Combined transient method for determining soil hydraulic properties in a wide pressure head range

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1681-1693

  Schelle, H ^a   Iden, S C ^a   Durner, W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA POINTS; EVAPORATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INVERSE MODELING; INVERSE SIMULATION; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MODEL ERRORS; MOIST CONDITIONS; MOISTURE RANGE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRESSURE HEADS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL HYDRAULICS; STANDARD METHOD; SYNTHETIC DATA; TRANSIENT METHOD; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER FLOWS; WATER RETENTION;

ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EXPERIMENTS;

EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 80052056266     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0374     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Brun, R., P. Reichert, and H.R. Künsch. 2001. Practical identifi ability analysis of large environmental simulation models. Water Resour. Res. 37:1015-1030. doi:10.1029/2000WR900350 (Pubitemid 32516054)
2. Dane, J.H., and G.C. Topp. 2002. Methods of soil analysis. Part 4. SSSA Book Ser. 5. SSSA, Madison, WI.
3. Decagon Devices. 2009. Dielectric water potential sensor operator's manual, version 3.0. Decagon Devices, Pullman, WA.
4. Draper, N.R., and H. Smith. 1998. Applied regression analysis. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
5. Duan, Q., S. Sorooshian, and V. Gupta. 1992. Effective and effi cient global optimization for conceptual rainfall-runoffmodels. Water Resour. Res. 28:1015-1031. doi:10.1029/91WR02985
6. Durner, W. 1991. Vorhersage der hydraulischen Leitfähigkeit strukturierter Böden. Bayreuther Bodenkd. Ber. 20. Ph.D. diss. Dep. of Hydrology, Univ. of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
7. Durner, W. 1994. Hydraulic conductivity estimation for soils wiThheterogeneous pore structure. Water Resour. Res. 30:211-223. doi:10.1029/93WR02676
8. Durner, W., U. Jansen, and S.C. Iden. 2008. Effective hydraulic properties of layered soils at the lysimeter scale determined by inverse modelling. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 59:114-124.
9. Durner, W., B. Schultze, and T. Zurmühl. 1999. State-of-the-art in inverse modeling of inflow/outflow experiments. p. 661-681. In M.Th . van Genuchten et al. (ed.) Characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media: Proc. Int. Worksh., Riverside, CA. 22-24 Oct. 1997. U.S. Salinity Lab., Riverside, CA.
10. Eching, S.O., J.W. Hopmans, and O. Wendroth. 1994. Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from transient multistep outflow and soil water pressure data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:687-695. doi:10.2136/sssaj1994.03615995005800030008x (Pubitemid 291053)
11. Fujimaki, H., and M. Inoue. 2003. A transient evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties at low pressure. Vadose Zone J. 2:400-408.
12. Garnier, P., M. Rieu, P. Boivin, M. Vauclin, and P. Baveye. 1997. Determining the hydraulic properties of a swelling soil from a transient evaporation experiment. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:1555-1563. doi:10.2136/ sssaj1997.03615995006100060003x
13. Hansen, N. 2006. The CMA evolution strategy: A comparing review. p. 75-102. In E. Bengoetxea (ed.) Towards a new evolutionary computation: Advances on estimation of distribution algorithms. Springer, Berlin. (Pubitemid 44856937)
14. Hopmans, J.W., J. Šimunek, N. Romano, and W. Durner. 2002. Simultaneous determination of water transmission and retention properties: Inverse methods. p. 963-1008. In J.H. Dane and G.C. Topp (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 4. SSSA Book Ser. 5. SSSA, Madison, WI.
15. Iden, S.C., and W. Durner. 2007. Free-form estimation of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties by inverse modeling using global optimization. Water Resour. Res. 43:W07451. doi:10.1029/2006WR005845 (Pubitemid 350194500)
16. Kutilek, M., and D. Nielsen. 1994. Soil hydrology. Catena-Verlag, Cremlingen- Destedt, Germany.
17. Leij, F.J., and M.Th. van Genuchten. 1999. Characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media. p. 1-12. In M.Th . van Genuchten et al. (ed.) Characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media: Proc. Int. Worksh., Riverside, CA. 22-24 Oct. 1997. U.S. Salinity Lab., Riverside, CA.
18. Minasny, B., and D.J. Field. 2005. Estimating soil hydraulic properties and their uncertainty: The use of stochastic simulation in the inverse modelling of the evaporation method. Geoderma 126:277-290. doi:10.1016/j. geoderma.2004.09.015 (Pubitemid 40599966)
19. Mualem, Y. 1976. A new model for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated porous media. Water Resour. Res. 12:513-522. doi:10.1029/ WR012i003p00513
20. Peters, A., and W. Durner. 2008a. A simple model for describing hydraulic conductivity in unsaturated porous media accounting for fi lm and capillary flow. Water Resour. Res. 44:W11417. doi:10.1029/2008WR007136
21. Peters, A., and W. Durner. 2008b. Simplifi ed evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties. J. Hydrol. 356:147-162. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.016
22. Priesack, E., and W. Durner. 2006. Closed-form expression for the multimodal unsaturated conductivity function. Vadose Zone J. 5:121-124. doi:10.2136/vzj2005.0066 (Pubitemid 47254021)
23. Scanlon, B.R., B.J. Andraski, and J. Bilskie. 2002. Miscellaneous methods for measuring matric or water potential. p. 643-670. In J.H. Dane and G.C. Topp (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 4. SSSA Book Ser. 5. SSSA, Madison, WI.
24. Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, A. Peters, and W. Durner. 2010. Analysis of the agreement of soil hydraulic properties obtained from multistep-outflow and evaporation methods. Vadose Zone J. 9:1080-1091. doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0050
25. Schindler, U. 1980. Ein Schnellverfahren zur Messung der Wasserleitfähigkeit im teilgesättigten Boden an Stechzylinderproben. Arch. Acker Pflanzenbau Bodenkd. 24:1-7.
26. Schindler, U., W. Durner, G. von Unold, and L. Müller. 2010a. Evaporation method for measuring unsaturated hydraulic properties of soils: Extending the measurement range. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:1071-1083. doi:10.2136/sssaj2008.0358
27. Schindler, U., W. Durner, G. von Unold, L. Müller, and R. Wieland. 2010b. The evaporation method: Extending the measurement range of soil hydraulic properties using the air-entry pressure of the ceramic cup. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 173:563-572. doi:10.1002/jpln.200900201
28. Schultze, B., O. Ippisch, B. Huwe, and W. Durner. 1999. Dynamic nonequilibrium during unsaturated water flow. p. 877-892. In M.Th . van Genuchten et al. (ed.) Characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media: Proc. Int. Worksh., Riverside, CA. 22-24 Oct. 1997. U.S. Salinity Lab., Riverside, CA
29. Seber, G.A.F., and C.J. Wild. 1989. Nonlinear regression. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
30. Shokri, N., P. Lehmann, and D. Or. 2009. Characteristics of evaporation from partially wettable porous media. Water Resour. Res. 45:W02415. doi:10.1029/2008WR007185
31. Šimunek, J., M. Šejna, H. Saito, M. Sakai, and M.Th. van Genuchten. 2008. The HYDRUS-1D soft ware package for simulating the one-dimensional movement of water, heat and multiple solutes in variably-saturated media, version 4.07. Dep. of Environ. Sci., Univ. of California, Riverside.
32. van Dam, J.C., J.N.M. Stricker, and P. Droogers. 1994. Inverse method to determine soil hydraulic functions from multistep outflow experiments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:647-652. doi:10.2136/sssaj1994.03615995005800030002x
33. van der Ploeg, M.J., H.P.A. Gooren, G. Bakker, C.W. Hoogendam, C. Huiskes, L.K. Koopal, H. Kruidhof, and G.H. de Rooij. 2010. Polymer tensiometers wiThceramic cones: Direct observations of matric pressures in drying soils. Hydrol. EarThSyst. Sci. 14:1787-1799. doi:10.5194/hess-14-1787-2010
34. van Genuchten, M.Th. 1980. A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 44:892-898. doi:10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050002x
35. Vogel, T., M.Th. van Genuchten, and M. Cislerova. 2000. Effect of the shape of the soil hydraulic functions near saturation on variably-saturated flow predictions. Adv. Water Resour. 24:133-144. doi:10.1016/S0309- 1708(00)00037-3 (Pubitemid 32145495)
36. Wendroth, O., W. Ehlers, J.W. Hopmans, H. Kage, J. Halbertsma, and J.H.M. Wösten. 1993. Reevaluation of the evaporation method for determining hydraulic functions in unsaturated soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 57:1436-1443. doi:10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700060007x (Pubitemid 24405562)
37. Wendroth, O., H. Rogasik, S. Koszinski, C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker, and D.R. Nielsen. 1999. State-space prediction of fi eld-scale soil water content time series in a sandy loam. Soil Tillage Res. 50:85-93. doi:10.1016/S0167- 1987(98)00201-3 (Pubitemid 29134069)
38. Wildenschild, D., J.W. Hopmans, and J. Šimunek. 2001. Flow rate dependence of soil hydraulic characteristics. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:35-48. doi:10.2136/sssaj2001.65135x (Pubitemid 32169768)
39. Wind, G.P. 1968. Capillary conductivity data estimated by a simple method. p. 181-191. In Water in the unsaturated zone: Proc. Symp., Wageningen, the Netherlands. June 1966. Vol. 1. Int. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol., Gentbrugge, Belgium.