A review on applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in water resources and flood risk management

X Wang, H Xie - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Water is one of the most critical natural resources that maintain the ecosystem and support
people's daily life. Pressures on water resources and disaster management are rising …

Exploring the interplay between infiltration dynamics and Critical Zone structures with multiscale geophysical imaging: A review

B Fan, X Liu, Q Zhu, G Qin, J Li, H Lin, L Guo - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Infiltration is the process of water entering into, and routings through, the subsurface. It has a
profound impact on water flux in the Earth's Critical Zone (CZ), influencing phenomena such …

Measuring soil water content with ground penetrating radar: A decade of progress

A Klotzsche, F Jonard, MC Looms… - Vadose Zone …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas There has been tremendous progress in GPR as a tool for soil water content
determination. Numerous studies have shown the potential of GPR to detect and map SWC …

Vertical distribution and temporal stability of soil water in 21-m profiles under different land uses on the Loess Plateau in China

Y Wang, W Hu, Y Zhu, M Shao, S Xiao, C Zhang - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Deep soil–water content (SWC) plays a crucial role in water-limited terrestrial ecosystems,
because plant roots can extract soil water from depths of 20 m or more. The distribution of …

Form and function in hillslope hydrology: characterization of subsurface flow based on response observations

L Angermann, C Jackisch, N Allroggen… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
The phrase form and function was established in architecture and biology and refers to the
idea that form and functionality are closely correlated, influence each other, and co-evolve …

Current and future role of instrumentation and monitoring in the performance of transport infrastructure slopes

JA Smethurst, A Smith, S Uhlemann… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
Instrumentation is often used to monitor the performance of engineered infrastructure slopes.
This paper looks at the current role of instrumentation and monitoring, including the reasons …

Preferential flow through shallow fractured bedrock and a 3D fill-and-spill model of hillslope subsurface hydrology

L Guo, H Lin, B Fan, J Nyquist, L Toran, GJ Mount - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
The role of preferential flow through unsaturated saprock (fractured bedrock with weathering
restricted to fracture margins) in hillslope hydrology remains inadequately described. To …

Comparison of soil water content estimation equations using ground penetrating radar

P Anbazhagan, M Bittelli, RR Pallepati, P Mahajan - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil water content has an important impact on many fundamental biophysical processes.
The quantification of soil water content is necessary for different applications, ranging from …

Structural analysis of lunar subsurface with Chang׳ E-3 lunar penetrating radar

J Lai, Y Xu, X Zhang, Z Tang - Planetary and Space Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Geological structure of the subsurface of the Moon provides valuable information on lunar
evolution. Recently, Chang׳ E-3 has utilized lunar penetrating radar (LPR), which is …

Quantifying spatiotemporal dynamics of root-zone soil water in a mixed forest on subtropical coastal sand dune using surface ERT and spatial TDR

J Fan, A Scheuermann, A Guyot, T Baumgartl… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
We jointly used surface electrical resistivity tomography (surface ERT) and spatial time
domain reflectometry (spatial TDR) to quantify spatial patterns and seasonal dynamics of …