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JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 237, 期 1-2, 页码 113-125出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00304-8
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subsurface runoff; peat; arctic tundra; permafrost; modelling
In the Arctic tundra, subsurface drainage occurs predominantly through the saturated zone within the layer of peat that mantles the hillslopes. In plan view, the peat cover is fragmented into a network of channels due to the presence of mineral earth hummocks. In cross section, the physical and hydraulic properties of the peat vary with depth and the water transmission characteristics (e.g. hydraulic conductivity) of the upper profile differ distinctly from those of the lower. Water flow through the peat is laminar, therefore the friction factor (f) and the Reynolds number (N-R) are inversely related. Average values for the coefficient C of the relation f = C/N-R, vary from similar to 300 near the surface to similar to 14,500 at depth. This large difference in C confirms that the larger-diameter soil pores of the living vegetation and lightly decomposed peat near the surface offer much less resistance to water motion than the finer-grained peat deeper in the profile. Also, the variability suggests that subsurface drainage is strongly affected by the position and thickness of the saturated zone within the peat matrix. A first approximation for a model or simulation of the how regime may consider a peat profile with depth-varying, resistance properties in respect to subsurface flow. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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