Observation and measurement of ecohydrological processes / Наблюдение и измерение экогидрологических процессов

Water is among the most essential resources that sustain Earth’s ecosystems, but these systems are currently under threat due to land use and climate change. Assessing the impact of this global change on water security and ecosystem’s functions is not only the key concern of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, playing a key role in sustainable development of society, but also the most important research focus in “Future Earth” and Earth critical zone research. In view of global change, assessing the role of water in the functioning of ecosystems has become of utmost importance, and it is a key challenge in the field of “ecohydrology”.With the continuous support of various international organizations, ecohydrology has gradually become a topic of considerable research and a frontier discipline in Earth and environmental sciences.

This book, Observation and Measurement of Ecohydrological Processes, systematically presents and summarizes the novel ideas, methodologies, and techniques for observations of ecohydrological processes at multiple scales, e.g., leaf, field, and watershed, regional and global scales that contribute to better understanding of the functioning of ecosystems. Many cutting-edge observing techniques, e.g., stable isotope, wireless sensor network, cosmic ray probe, and multisource remote sensing, are extensively introduced and their applications are discussed. Several key but very challenging issues, including scaling effect, heterogeneity, and uncertainty, are deeply explored and discussed. <...>

Observing Ecohydrological Processes: Challenges and Perspectives Xin Li, Harry Vereecken, and Chunfeng Ma

Ground-Based Soil Moisture Determination Franзois Jonard, Heye Bogena, David Caterina, Sarah Garrй, Anja Klotzsche, Alessandra Monerris, Mike Schwank, and Christian von Hebel

Airborne and Spaceborne Passive Microwave Measurements of Soil Moisture Jiancheng Shi, Tianjie Zhao, Qian Cui, and Panpan Yao

Remote Sensing Precipitation: Sensors, Retrievals, Validations, and Applications Yang Hong, Guoqiang Tang, Yingzhao Ma, Qi Huang, Zhongying Han, Ziyue Zeng, Yuan Yang, Cunguang Wang, and Xiaolin Guo

Inhomogeneity in Winter Precipitation Measurements Daqing Yang, Antonina Simonenko, and Xiaobo He

Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration Yuting Yang

Micrometeorological Methods to Determine Evapotranspiration Shaomin Liu and Ziwei Xu

Surface Runoff Yanhong Guo, Yinsheng Zhang, Teng Zhang, Kunxin Wang, Jie Ding, and Haifeng Gao

Subsurface Flow Guangrong Hu and Xiaoyan Li

Photosynthesis (NPP, NEP, Respiration) Xufeng Wang, Haibo Wang, Xin Li, and Youhua Ran

Leaf Area Index: Advances in Ground-Based Measurement Yonghua Qu

Radar Remote Sensing of Land Surface Parameters Alberto Alonso-Gonzбlez and Irena Hajnsek Root Processes Affecting Soil Moisture Patterns

in Ecohydrology Axelle Koch, Fйlicien Meunier, Harry Vereecken, and Mathieu Javaux

Upscaling Issues in Ecohydrological Observations Harry Vereecken, Yakov Pachepsky, Heye Bogena, and Carsten Montzka

Field Experimental Design for a Watershed Observing System Xin Li, Guodong Cheng, Chunfeng Ma, Yingchun Ge, and Zhonghao Zhang