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#include <ptfkit/dharumarajan2019.h>

Dharumarajan et al. (2019) hydraulic PTFs for the Karnataka Plateau.

Source

Dharumarajan, S., Hegde, R., Lalitha, M., Kalaiselvi, B., & Singh, S. K. (2019). Pedotransfer functions for predicting soil hydraulic properties in semi-arid regions of Karnataka Plateau, India. Current Science, 116(7), 1237-1246. https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v116/i7/1237-1246

DOI: 10.18520/cs/v116/i7/1237-1246

Scope

Territory: Karnataka Plateau, India

Dataset: Field capacity and permanent wilting point were modeled from 512 soil samples in the Northern Karnataka Plateau and 228 samples in the Southern Karnataka Plateau; infiltration was modeled from 100 Karnataka soil observations.

PTF catalog page

dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result

typedef struct {
    double field_capacity;
    double permanent_wilting_point;
 } dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result;
Field Description
field_capacity Soil water content at -33 kPa matric potential. (%)
permanent_wilting_point Soil water content at -1500 kPa matric potential. (%)

Functions

calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_nkp

Estimate field capacity and wilting point for Northern Karnataka soils.

static inline dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_nkp(double clay, double sand, double cation_exchange_capacity);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
clay in Clay content. (%)
sand in Sand content. (%)
cation_exchange_capacity in Cation exchange capacity. (C mol p+/kg)

Returns

A dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result value.

Note

The model was fitted to 512 soil-layer observations.

Note

Reported cross-validation RMSE values are 5.25% for FC and 3.71% for PWP.

Warning

The paper does not state whether its water-content percentages are gravimetric or volumetric.

Warning

The source gives inconsistent profile counts and district lists for the Northern dataset; see the scientific notes.

calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_nkp_clay

Estimate Northern Karnataka field capacity and wilting point from clay.

static inline dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_nkp_clay(double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
clay in Clay content. (%)

Returns

A dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result value.

Note

The paper recommends this model when clay content is the only available predictor.

Note

Reported cross-validation RMSE values are 7.05% for FC and 4.74% for PWP.

Warning

The paper does not state whether its water-content percentages are gravimetric or volumetric.

Warning

The source gives inconsistent profile counts and district lists for the Northern dataset; see the scientific notes.

calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_skp

Estimate field capacity and wilting point for Southern Karnataka soils.

static inline dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_skp(double clay, double sand, double cation_exchange_capacity);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
clay in Clay content. (%)
sand in Sand content. (%)
cation_exchange_capacity in Cation exchange capacity. (C mol p+/kg)

Returns

A dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result value.

Note

The model was fitted to 228 soil samples from 43 profiles.

Note

Reported cross-validation RMSE values are 3.05% for FC and 2.17% for PWP.

Warning

The paper does not state whether its water-content percentages are gravimetric or volumetric.

calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_skp_clay

Estimate Southern Karnataka field capacity and wilting point from clay.

static inline dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_skp_clay(double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
clay in Clay content. (%)

Returns

A dharumarajan2019_water_retention_result value.

Note

The paper recommends this model when clay content is the only available predictor.

Note

Reported cross-validation RMSE values are 5.39% for FC and 3.13% for PWP.

Warning

The paper does not state whether its water-content percentages are gravimetric or volumetric.

calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_infiltration

Estimate infiltration rate for Karnataka soils from texture fractions.

static inline double calc_ptf_dharumarajan2019_infiltration(double sand, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
sand in Sand content in the Karnataka infiltration dataset. (%)
silt in Silt content in the Karnataka infiltration dataset. (%)
clay in Clay content in the Karnataka infiltration dataset. (%)

Returns

Soil infiltration rate measured with a double-ring infiltrometer. (mm/h)

Note

The model was fitted to 100 Karnataka soil observations.

Note

The reported model R-squared is 41%, and the reported RMSE is 6.71%.

Warning

Predictor calibration ranges are not reported for the 100-observation dataset.