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Multifractal behaviour of the soil water content of a vineyard in northwest Spain during two growing seasons
José Manuel Mirás-Avalos
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Estación de Viticultura e Enoloxía de Galicia, EVEGA-INGACAL, Ponte San Clodio s/n, 32428 Leiro, Ourense, Spain
Departamento de Riego, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Emiliano Trigo-Córdoba
Estación de Viticultura e Enoloxía de Galicia, EVEGA-INGACAL, Ponte San Clodio s/n, 32428 Leiro, Ourense, Spain
Rosane da Silva-Dias
Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus A Zapateira s/n, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
Irene Varela-Vila
Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus A Zapateira s/n, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
Aitor García-Tomillo
Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus A Zapateira s/n, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
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The current study aimed to describe the dynamics of soil water content at three depths in a vineyard under rain-fed and irrigation conditions and to assess the multifractality of these time data series. Soil water content data series obeyed power laws and tended to behave as multifractals. Our results suggest that singularity spectra were useful for characterising temporal variability of soil water content, distinguishing patterns among series registered under rain-fed and irrigation treatments.
The current study aimed to describe the dynamics of soil water content at three depths in a...
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