A methodology for determining the surface and vertical components of the wetting front under a surface point source, with root water uptake and evaporation

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
St. Elmaloglou ◽  
N. Malamos
Keyword(s):  
Point Source ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Surface Point ◽  
Wetting Front

Approach for predicting the wetting front depth beneath a surface point source: theory and numerical aspect

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hammami Moncef ◽  
Daghari Hedi ◽  
Balti Jelloul ◽  
Maalej Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Point Source ◽  
Surface Point ◽  
Wetting Front ◽  
Numerical Aspect ◽  
Source Theory

scholarly journals Analysis of Soil Water Response to Grass Transpiration

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Dohnal Michal ◽  
Dušek Jaromír ◽  
Vogel Tomáš ◽  
Herza Jiří
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Preferential Flow ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Water Dynamics ◽  
Soil Water Dynamics

This paper focuses on numerical modelling of soil water movement in response to the root water uptake that is driven by transpiration. The flow of water in a lysimeter, installed at a grass covered hillslope site in a small headwater catchment, is analysed by means of numerical simulation. The lysimeter system provides a well defined control volume with boundary fluxes measured and soil water pressure continuously monitored. The evapotranspiration intensity is estimated by the Penman-Monteith method and compared with the measured lysimeter soil water loss and the simulated root water uptake. Variably saturated flow of water in the lysimeter is simulated using one-dimensional dual-permeability model based on the numerical solution of the Richards’ equation. The availability of water for the root water uptake is determined by the evaluation of the plant water stress function, integrated in the soil water flow model. Different lower boundary conditions are tested to compare the soil water dynamics inside and outside the lysimeter. Special attention is paid to the possible influence of the preferential flow effects on the lysimeter soil water balance. The adopted modelling approach provides a useful and flexible framework for numerical analysis of soil water dynamics in response to the plant transpiration.

scholarly journals Modelling the Impact on Root Water Uptake and Solute Return Flow of Different Drip Irrigation Regimes with Brackish Water

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fairouz Slama ◽  
Nessrine Zemni ◽  
Fethi Bouksila ◽  
Roberto De Mascellis ◽  
Rachida Bouhlila
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Water Content ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Return Flows ◽  
Semi Arid

Water scarcity and quality degradation represent real threats to economic, social, and environmental development of arid and semi-arid regions. Drip irrigation associated to Deficit Irrigation (DI) has been investigated as a water saving technique. Yet its environmental impacts on soil and groundwater need to be gone into in depth especially when using brackish irrigation water. Soil water content and salinity were monitored in a fully drip irrigated potato plot with brackish water (4.45 dSm−1) in semi-arid Tunisia. The HYDRUS-1D model was used to investigate the effects of different irrigation regimes (deficit irrigation (T1R, 70% ETc), full irrigation (T2R, 100% ETc), and farmer’s schedule (T3R, 237% ETc) on root water uptake, root zone salinity, and solute return flows to groundwater. The simulated values of soil water content (θ) and electrical conductivity of soil solution (ECsw) were in good agreement with the observation values, as indicated by mean RMSE values (≤0.008 m3·m−3, and ≤0.28 dSm−1 for soil water content and ECsw respectively). The results of the different simulation treatments showed that relative yield accounted for 54%, 70%, and 85.5% of the potential maximal value when both water and solute stress were considered for deficit, full. and farmer’s irrigation, respectively. Root zone salinity was the lowest and root water uptake was the same with and without solute stress for the treatment corresponding to the farmer’s irrigation schedule (273% ETc). Solute return flows reaching the groundwater were the highest for T3R after two subsequent rainfall seasons. Beyond the water efficiency of DI with brackish water, long term studies need to focus on its impact on soil and groundwater salinization risks under changing climate conditions.

Validation of a root water uptake model to estimate transpiration constraints

2010 ◽  
Vol 97 (9) ◽  
pp. 1382-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derblai Casaroli ◽  
Quirijn de Jong van Lier ◽  
Durval Dourado Neto
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Root Water Uptake

Root water uptake of field-growing plants indicated by measurements of natural-abundance deuterium

1995 ◽  
Vol 177 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Thorburn ◽  
James R. Ehleringer
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Natural Abundance

SIMULATING SOIL WATER FLOW WITH ROOT-WATER-UPTAKE APPLYING AN INVERSE METHOD

Soil Science ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 169 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zuo ◽  
Lei Meng ◽  
Renduo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Inverse Method ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Soil Water Flow
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