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Appears in 10 processs and 15 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Water infiltration, retention and movement

3 steps

Water movement

2 steps

Soil evaporation stages and vapour transport

2 steps

Stage 1: a wet surface evaporates at the atmospheric demand rate, typically 3-8 mm per day in sunny weather
Straw mulch or surface residue lowers soil evaporation by about 10-50% depending on cover and climate

Evapotranspiration partitioning (about 61 percent transpiration, range 35-90)

2 steps

Soil evaporation stages and capillary rise from shallow groundwater

1 step

Stage I: evaporation runs near the potential rate while capillary flow keeps the surface wet; readily evaporable water is about 2-7 mm in sand, 8-10 mm in loam, 8-12 mm in clay

Living soil system

1 step

Soil thermal regime and heat flow

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Soil thermal regime and heat flow

1 step

Net radiation splits into latent, sensible and ground heat flux; for grass reference surfaces ground heat flux is about 10% of net radiation by day and 50% at night

Infiltration and surface partitioning of rain (rain intensity vs 1-1000 mm/h soil capacity)

1 step

Canopy intercepts rain; about 10-20 percent of gross rain evaporates from leaves

Land water partitioning and plant water flux

1 step

Evapotranspiration returns water to the atmosphere

Energy flow

1 step

Surface water evaporates, transferring latent heat to the atmosphere

Often found with

Water 12 Sun 10 Soil surface 6 Atmosphere 5 Wind 5 Soil 4 Water vapour 4 Heat 3 Plants 3 Soil water 2 Gravity 1 Drainage water 1

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