The issue of water infiltration into the soil monitored by the EIS method

The bachelor thesis is focused on the issue of water infiltration into soils and acquaintance with methods and procedures for monitoring the infiltration process in field conditions, including the assessment of the suitability of the method of electrical impedance spectrometry for the monitored issues. Infiltration ability of soil are involved in the formation of the landscape due to its resistance to extreme hydrological situations (floods, drought). Infiltration is process in which at exact time and at the certain rate is water absorbed from the earth´s surface into depth of the soil. Infiltration process is based on locality conditions and influenced by natural influences and by human activities. The measurement was performed at two selected localities of the School Forest Enterprise, which is an organizational part of Mendel University in Brno, in particular, of its Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology. The conception and realization of measuring of rain water infiltration into soil was performed in permanent forest stands located in the cadastre of the municipalities of Útěchov and Kanice. Both localities differ in the structure of the forest stands (species, age, spatial), and therefore the comparison of measured data was performed. In the case of the electrical impedance spectrometry method and the used measuring apparatus, this is a pilot work leading to the acquisition of knowledge, which factors can have a significant impact on soil infiltration and whether it is appropriate to apply the method and the measuring apparatus in this environment