TY - JOUR
T1 - Soil hydrology in the Earth system
AU - Vereecken, Harry
AU - Amelung, Wulf
AU - Bechtold, Michel
AU - Blöschl, Günter
AU - Carminati, Andrea
AU - Javaux, Mathieu
AU - Konings, Alexandra G.
AU - Steele-Dunne, Susan
AU - Verhoef, Anne
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Soil hydrological processes (SHP) support ecosystems, modulate the impact of climate change on terrestrial systems and control feedback mechanisms between water, energy and biogeochemical cycles. However, land-use changes and extreme events are increasingly impacting these processes. In this Review, we describe SHP across scales and examine their links with soil properties, ecosystem processes and climate. Soil structure influences SHP such as infiltration, soil water redistribution and root water uptake on small scales. On local scales, SHP are driven by root water uptake, vegetation and groundwater dynamics. Regionally, SHP are impacted by extreme events such as droughts, floods, heatwaves and land-use change; however, antecedent and current SHP partially determine the broader effects of extreme events. Emerging technologies such as wireless and automated sensing, soil moisture observation through novel synthetic aperture radars satellites, big data analysis and machine learning approaches offer unique opportunities to advance soil hydrology. These advances, in tandem with the inclusion of more key soil types and properties in models, will be pivotal in predicting the role of SHP during global change.
AB - Soil hydrological processes (SHP) support ecosystems, modulate the impact of climate change on terrestrial systems and control feedback mechanisms between water, energy and biogeochemical cycles. However, land-use changes and extreme events are increasingly impacting these processes. In this Review, we describe SHP across scales and examine their links with soil properties, ecosystem processes and climate. Soil structure influences SHP such as infiltration, soil water redistribution and root water uptake on small scales. On local scales, SHP are driven by root water uptake, vegetation and groundwater dynamics. Regionally, SHP are impacted by extreme events such as droughts, floods, heatwaves and land-use change; however, antecedent and current SHP partially determine the broader effects of extreme events. Emerging technologies such as wireless and automated sensing, soil moisture observation through novel synthetic aperture radars satellites, big data analysis and machine learning approaches offer unique opportunities to advance soil hydrology. These advances, in tandem with the inclusion of more key soil types and properties in models, will be pivotal in predicting the role of SHP during global change.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135356129&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s43017-022-00324-6
DO - 10.1038/s43017-022-00324-6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85135356129
VL - 3
SP - 573
EP - 587
JO - Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
JF - Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
IS - 9
ER -