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<ptfkit/jabro1992.h>

#include <ptfkit/jabro1992.h>

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.

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Functions

calc_ptf_jabro1992

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

static inline double calc_ptf_jabro1992(double silt, double clay, double bulk_density);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
silt in Silt content, 0.002-0.05 mm. (%)
clay in Clay content, <0.002 mm. (%)
bulk_density in Bulk density. (g/cm^3)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity. (m/s)

Note

Sand is not an input to the model.

Warning

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