Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination

Soil water diffusivity (D) is an important hydraulic property that is fundamental to characterize unsaturated watertransport. Its determination is complex, time-consuming and requires expensive instruments. The objectives of this workwere: to propose a simple and low-cost laboratory methodology to d...

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Autores principales: Villarreal, Rafael, Lozano, Luis Alberto, Soracco, Carlos Germán, Filgueira, Roberto Raúl, Sarli, Guillermo Oliverio
Formato: Articulo
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97422
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/55021
https://www3.ufrb.edu.br/seer/index.php/wrim/article/view/1585
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topic Ciencias Agrarias
Unsaturated water movement
Sorptivity
Richards' equation
Movimento de água no solo não saturado
Sortividade
Equação de Richards
spellingShingle Ciencias Agrarias
Unsaturated water movement
Sorptivity
Richards' equation
Movimento de água no solo não saturado
Sortividade
Equação de Richards
Villarreal, Rafael
Lozano, Luis Alberto
Soracco, Carlos Germán
Filgueira, Roberto Raúl
Sarli, Guillermo Oliverio
Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
topic_facet Ciencias Agrarias
Unsaturated water movement
Sorptivity
Richards' equation
Movimento de água no solo não saturado
Sortividade
Equação de Richards
description Soil water diffusivity (D) is an important hydraulic property that is fundamental to characterize unsaturated watertransport. Its determination is complex, time-consuming and requires expensive instruments. The objectives of this workwere: to propose a simple and low-cost laboratory methodology to determine D function; and to analyze the influence of soilmanagement systems on D and Sorptivity (S). The studied soil was classified as a vertic Paleudol. The first 10 cm of the soilunder three different management systems (T1: Natural grassland, T2: direct drilling, and T3: Polyphitic Pasture) was sampled.The samples were sieved and packed into horizontal columns. The columns were analyzed under horizontal infiltration and Dwas determined by variations of water content as a function of time for fixed positions, obtained from low-cost soil moisturecapacitance sensors. The results showed that the proposed methodology is valid in the studied soils. Soil management systemsignificantly affected D and S. They were greater for T2 compared with T1 and T3 (D varied between 0.00033 and 0.0321cm2.s-1). This means that the soil under T2 can transmit water faster under non-saturated conditions as compared with thesoil under grazing. In conclusion, the proposed methodology allowed to determine D in a simple and low-cost way, and todetermine the influence of these properties on productive conditions.
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Articulo
author Villarreal, Rafael
Lozano, Luis Alberto
Soracco, Carlos Germán
Filgueira, Roberto Raúl
Sarli, Guillermo Oliverio
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Lozano, Luis Alberto
Soracco, Carlos Germán
Filgueira, Roberto Raúl
Sarli, Guillermo Oliverio
author_sort Villarreal, Rafael
title Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
title_short Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
title_full Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
title_fullStr Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
title_full_unstemmed Soil water diffusivity: a simple laboratory method for its determination
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publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97422
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/55021
https://www3.ufrb.edu.br/seer/index.php/wrim/article/view/1585
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