Soil and Water Research, 2013 (vol. 8), issue 1
LIST OF REVIEWRS - 2012
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Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):X1 | DOI: 10.17221/6565-SWR 
Study of podzolization process under different vegetation cover in the Jizerské hory Mts. region.Original Paper
Antonín NIKODEM, Lenka PAVLŮ, Radka KODEŠOVÁ, Luboš BORŮVKA, Onřej DRÁBEK
Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):1-12 | DOI: 10.17221/56/2012-SWR
The development of Podzols is conditioned by many factors. One of them is vegetation cover. The aim of this study was to examine in detail special chemical properties, micromorphological features and water retention ability of Podzols under two different vegetation covers (spruce forest and grass). The study was performed in the Jizerské hory Mts., which were strongly influenced by atmospheric acidificant depositions in the past. The study was focused on the assessment of a 30-year grass amelioration impact on soils on the former forest land. It was shown that larger differences in the studied chemical properties (pHKCl, pHH2O,...
Digital soil mapping from conventional field soil observationsOriginal Paper
Juraj BALKOVIČ, Zuzana RAMPAŠEKOVÁ, Vladimír HUTÁR, Jaroslava SOBOCKÁ, Rastislav SKALSKÝ
Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):13-25 | DOI: 10.17221/43/2012-SWR
We tested the performance of a formalized digital soil mapping (DSM) approach comprising fuzzy k-means (FKM) classification and regression-kriging to produce soil type maps from a fine-scale soil observation network in Rišňovce, Slovakia. We examine whether the soil profile descriptions collected merely by field methods fit into the statistical DSM tools and if they provide pedologically meaningful results for an erosion-affected area. Soil texture, colour, carbonates, stoniness and genetic qualifiers were estimated for a total of 111 soil profiles using conventional field methods. The data were digitized along semi-quantitative scales in...
Comparison of rainfall-runoff models for design discharge assessment in a small ungauged catchmentOriginal Paper
Darina Vaššová
Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):26-33 | DOI: 10.17221/36/2012-SWR
Design discharges in a small experimental catchment in Žarošice (Czech Republic) were evaluated using various methods for peak discharge assessment applying 24-h storm rainfalls reduced to short duration. Rainfall-runoff models HEC-HMS based on standard Natural Resources Conservation Service hydrologic methods and KINFIL, which combines the Morel-Seytoux infiltration and kinematic wave direct runoff transformation, were used to compute runoff hydrographs. The approach of technical standard and Froehlich's method determined the peak discharges only. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of these methods to predict design peak discharge in...
HYPRESCZ - database of soil hydrophysical properties in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Markéta MIHÁLIKOVÁ, Svatopluk MATULA, František DOLEŽAL
Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):34-41 | DOI: 10.17221/58/2012-SWR
The database of soil hydrophysical properties in the Czech Republic called HYPRESCZ was created. It is based on the European database HYPRES, HYdraulic PRoperties of European Soils, and follows its structure with few modifications. It collects the available data from the Czech Republic from which pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for the estimation of soil hydrophysical properties from easily available soil properties can be derived and 2101 database entries were collected. The entries have different quality of data, out of the total number of entries 707 entries were applicable to PTFs derivation for the estimation of soil water retention curves (SWRCs)....
Storm-wise sediment yield prediction using hillslope erosion model in semi-arid abundant landsOriginal Paper
Somayeh FAZLI, Hamzeh NOOR
Soil & Water Res., 2013, 8(1):42-48 | DOI: 10.17221/27/2012-SWR
Evaluation of soil erosion by existing models is needed as an important tool for managerial purposes in designation of proper water and soil conservation techniques. The present study aimed to assess the applicability of hillslope erosion model (HEM) as one of the newest erosion models for prediction of storm-wise sediment yield in Khosbijan rangeland with 20% slope steepness by using soil erosion standard plots. In order to run the model, runoff depth, land surface cover, soil texture, slope steepness and length were determined for 16 storm events. The results showed that the uncalibrated HEM did not simulate the observed sediment yields properly....