Advances in Soil Water Dynamics Research
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 675
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil water; vadose zone; freeze–thaw period; soil evaporation; groundwater; soil salt content
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil water dynamics address fluid movement in porous media and can lay a cognitive foundation for the efficient use of agricultural water resources, the ecological construction of river basins, and the optimization of soil water resources. However, the current understanding of the mechanism behind these dynamics is not uniform, and there are shortcomings in the accuracy of the model, the scope of application, and the utilization of technology. With rapid developments in numerical simulation technology, numerical simulation software based on solving the soil water movement process has been fully integrated into the study of water transport at different spatio-temporal scales. In order to further understand the transport process in soil water, this Special Issue will publish contributions focusing on the following:
- advanced methods for field and laboratory experiments into soil water migration and evaporation;
- influence of factors such as climate change on soil water dynamics;
- the application of numerical models and new methods, such as remote sensing technology.
We believe that this Special Issue will further advance the scholarship in the field of soil water dynamics and enrich currently available data and findings in the field of unsaturated-zone hydrodynamics.
Prof. Dr. Junfeng Chen
Guest Editor
Dr. Jing Xue
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- soil water
- climate change
- hydrothermal transport
- model
- remote sensing
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