Theory 53/Earth & climate/Soil moisture memory
Memory Is Storage Against Loss
The claim
How long soil moisture anomalies persist is set by the ratio of storage capacity to evapotranspiration rate, so deep wet soils carry memory for months.
01Mechanism
Stored water is removed at a rate set by demand; the ratio sets the decay time.
02Prediction
Memory should track the ratio.
03Refutation
Memory tracking rainfall would remove storage.