Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Determining soil moisture and temperature regimes in East-Azerbaijan province using Newhall model

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Behzad Mohammadhosseini-Sagayesh 1
Aliasghar Jafarzadeh 2
Farzin Shahbazi 3
Asghar Farajnia 4
Hossein Rezaei 5
1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Soil Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Soil Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Soil Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz
4 East Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center, Tabriz
5 Department of Soil Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz.
10.22125/agmj.2024.429706.1162
Abstract
Determining the soil moisture and thermal regimes, is an important subject in agroclimatology and soil management. Considering the time-consuming process of in situ soil measurements, a pedoclimate modeling approach using Newhall models was applied. The mean monthly precipitation and temperature of 52 metrological stations across East Azerbaijan province, northeast of Iran during a 30 years period (1991-2021) were obtained and used for Pedoclimate zoning of the study area by Thiessen method. Trend analysis of the two climatic variables by Mann-Kendall test confirmed a significant increase in the annual mean temperature (Z= +3.18) and a non-significant decrease in the annual mean precipitation (Z=-0.56). According to pedoclimate modeling of different regions, ranked based on covered area, the soils of the province have Aridic and Xeric moisture regimes as well as Mesic, Thermic, and Frigid thermal regimes, respectively. Assessing the prepared maps showed that the northwestern and western regions of the province have drier and hotter pedoclimate conditions than other regions. The largest pedoclimate zone of the province is the Weak Aridic-Mesic class and the Dry Xeric-Frigid has the smallest area. Comparing the generated maps with older ones indicated changes in the extent of pedoclimates and different soil classes over study decades, which might be attributed to climate change in the region. In general, the findings of this study, would be useful in recognition pedoclimates, soil classification and adjusting cropping pattern to adapt with climate change.
Keywords
Climate change
Pedoclimate
JavaNewhall
Soil temperture
Soil classification
Subjects
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