Rainfall Determines Shallow Soil Seepage in a Piedmont Summer Pasture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Micro-Lysimeter and Environmental Variables
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Seasonal Pattern of Environmental Variables
3.2. The Probability of Shallow Soil Seepage
3.3. Seasonal Variations of Soil Seepage and Environmental Controls
4. Discussion
4.1. The Probability of Soil Seepage Events
4.2. The Temporal Patterns of Soil Seepage Amount
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model Size | Variable Selected | Standard Regression Coefficients | p Value | R2 | MSE | Mallow’CP | AIC |
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One variable | Rain | 0.77 | <0.001 | 0.59 | 3.06 | 97.07 | 174.70 |
Two variables | Rain | 0.88 | <0.001 | 0.69 | 2.28 | 62.12 | 163.31 |
Rain–fre–2 | 0.35 | <0.001 |
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Li, H.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, F.; Guo, X.; Li, Y.; Lin, L.; Li, Y.; Cao, G.; Zhou, H. Rainfall Determines Shallow Soil Seepage in a Piedmont Summer Pasture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Water 2021, 13, 2815. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202815
Li H, Yang Y, Zhang F, Guo X, Li Y, Lin L, Li Y, Cao G, Zhou H. Rainfall Determines Shallow Soil Seepage in a Piedmont Summer Pasture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Water. 2021; 13(20):2815. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202815
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Hongqin, Yongsheng Yang, Fawei Zhang, Xiaowei Guo, Yikang Li, Li Lin, Yingnian Li, Guangmin Cao, and Huakun Zhou. 2021. "Rainfall Determines Shallow Soil Seepage in a Piedmont Summer Pasture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau" Water 13, no. 20: 2815. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202815