Performance evaluation and accuracy of passive capillary samplers (PCAPS) for estimating real-time drainage water fluxes

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-542

  Jabro, J D ^a   Iversen, W M ^a   Evans, R G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Irrigation; Lysimeter; Performance; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WICK; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DATALOGGER; DRAINAGE WATER; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; OR FLUXES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; SAMPLING ERRORS; SAMPLING METHOD; SANDY LOAMS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SURFACES; TIPPING BUCKET; VADOSE ZONE;

AUTOMATION; DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; SAMPLING; SOILS;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

HORDEUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84867274581     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Boll, J., T. S. Steenhuis, and J. S. Selker. 1992. Fiberglass wicks for sampling of water and solutes in the vadose zone. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 56(3): 701-707.
2. Brahy, V., M.-C. Henao-Toro, F. Goor, J.-F. Ledent, and B. Delvaux. 2002. Assessing passive capillary-wick samplers for monitoring resident nitrate concentration in real field. Soil Use and Mgmt. 18(1): 18-25.
3. Brandi-Dohrn, F. M., R. P. Dick, M. Hess, and J. S. Selker. 1996. Field evaluation of passive capillary samplers. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 60(6): 1705-1713.
4. Czigany, S., M. Flury, J. B. Harsh, B. C. Williams, and J. M. Shira. 2005. Suitability of fiberglass wicks to sample colloids from vadose zone pore water. Vadose Zone J. 4(1): 175-183.
5. Gee, G. W., A. L. Ward, T. G. Caldwell, and J. C. Ritter. 2002. A vadose zone water fluxmeter with divergence control. water Resour. Res. 38(8): 1411.
6. Gee, G. W., Z. Fred Zhang, and A. L. Ward. 2003. A modified vadose zone water fluxmeter with solution collection capability. Vadose Zone J. 2(3): 627-632.
7. Gee, G. W., B. D. Newman, S. R. Green, R. Meissner, H. Rupp, Z. F. Zhang, J. M. Keller, W. J. Waugh, M. van der Velde, and J. Salazar. 2009. Passive wick fluxmeters: Design considerations and field applications. water Resources Res. 45. W04420, doi:10.1029/2008WR007088.
8. Hendrickx, J. M. H., J.M. Wraith, D. L. Corwin, and R. G. Kachanoski. 2002. Miscible solute transport: Part 4: Physical methods. In Methods of Soil Analysis, 1253-1322. J. H. Dane and G. C. Topp, eds. Madison, wis.: SSSA.
9. Holder, M., K. W. Brown, J. C. Thomas, D. Zabcik, and H. E. Murry. 1991. Capillary wick unsaturated zone soil pore water sampler. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 55(5): 1195-1202.
10. Jabro, J. D., J. D. Toth, and R. H. Fox. 1998. Evaluation and comparison of five simulation models for estimating water drainage fluxes under corn. J. Environ. Qual. 27(4): 1376-1381.
11. Jabro, J. D., Y. Kim, R. G. Evans, W. M. Iversen, and W. B. Stevens. 2008. Passive capillary sampler for measuring soil water drainage and flux in the vadose zone: Design, performance and enhancement. Applied Eng. in Agric. 24(4): 439-446.
12. Jemison, J. M., Jr., and R. H. Fox. 1992. Estimation of zerotension pan lysimeter collection efficiency. Soil Sci. 154(1): 85-94.
13. Knutson, J. H., and J. H. Selker. 1994. Unsaturated hydraulic conductivities of fiberglass wicks and designing capillary wick pore water samplers. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 68(3): 721-729.
14. Knutson, J. H., and J. S. Selker. 1996. Fiberglass wick sampler effects on measurements of solute transport in the vadose zone. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 60(2): 420-424.
15. Poletika, N. N., K. Roth, and W. Jurry. 1992. Interpretation of solute transport data obtained with fiberglass wick soil solution samplers. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 56(6): 1751-175.
16. Smith, J., P. Smith, and T. Addiscott. 1996. Quantitative methods to evaluate and compare soil organic matter (SOM) models. In Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models, 181-200. D. S. Powlson, P. Smith, and J. U. Smith, eds. NATO ASI Series I, Vol. 38. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
17. Steenhuis, T. S., J.-Y. Parlange, and S. A. Aburime. 1995. Preferential flow in structured and sandy soils: Consequences for modeling and monitoring. In Handbook of Vadose Zone Characterization and Monitoring, 629-638. L. G. Wilson, L. G. Everett, and S. J. Cullen, eds. Boca Raton, Fla.: Lewis Publishers.
18. Steenhuis, T., K. Vandenheuvel, K. W. Weiler, J. Boll, J. Daliparthy, S. Herbert, and J.-S. Kung. 1998. Mapping and interpreting soil textural layers to assess agri-chemical movement at several scales along the eastern seaboard (USA). Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 50(1): 91-97.
19. Zhu, Y., R. H. Fox, and J. D. Toth. 2002. Leachate collection efficiency of zero-tension and passive capillary fiberglass wick lysimeters. Soil Sci. Soc. America J. 66(1): 37-43.