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Spatio-temporal Variability of Soil Moisture within Remote Sensing Footprints in Semi-arid Area

건조지역 원격탐사 footprint 내 토양수분의 시공간적 변동성 분석

  • 황교택 (한양대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과) ;
  • 조훈식 (홍익대학교 공과대학 토목공학과) ;
  • ·이승오 (홍익대학교 공과대학 토목공학과) ;
  • 최민하 (한양대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과)
  • Received : 2010.03.02
  • Accepted : 2010.03.17
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Soil moisture is a key factor to control the exchange of water and energy between the surface and the atmosphere. In recent, many researches for spatial and temporal variability analyses of soil moisture have been conducted. In this study, we analyzed the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture in Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Arizona, U.S. during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04). The spatio-temporal variability analyses were performed to understand sensitivity of five observation sites with precipitation and relationship between mean soil moisture, and its standard deviation and coefficient of variation at the sites, respectively. It was identified that log-normal distribution was superior to replicate soil moisture spatial patterns. In addition, precipitation was identified as a key physical factor to understand spatio-temporal variability of soil moisure based on the temporal stability analysis. Based on current results, higher spatial variability was also observed which was agreed with the results of previous studies. The results from this study should be essential for improvement of the remotely sensed soil moisture retrieval algorithm.

지표에서의 토양수분은 수문학적, 생태학적 과정에서 지표면과 대기 사이의 물과 에너지의 교환을 조절하는 매우 중요한 인자로써 최근 이의 시공간적 변동성에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2004년 6~9월에 걸쳐 추진되었던 Soil Moisture Experiment 2004(SMEX04) 프로젝트를 통하여 측정된 미국 Arizona 주의 Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed 유역에 대한 토양수분 데이터를 이용하여 건조 지역에서의 토양수분의 시공간적 변동성을 통계적 방법으로 해석하였다. 시간 안정도를 분석하여 각 지점의 강우사상에 대한 민감도를 분석하였고 공간 변동성 분석을 통해 유역 내 강우관측소 주변 5개 지점을 대상으로 각 지점의 평균토양수분과 이의 표준편차 및 변동계수와의 관계를 파악하였다. 연구 결과, 대상지역에서 토양수분의 공간적인 분포는 대수정규분포가 적합하다는 것과 건조지역에서 보이는 공통된 특징인 높은 공간적 변동성을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 시간 안정도 분석을 통해 지점별로 시간과 강우 발생에 대해 민감한 정도를 분석하였으며, 강우사상이 토양수분에 큰 영향을 주는 인자인 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 도출된 토양수분의 시공간적 변동 특성은 차후 인공위성 토양수분 데이터의 retrieval algorithm을 개선하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

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