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A fundamental, and often intriguing question, in hydrology is “where does the water go?” This becomes particularly difficult to observe when water arrives at the ground surface and infiltrates into soils. The development of rapid, campaign‐style imaging methods that do not need to be left in situ are therefore of great interest in tracking subsurface hydrological redistribution. We present a novel geophysical imaging approach identifying spatiotemporal variation consistent with soil water redistribution in a tropical deltaic soil. The intention is to provide additional insight into spatiotemporal soil hydrological/biogeochemical processes. The bulk soil electrical conductivity response (EC_a) is primarily controlled by the clay content and type, the ions retained in the soil solution (EC_e), and the soil water content (θ). Clay content can be assumed to be temporally static, whereas θ and EC_e are temporally dynamic. By imaging …