Estimating soil water retention characteristics from particle size distribution, organic matter percent, and bulk density

1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1633-1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Gupta ◽  
W. E. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Soil Water Retention ◽  
Retention Characteristics

Assessment of the usefulness of particle size distribution measured by laser diffraction for soil water retention modelling

2014 ◽  
Vol 177 (5) ◽  
pp. 803-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Lamorski ◽  
Andrzej Bieganowski ◽  
Magdalena Ryżak ◽  
Agata Sochan ◽  
Cezary Sławiński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Laser Diffraction ◽  
Soil Water Retention

Estimation of Soil-Water Retention From Particle-Size Distribution

Soil Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 177 (5) ◽  
pp. 321-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behzad Ghanbarian-Alavijeh ◽  
Allen G. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Soil Water Retention

ESTIMATION OF WATER-RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE BULK DENSITY AND PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF SWEDISH SOILS

Soil Science ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 161 (12) ◽  
pp. 832-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kálmán Rajkai ◽  
Sándor Kabos ◽  
M. Th. Van Genuchten ◽  
Per-Erik Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Retention Characteristics

Scaling soil water retention functions using particle-size distribution

2009 ◽  
Vol 374 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Nasta ◽  
Tamir Kamai ◽  
Giovanni B. Chirico ◽  
Jan W. Hopmans ◽  
Nunzio Romano
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Soil Water Retention

scholarly journals Predicting the soil water retention curve from the particle size distribution based on a pore space geometry containing slit-shaped spaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4621-4632
Author(s):  
Chen-Chao Chang ◽  
Dong-Hui Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Water Retention Curve ◽  
Soil Water Retention Curve ◽  
Soil Water Retention ◽  
Retention Curve

Abstract. Traditional models employed to predict the soil water retention curve (SWRC) from the particle size distribution (PSD) always underestimate the water content in the dry range of the SWRC. Using the measured physical parameters of 48 soil samples from the UNSODA unsaturated soil hydraulic property database, these errors were proven to originate from an inaccurate estimation of the pore size distribution. A method was therefore proposed to improve the estimation of the water content at high suction heads using a pore model comprising a circle-shaped central pore connected to slit-shaped spaces. In this model, the pore volume fraction of the minimum pore diameter range and the corresponding water content were accordingly increased. The predicted SWRCs using the improved method reasonably approximated the measured SWRCs, which were more accurate than those obtained using the traditional method and the scaling approach in the dry range of the SWRC.

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