Title of article :
Scaling soil water retention functions using particle-size distribution
Author/Authors :
Paolo Nasta، نويسنده , , Tamir Kamai، نويسنده , , Giovanni B. Chirico، نويسنده , , Jan W. Hopmans، نويسنده , , Nunzio Romano، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
12
From page :
223
To page :
234
Abstract :
The presented study explores the prediction of soil water retention and its variability from soil texture and bulk density measurements, using a physically-based scaling technique. Specifically, the Arya–Paris (AP) physico-empirical model is applied to two soil datasets that are collected from two catchments located in different areas of Southern Italy. Laboratory-measured soil water retention functions are scaled to characterize soil variability. The laboratory-measured and AP-predicted reference water retention functions are compared by evaluating the lognormal distribution of derived scaling factors, relative to the mean reference retention function. Since the scaling theory assumes geometric similitude for the investigated soils, successful application of using particle-size distribution to estimate soil water retention requires separation of soils with different textures, using variance analysis. We conclude that variability in soil water retention can be determined from limited soil water retention data using the scaling approach when combined with particle-size distribution measurements. This method can potentially be used as an effective tool for identifying soil hydrologic response at catchment scales.
Keywords :
Water retention function , Particle-size distribution , Spatial variability , Scaling , Hydrologic response unit , Pedotransfer function
Journal title :
Journal of Hydrology
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Journal of Hydrology
Record number :
1100045
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