In this paper, time series of soil moisture were measured for a steep forest hillslope to model and understand distinct hydrological behaviours along two different transects. The transfer function analysis was presented to characterize temporal response patterns of soil moisture for rainfall events. The rainfall is a main driver of soil moisture variation, and its stochastic characteristic was properly treated prior to the transfer function delineation between rainfall and soil moisture measurements. Using field measurements for two transects during the rainy season in 2007 obtained from the Bumrunsa hillslope located in the Sulmachun watershed, a systematic transfer functional modeling was performed to configure the relationships between rainfall and soil moisture responses. The analysis indicated the spatial variation pattern of hillslope hydrological processes, which can be explained by the relative contribution of vertical, lateral and return flows and the impact of transect topography.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 연구자료 및 방법
  2.1. 연구자료
  2.2. 연구방법
 3. 결과 및 고찰
  3.1. 관측된 토양수분과 강우
  3.2. 도출된 전이함수 모형
 4. 결 론
 참 고 문 헌

• 김상현(부산대학교 환경공학과) | Sang-Hyun Kim (Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan University) Corresponding author