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#include <ptfkit/zhao2016.h>

Saturated hydraulic conductivity PTFs for the Loess Plateau of China.

Source

Zhao, C., Shao, M., Jia, X., Nasir, M., & Zhang, C. (2016). Using pedotransfer functions to estimate soil hydraulic conductivity in the Loess Plateau of China. CATENA, 143, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.03.037

DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.03.037

Scope

Territory: Typical Loess Plateau of China, covering approximately 430,000 square kilometers.

Dataset: 729 samples from 243 sites, sampled in 2012 at depths of 0-10, 10-20, and 20-40 cm. Each of 400 random calibration-validation splits used 583 development records and 146 validation records (Section 2.3.1).

PTF catalog page

Functions

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_1

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-1.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_1(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Highest-ranked fitted PTF, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_2

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-2.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_2(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Mean coefficients of the top 25 percent, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_3

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-3.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_3(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Mean coefficients of the top 50 percent, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_4

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-4.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_4(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Mean coefficients of the top 75 percent, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_5

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-5.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_5(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Mean coefficients of all 400 PTFs, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.

calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_6

Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity using reconstructed M2-6.

static inline double calc_ptf_zhao2016_m2_6(double bulk_density, double silt, double clay);

Parameters

Name Direction Description
bulk_density in Soil bulk density measured on undisturbed cores. (g/cm^3)
silt in Silt content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)
clay in Clay content measured by laser diffraction using USDA taxonomy (Section 2.2.2). (%)

Returns

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, measured by the constant-head method. (mm/min)

Note

Lowest-ranked fitted PTF, ranked by descending R-squared (Section 3.3).

Note

Uses Table 1 means and standard deviations for Jia et al. (2012) Equation 3 on both predictors and response, as a reviewed reconstruction.

Warning

The publication does not explicitly confirm Table 1 statistics as the fitted scaling constants or the application of response scaling. This reconstruction has not been verified against author software.

Warning

Observed ranges describe the sampled soils; predictions are not clamped.