Variability of soil moisture on three sites in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula in 2022/23

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F23%3A00134380" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/23:00134380 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/37045" target="_blank" >https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/37045</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CPR2023-1-2" target="_blank" >10.5817/CPR2023-1-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variability of soil moisture on three sites in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula in 2022/23

Original language description

Soil moisture represents one of the crucial parameters of the terrestrial environments in Antarctica. It affects the biological abundance and also the thermal state of the soils. In this study, we present one year of volumetric water content and soil temperature measurements on James Ross Island, Nelson Island and King George Island. The volumetric water content at all sites increased with depth. The mean summer values were between 0.24 and 0.37 cm3/cm3 (James Ross Island), 0.30 and 0.40 cm3/cm3 (Nelson Island) and 0.11 and 0.36 cm3/cm3 (King George Island). We found that the freezing point of the soils was close to 0°C on Nelson Island and King George Island. We attributed the lower temperature of soil freezing around -0.5°C on James Ross Island to the site location close to the sea. Even though the sites are located in the distinctive climate zones and comprise of contrasting soil types, the only differences of moisture regime were observed the surficial layer of the studied sites.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/GM22-28659M" target="_blank" >GM22-28659M: Dynamics of the periglacial environment in the Antarctic Peninsula region under ongoing climate change</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Czech Polar Reports

ISSN

1805-0689

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

10-23

UT code for WoS article

001085029000002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85174918136