Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Title : | Modelling of soil moisture in a changing climate using the potential of probabilistic hydro-meteorological approach |
Area of research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
Focus area : | Soil moisture in changing climate |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Rajib Maity, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur |
Timeline Start Year : | 2014 |
Timeline End Year : | 2017 |
Contact info : | rajib@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in rajibmaity@gmail.com |
Details
Executive Summary : | Soil moisture is one of the most important variables that has either direct or indirect impact on almost all hydrologic processes. In-situ point
measuring techniques of soil moisture are labour intensive and expensive. Thus, it is very important to develop a hydro-meteorological model for
soil moisture simulation. The proposed research work focuses on the exploration of advanced statistical approach to investigate the probabilistic
association between soil-moisture and different hydro-meteorological variables. A probabilistic hydro-meteorological approach for simulation of
soil moisture will be developed exploiting the association between in-situ soil moisture and meteorological variables. The identified association
will be investigated for spatial transferability by linking it to the existing soil characteristics. The developed model will also be utilized for
assessing the soil moisture status across the country in a future warmer climate. |
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