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Jabro (1992), United States.

Source

Jabro, J. D. (1992). Estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils from particle size distribution and bulk density data. Transactions of the ASAE, 35(2), 557-560.

DOI: 10.13031/2013.28633

Scope

Territory: USA

Dataset: Southern Cooperation Series Bulletins (Dan et al., 1983; Nofziger et al., 1983; Quisenberry et al., 1987), 350 samples; validation on Duffield silt loam data.

Functions

calc_ptf_jabro1992

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity from silt, clay, and bulk density.

Status: ready-for-implementation

Prediction target: Saturated hydraulic conductivity from silt, clay, and bulk density.

Models: \(k(h)\) — Saturated hydraulic conductivity

Inputs

Name Type Unit Domain Description
silt number % value > 0 Silt content, 0.002-0.05 mm.
clay number % value > 0 Clay content, <0.002 mm.
bulk_density number g/cm^3 value > 0 Bulk density.

Outputs

Name Unit Domain Description
k_sat m/s value >= 0 Saturated hydraulic conductivity.

Note

Sand is not an input to the model.

Warning

The formula uses base-10 logarithms of silt and clay.