Evaporation from the soil surface (E) can be a significant source of water loss in arid areas. In sparsely vegetated systems, E is expected to be a function of soil, climate, irrigation regime, precipitation patterns, and plant canopy development and will therefore change dynamically at both daily and seasonal time scales. The objectives of this research were to quantify E in an isolated, drip-...

Live-fire training exercises can result in particulate propellant contamination on military training ranges and can potentially contaminate ground water. This study was conducted to evaluate dissolution of the 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) and 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) from the propellant formulation, M1 (87.6% nitrocellulose, 7.3% 2,4-DNT, 0.57% 2,6-DNT, 1.06% diphenylamine, 3.48% dibutyl ph...

Soil heterogeneities can impact hillslope hydropedological processes (e.g., portioning between infiltration and runoff), creating a need for in-depth knowledge of governing water dynamics redistribution. The presented study was conducted at the SUPREHILL Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) (hillslope vineyard) in 2021. A combination field investigation (soil sampling monitoring campaign) numerical ...

Low-order detonations and blow-in-place procedures on military training ranges can result in residual solid explosive formulations to serve as distributed point sources for ground water contamination. This study was conducted to determine if distribution coefficients from batch studies and transport parameters of pure compounds in solution adequately describe explosive transport where compounds...

PURPOSE To assess the biocompatibility of a novel implant made of Nitinol (nickel-titanium alloy), designed to improve aqueous humor outflow. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the first arm of biocompatibility testing, microstents were surgically inserted into Schlemm's canal (SC) of 2 non-human primates (NHPs), and a third NHP served as a surgical sham control. After 13 weeks the animals were killed,...

This paper presents two soil temperature models with empirical and mechanistic concepts. At the test site (calcaric arenosol), meteorological parameters as well as soil moisture content and temperature at 5 different depths were measured in an experiment with 8 parcels realizing the combinations of the fertilized, nonfertilized, irrigated, nonirrigated treatments in two replicates. Leaf area dy...

Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) farming in the Western Cape (South Africa) is an important industry for export market and job creation a large water user; however, adequate information on requirements of this crop not available semi-arid area. The objective study was to determine seasonal purpose use planning allocation. made experimental data from four fully bearing, high-yielding orchards (cv...

Abstract. We studied the long-term impact of contrasting tillage and cover cropping systems on soil structure hydraulic properties. Complete water retention conductivity curves for top (0–5 cm) subsurface (20–25 soils were characterized contrasted. Dynamic storage evaluated using numerical simulations in HYDRUS-2D software. Compared with standard-till (ST) no-cover-crop (NO) systems, under no-t...