A simplified weighing lysimeter for monolithic or reconstructed soils

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Schneider, A D ^a,b   Howell, T A ^a,b   Moustafa, A T A ^c   Evett, S R ^a,b   Abou Zeid, W ^c  

^a ASAE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Construction; Design; Evapotranspiration; Lysimeters; Monolith; Weighing

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAND;

KIMBERLY-PENMAN EQUATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION;

LYSIMETERS;

EID: 0032069280     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Aboukhaled, A., A. Alfaro, and M. Smith. 1982. Lysimeters. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 39. Rome, Italy: Food and Agric. Organization of the United Nations.
2. Allen, R. G., M. E. Jensen, J. L. Wright, and R. D. Burman. 1989. Operational estimates of evapotranspiration. Agron. J. 81(4):650-662.
3. Allen, R. G. 1990. REF-ET, Reference Evapotranspiration Calculator, ver. 2.1. Logan, Utah: Utah State University.
4. Allen, R. G., and D. K. Fisher. 1991. Direct load cell-based weighing lysimeter system. In Lysimeters for Evapotranspiration and Environmental Measurements, Proc. ASCE Int. Symp. Lysimetry, eds. R. G. Allen, T. A. Howell, W. O. Pruitt, I. W. Walter, and M. E. Jensen, 114-124, 23-25 July, Honolulu, Hawaii. New York, N..Y.: Am. Soc. Civil Engineers.
5. Allen, R. R., J. T. Musick, and A. D. Schneider. 1995. Residual deep plowing effects on irrigation intake for Pullman clay loam. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59(5): 1424-1429.
6. Eck, H. V., and H. M. Taylor. 1969. Profile modification of a slowly permeable soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33(5):779-783.
7. Gee, G. W., M. D. Campbell, and S. O. Link. 1991. Arid site water balance using monolith lysimeters. In Lysimeters for Evapotranspiration and Environmental Measurements, Proc. ASCE Int. Symp. Lysimetry, eds. R. G. Allen, T. A. Howell, W. O. Pruitt, I. W. Walter, and M. E. Jensen, 219-227, 23-25 July, Honolulu, Hawaii. New York, N..Y: Am. Soc. Civil Engineers.
8. Harrold, L. L. 1966. Measuring evapotranspiration by lysimetry. In Evapotranspiration and Its Role in Water Resources Management, Proc. ASAE Evapotranspiration Conf., 28-33, 15-17 Dec., Chicago, Ill. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.
9. Howell, T. A., A. D. Schneider, and M. E. Jensen. 1991. History of lysimeter design and use for evapotranspiration measurements. In Lysimeters for Evapotranspiration and Environmental Measurements, Proc. ASCE Int. Symp. Lysimetry, eds. R. G. Allen, T. A. Howell, W. O. Pruitt, I. W. Walter, and M. E. Jensen, 1-9, 23-25 July, Honolulu, Hawaii. New York, N..Y: Am. Soc. Civil Engineers.
10. Kirkham, R. R., G. W. Gee, and T. L. Jones. 1984. Weighing lysimeters for long-term water balance investigations at remote sites. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48(5):1203-1205.
11. Marek, T. H., A. D. Schneider, T. A. Howell, and L. L. Ebeling. 1988. Design and construction of large weighing monolithic lysimeters. Transactions of the ASAE 31(2):477-484.
12. Penman, H. L. 1963. Vegetation and hydrology. Tech. Commun. 53. Harpenden, England: Commonwealth Bureau of Soils.
13. Schneider, A. D., T. H. Marek, L. L. Ebeling, T. A. Howell, and J. L. Steiner. 1988. Hydraulic pulldown procedure for collecting large soil monoliths. Transactions of the ASAE 31(4):1092-1097.
14. Schneider, A. D., and T. A. Howell. 1991. Large, monolithic, weighing lysimeters. In Lysimeters for Evapotranspiration and Environmental Measurements, Proc. ASCE Int. Symp. Lysimetry, eds. R. G. Allen, T. A. Howell, W. O. Pruitt, I. W. Walter, and M. E. Jensen, 37-45, 23-25 July, Honolulu, Hawaii. New York, N..Y: Am. Soc. Civil Engineers.
15. Schneider, A. D., T. A. Howell, and J. L. Steiner. 1993. An evapotranspiration research facility using monolithic lysimeters from three soils. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 9(2):227-235.
16. Schneider, A. D., J. E. Ayars, and C. J. Phene. 1996. Combining monolithic and repacked soil tanks for lysimeters from high water table sites. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 12(6):649-654.