistent with the fact urbanization reduces soil permeability, infiltration, and water holding capacity through soil disturbance, displacement, pore space reduction, low organic matter, and high surface traffic (Craul ; Jim ; Yang and Zhang ; Wiesner et al ). For example, the European Commission Bio Intelligence Serve (2014) reported changing forest land to urban land could decrease the maximum soil water content by up to 25%.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 64%

Modeling Flow, Nutrient, and Sediment Delivery from a Large International Watershed Using a Field‐Scale SWAT Model

Dagnew¹,

Scavia

Wang

et al. 2019

J American Water Resour Assoc

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A large international watershed, the St. Clair‐Detroit River System, containing both extensive urban and agricultural areas, was modeled using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The watershed, located in southeastern Michigan, United States, and southwestern Ontario, Canada, encompasses the St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit (DT), Sydenham (SY), Upper, and Lower Thames subwatersheds. The SWAT input data and model resolution (i.e., hydrologic response units, HRUs), were established to mimic farm boundaries, the first time this has been done for a watershed of this size. The model was calibrated (2007–2015) and validated (2001–2006) with a mix of manual and automatic methods at six locations for flow and water quality at various time scales. The model was evaluated using Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency and percent bias and was used to explore major water quality issues. We showed the importance of allowing key parameters to vary among subwatersheds to improve goodness of fit, and the resulting parameters were consistent with subwatershed characteristics. Agricultural sources in the Thames and SY subwatersheds and point sources from DT subwatershed were major contributors of phosphorus. Spatial distribution of phosphorus yields at HRU and subbasin levels identified locations for potential management targeting for both point and nonpoint sources and revealed that in some subwatersheds nonpoint sources are dominated by urban sources.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 64%

Modeling Flow, Nutrient, and Sediment Delivery from a Large International Watershed Using a Field‐Scale SWAT Model

Dagnew¹,

Scavia

Wang

et al. 2019

J American Water Resour Assoc

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“…As time passed by, the issues related to Technosols pedogenesis (Lefort et al 2006;Monserié et al 2009;Scalenghe and Ferraris 2009;Séré et al 2010), soils vs. city management and landscape planning (Verheye 1996;Brown et al 2000;Herrick 2000;Jim 2001;Hanks and Lewandowski 2003;Chen 2007;Vrščaj et al 2008;Schindelbeck et al 2008), man-made materials, their features and qualities as soils and parent materials (Pey, Burghardt 1996;El Khalil et al 2008;Nehls et al 2013;Huot et al 2015), soils and the urban ecology (Bullock and Gregory 1991;Bartsch et al 1997;Chronopoulos et al 1997;Jim 1998Jim , 2001Rusakov and Novikov 2003;Bastida et al 2008;Scalenghe and Ajmone Marsan 2009;Bartens et al 2010;Pataki 2015) and legal regulations and strategies (Verheye 1996;Huinink 1998;Karlen et al 2003;Provoost et al 2006;Bouma and Droogers 2007;Bone et al 2010) came to be described in more and more detail. The soil cover was studied in many cities of different sizes and geographical, natural and planning specificity (Schleuß et al 1998;Greinert 2015a;Wiesner et al 2016). As well as a number of publications regarding the described subjects, the recognition of the geochemistry of urban soils was continued, especially in those centres with heavy industrial and transport pressure ...…”

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Urban soil resources of medium-sized cities in Poland: a comparative case study of Toruń and Zielona Góra

2016

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Purpose Despite the many studies of urban soils, a comparative analysis for cities of a similar size has not yet been conducted. Thus, the aim of this review paper was to compare the soil distribution patterns in the area of two medium-sized Polish cities (Toruń and Zielona Góra). The authors attempted to answer the question of how natural and technogenic factors contributed to the transformation of urban soils and what the similarities and differences are between these two studied cities. Materials and methods First, both the natural and the humanrelated (including historical) factors influencing the soil formation in the studied cities were analysed. Then, a comparison of the degree of transformation of the urban soil environment was presented. The data obtained by the authors during nearly two decades of research (over 200 soil profiles) were used. Results and discussion Intensive development of the built-up areas in Toruń brought heavy and long-term transformations of soils, which demonstrate the typical properties of Urbic Technosols, Ekranic Technosols and other technogenic soils. Zielona Góra showed a similar state of soil transformation over a considerably smaller area. Currently, the differences in the soil properties in many built up areas have been blurred, despite the habitat and historical base. The similarities of the soil properties concerned, in particular, a high content of skeletal remains (from a few to over 30%), elevated pH (in KCl) values (even above 8.0) and the artificial soil horizons formation. Both cities struggle with similar problems regarding the changes in the land use within the areas covered by these soils. Conclusions It was found that, despite the significant habitat and historical differences between the two studied cities, most of the urban soils, especially Urbic Technosols, Ekranic Technosols and Regosols (Relocatic and Technic), are characterised by similar morphology and properties. The most important differences are the time and scale of the area transformation, which influence the extent of Technosols and Anthrosols within the city borders. The most distinct differences concern the natural and slightly transformed soils, which are the results of various soil-forming factors.

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“…On the urban scale, modifications in surface water availability are mainly due to the high percentage of sealed surface, with additional effects of modified replenishment from groundwater [110]. The widespread urban sealing affects the natural climate functions of soils by diminishing the amount of water that infiltrates and by increasing run-off.…”

Section: Humidity and Evapotranspirationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is It Possible to Distinguish Global and Regional Climate Change from Urban Land Cover Induced Signals? A Mid-Latitude City Example

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Abstract:The local climate in cities differs from the one in rural areas, most prominently characterized by increased surface and air temperatures, known as the "(surface) urban heat island". As climate has changed and continues to change in all areas of the world, the question arises whether the effects that are noticeable in urban areas are "homemade", or whether some of them originate from global and regional scale climate changes. Identifying the locally induced changes of urban meteorological parameters is especially relevant for the development of adaptation and mitigation measures. This study aims to distinguish global and regional climate change signals from those induced by urban land cover. Therefore, it provides a compilation of observed and projected climate changes, as well as urban influences on important meteorological parameters. It is concluded that evidence for climate change signals is found predominantly in air temperature. The effect of urban land cover on local climate can be detected for several meteorological parameters, which are air and surface temperature, humidity, and wind. The meteorology of urban areas is a mixture of signals in which the influencing parameters cannot be isolated, but can be assessed qualitatively. Blending interactions between local effects and regional changes are likely to occur.

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Spatial and temporal variability of urban soil water dynamics observed by a soil monitoring network

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

Modeling Flow, Nutrient, and Sediment Delivery from a Large International Watershed Using a Field‐Scale SWAT Model

Modeling Flow, Nutrient, and Sediment Delivery from a Large International Watershed Using a Field‐Scale SWAT Model

Urban soil resources of medium-sized cities in Poland: a comparative case study of Toruń and Zielona Góra

Is It Possible to Distinguish Global and Regional Climate Change from Urban Land Cover Induced Signals? A Mid-Latitude City Example

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