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    AnIntroductiontotheEnvironmentalPhysicsofSoil,WaterandWatersheds

    ByCalvinW.Rose
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Coverimage:Furrow irrigation of newly planted sugar cane crop near Clare
    (Queensland, Australia.) CSIROLandandWater.
    Chapter1frontispiece:Meteosatimageoftheworldfromspace.
    (ProvidedbyasuspendedimageserviceprovidedbytheUniversityofNottingham.)

    Fig.1.2:NaturalerosionatBryceCanyon,Utah,USA.
    (PhotobytheAuthor.)

    Fig.1.3:Soilshavedevelopedandcontinuetochangeattheinterfaceofmajorearth
    environments.
    (AfterMcTainshandBoughton(1993)inLandDegradationProcessesinAustralia,
    LongmanCheshire.)

    Fig.1.8:Componentsofthedaytimeheatenergyexchangeattheearth'ssurface.
    (FromRose(1979)inAgriculturalPhysics,reproducedwithpermissionfromPergamon
    Press.)

    Fig1.9:Componentsofthenighttimeheatexchangeattheearth'ssurface.
    (AfterRose(1979)inAgriculturalPhysics,reproducedwithpermissionfromPergamon
    Press.)

    Chapter2frontispiece:LandslideinNepal.
    (ReproducedwithpermissionfromAustralianAssociatedPressLtd.)

    Fig2.2:Soilaggregatesorcrumbs,withwaterwithinandbetweenadjacentaggregates.
    (AfterRose(1979)inAgriculturalPhysics,reproducedwithpermissionfromPergamon
    Press.)

    Fig.2.20:Effectsofsuctionanddegreeofsaturationandstressontheeffectivestressofa
    beachsanddryingfromsaturation.
    (FromMarshall,HolmesandRose(1996)inSoilPhysics,3rdEd,p238;reproducedwith
    permissionfromCambridgeUniversityPress.)

    Fig.3.12:TherelationshipbetweenthedragcoefficientforasphereandtheReynolds
    number.
    (AfterMonteithandUnsworth(1990)inPrinciplesofEnvironmentalPhysics,2ndEd,
    EdwardArnold.)

    Photographonpage62:ChildrenstandingneartheedgeofalandslideinEastTimor.
    (ReproducedwithpermissionbyLisetteWilsonandKevinAustin,takenwhentheywere
    withtheUnitedNationsTransitionalAdministrationinEastTimor.Lisetteiscurrently
    withtheWorldWideFundforNature,SouthPacificProgram.)

    Fig.4.4:Arunoffplotdefinedbyboundariesacrosswhichthereisnoflowexceptatits
    lowerend.
    (AfterRose(1993)Chapter14inHydrologyandWaterManagementintheHumid
    Tropics,edsBonnell,HufschmidtandGladwell,p321;reproducedwithpermissionfrom
    CambridgeUniversityPress.

    Fig.4.8:Therelationshipbetweentheratioevapotranspiration/lossandthedriedmass
    perhectareofagrowingtropicallegumepasturecrop.
    (AfterRoseetal.(1972)inAgriculturalMeteorology(nowAgricultureandForest
    Management)Vol10,p167;reproducedwithpermissionfromElsevier.)

    Fig.4.9:Acomparisonofestimatedandobservedchangesinavailabilityofsoilwater
    underawheatfallowsequence.
    (AfterFitzpatrickandNix(1969)inAgriculturalMeteorology(nowAgricultureand
    ForestManagement)Vol6,p317;reproducedwithpermissionfromElsevier.)

    Fig.4.10:Relationshipsbetweentheyieldofgrainsorghumandacomputedwaterstress
    indexforfivegrainsorghumvarieties.
    (AfterNixandFitzpatrick(1969)inAgriculturalMeteorology(nowAgricultureand
    ForestManagement)Vol6,p317;reproducedwithpermissionfromElsevier.)

    Chapter5frontispiece:Coastline,WellingtonPoint,Queensland,Australia.
    (PhotobytheAuthor.)

    Fig.5.4:Thesensorheadofanetradiometer.
    (AfterSzeicz(1975)inVegetationandtheAtmosphere,Vol1,edMonteith;reproduced
    withpermissionfromAcademicPress.)

    Fig.5.7:Thehistoryofvariationonanalmostcloudfreedayofthecomponentsofthe
    energybudgetequation.
    (AfterRoseetal.(1972)inAgriculturalMeteorology(nowAgricultureandForest
    Management)Vol9,p392;reproducedwithpermissionfromElsevier.)

    Fig.5.16:Therelationshipbetweentemperatureandvapourdensityandrelativehumidity
    atsealevelatatmosphericpressure.
    (AfterCampbell(1988)inAnIntroductiontoEnvironmentalBiophysics,2ndEd,p23;
    reproducedwithpermissionfromSpringerVerlag.)

    Fig.6.12:Illustratingtheresponseoftheaveragefieldinfiltrationratetotherainfallrate.

    (AfterRose(1985)inAdvancesinSoilScience,Vol2,p10;reproducedwithpermission
    fromSpringerVerlag.)

    Fig6.14:Theapparentinfiltrationrateasafunctionoftherainfallrateduringa
    thunderstorm.
    (AfterYuetal.(1997)intheTransactionsoftheAmericanSocietyofAgricultural
    Engineers,Vol40(5)p1297;reproducedwithpermissionfromtheAmericanSocietyof
    AgriculturalEngineers.)

    Fig6.17:Therelationshipbetweenthespatialmeaninfiltrationrateandtherainfall
    intensity.
    (AfterYuetal.(1997)intheTransactionsoftheAmericanSocietyofAgricultural
    Engineers,Vol40(5)p1299;reproducedwithpermissionfromtheAmericanSocietyof
    AgriculturalEngineers.)

    Chapter9(1st)frontispiece:Watershedwithpineappleproduction,southeast
    Queensland,Australia.
    (PhotobytheAuthor.)

    Chapter9(2nd)frontispiece(alsoFig9.16):RingaroomaRiver,Tasmania,Australia.
    (ReproducedwithpermissionbyDrRebeccaBartleyofCSIROLandandWater,
    Australia.)

    Fig.9.9:Therelationshipbetweentheamountofprior10drainfallandtheinitial
    infiltrationamount.
    (FromYuetal.(2000)intheSoilScienceofAmericaJournalVol64;reproducedwith
    permissionfromtheSoilScienceSocietyofAmerica.)

    Fig.10.10:Schematiccrosssectionofanunconfinedaquifer.
    (AfterBouwer(1978)inGroundwaterHydrology,Fig.1.2;reproducedwithpermission
    fromTheMcGrawHillCompanies.)

    Fig.11.7:Asuctionplatewithancillarysuctioncontrolequipment.
    (AfterRose(1979)inAgriculturalPhysics,reproducedwithpermissionfromPergamon
    Press.)

    Fig.11.9:DesorptionmoisturecharacteristicsforarangeofsoiltypesintheUSA.
    (AfterHanks(1980)inAppliedSoilPhysics,2ndEd,p42;reproducedwithpermission
    fromSpringerVerlag.)

    Fig.11.14:Profilesofthevolumetricwatercontent,measuredonthenumberofdays
    afterdrainage.
    (AfterOlssonandRose(1978)intheAustralianJournalofSoilResearchVol16,p174;
    reproducedwithpermissionfromCSIROPublishing.)


    Fig.11.15:a)Relationshipsbetweenthehydraulicconductivityandthevolumetricwater
    content.b)Relationshipsbetweenthehydraulicconductivityandtheinsitusuctionhead.
    (AfterOlssonandRose(1978)intheAustralianJournalofSoilResearch,Vol16,p175;
    reproducedwithpermissionfromCSIROPublishing.)

    Chapter12frontispiece:Asalinestream,Quairadong,WesternAustralia.
    (CopyrightCSIROLandandWater,Australia.)

    TheauthorwouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheexpertassistanceofMr.WalterMackand
    Mr.GerryLoiaconoinpreparingmuchoftheartworkforthebook.

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