Determining short-term changes in the hydraulic properties of a sandy-loam soil by a three-run infiltration experiment

Autor: S. Di Prima, Vincenzo Bagarello, N. Cecere, S. M. David
Přispěvatelé: Bagarello V., Cecere N., David S.M., Di Prima S.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 65:1191-1203
ISSN: 2150-3435
0262-6667
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1735637
Popis: Soil structure-dependent parameters can vary rapidly as a consequence of perturbing events such as intense rainfall. Investigating their short-term changes is therefore essential to understand the general behaviour of a porous medium. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the effects of wetting, perturbation and recovery processes through different sequences of Beerkan infiltration experiments performed on a sandy-loam soil. Two different three-run infiltration experiments (LHL and LLL) were carried out by pouring water at low (L, non-perturbing) and high (H, perturbing) heights above the soil surface and at short time intervals (hours, days). The results demonstrate that the proposed method allows one to capture short-term variations in soil structure-dependent parameters. The developed methodology is expected to simplify the parameterization of hydrological models with temporally variable soil hydraulic properties.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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