determination of minimum soil column length to determine soil hydraulic diffusivity function through a simple method

Evaporation experiment to determine soil hydraulic properties

Novel evaporation experiment to determine soil hydraulic properties K. Schneider, O. Ippisch, and K. Roth Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Received: 24 April 2006 – Accepted: 27 April 2006 – Published: 29 June 2006 Correspondence to: K. Schneider (kla...

Novel evaporation experiment to determine soil hydraulic properties

A novel experimental approach to determine soil hydraulic material properties for the dry and very dry range is presented. Evaporation from the surface of a soil column is controlled by a constant flux of preconditioned air and the resulting vapour flux is measured by infrared absorption spectroscopy. The data are inverted under the assumptions that (i) the simultaneous movement of water in the...

Soil profile method for soil thermal diffusivity, conductivity and heat flux: Comparison to soil heat flux plates

Diffusive heat flux at the soil surface is commonly determined as a mean value over a time period using heat flux plates buried at some depth (e.g., 5–8 cm) below the surface with a correction to surface flux based on the change in heat storage during the corresponding time period in the soil layer above the plates. The change in heat storage is based on the soil temperature change in the layer...

Transient drainage from a vertical soil column

Transient drainage from a vertical soil column

Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity by internal drainage assuming a uniform soil water profile