ptfkit.oosterveld1980
ptfkit.oosterveld1980 ¶
Oosterveld and Chang (1980), soil-moisture retention from texture and depth.
Reference
Oosterveld, M., & Chang, C. (1980). Empirical relations between laboratory determinations of soil texture and moisture retention. Canadian Agricultural Engineering, 22, 149-151.
- Territory
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Southern Alberta, Canada
- Dataset
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1,137 pressure-plate analyses on 298 soil samples from the Lethbridge Research Station laboratory; the field-capacity tension regression used 134 samples.
| FUNCTION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_available_water | Estimate available gravimetric soil moisture between field capacity and wilting point. |
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity | Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content at field capacity. |
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity_tension | Estimate field-capacity tension from clay content. |
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_retention | Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content from texture, depth, and tension. |
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_wilting_point | Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content at the 1500 kPa wilting point. |
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_available_water ¶
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_available_water(*, clay: float, sand: float, mean_depth: float) -> floating
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_available_water(*, clay: ArrayLike, sand: ArrayLike, mean_depth: ArrayLike, out: NDArray[floating] | None = None) -> NDArray[floating]
Estimate available gravimetric soil moisture between field capacity and wilting point.
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
clay | Clay content in percent by weight; the field-capacity tension experiment covered 2% to 72% clay. (% mass) TYPE: |
sand | Sand content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
mean_depth | Mean depth of the soil sample. (cm) TYPE: |
out | Optional output arrays for in-place calculation. TYPE: |
| RETURNS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
available_moisture | Predicted field-capacity moisture minus predicted wilting-point moisture, in percentage points by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
Models
\(h(\theta)\): Available-moisture point estimate from Equations 3 and 4
Notes
Prediction target: Difference between gravimetric moisture content at field capacity and at the 1500 kPa wilting point. The paper defines available soil water by subtracting Equation 4 from Equation 3.
Source code in ptfkit/oosterveld1980.py
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calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity ¶
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity(*, clay: float, sand: float, mean_depth: float) -> floating
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity(*, clay: ArrayLike, sand: ArrayLike, mean_depth: ArrayLike, out: NDArray[floating] | None = None) -> NDArray[floating]
Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content at field capacity.
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
clay | Clay content in percent by weight; the field-capacity tension experiment covered 2% to 72% clay. (% mass) TYPE: |
sand | Sand content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
mean_depth | Mean depth of the soil sample. (cm) TYPE: |
out | Optional output arrays for in-place calculation. TYPE: |
| RETURNS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
field_capacity_moisture | Predicted soil-moisture content at field capacity in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
Models
\(h(\theta)\): Field-capacity point estimate derived from Equations 1 and 2
Notes
Prediction target: Gravimetric soil-moisture content at field capacity. Equation 3 is obtained by substituting the Equation 1 field-capacity tension into Equation 2.
Source code in ptfkit/oosterveld1980.py
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calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity_tension ¶
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity_tension(*, clay: float) -> floating
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_field_capacity_tension(*, clay: ArrayLike, out: NDArray[floating] | None = None) -> NDArray[floating]
Estimate field-capacity tension from clay content.
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
clay | Clay content in percent by weight; the field-capacity tension experiment covered 2% to 72% clay. (% mass) TYPE: |
out | Optional output arrays for in-place calculation. TYPE: |
| RETURNS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
field_capacity_tension | Predicted tension corresponding to cylinder-method field capacity. (kPa) TYPE: |
Models
\(h(\theta)\): Field-capacity tension point estimate
Notes
Prediction target: Tension at which pressure-plate moisture content equals field capacity determined by the cylinder method. Equation 1 reports r = 0.67 and n = 134.
Source code in ptfkit/oosterveld1980.py
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calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_retention ¶
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_retention(*, clay: float, sand: float, mean_depth: float, tension: float) -> floating
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_retention(*, clay: ArrayLike, sand: ArrayLike, mean_depth: ArrayLike, tension: ArrayLike, out: NDArray[floating] | None = None) -> NDArray[floating]
Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content from texture, depth, and tension.
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
clay | Clay content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
sand | Sand content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
mean_depth | Mean depth of the soil sample. (cm) TYPE: |
tension | Soil-moisture tension. (kPa) TYPE: |
out | Optional output arrays for in-place calculation. TYPE: |
| RETURNS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
moisture_content | Predicted soil-moisture content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
Models
\(h(\theta)\): Empirical power-law moisture-retention relation
Notes
Prediction target: Gravimetric soil-moisture content at a specified tension. Equation 2 reports r = 0.96 and n = 1,137.
Warning
The paper reports slight inaccuracy at very high clay content and high tension.
Source code in ptfkit/oosterveld1980.py
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calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_wilting_point ¶
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_wilting_point(*, clay: float, sand: float, mean_depth: float) -> floating
calc_ptf_oosterveld1980_wilting_point(*, clay: ArrayLike, sand: ArrayLike, mean_depth: ArrayLike, out: NDArray[floating] | None = None) -> NDArray[floating]
Estimate gravimetric soil-moisture content at the 1500 kPa wilting point.
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
clay | Clay content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
sand | Sand content in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
mean_depth | Mean depth of the soil sample. (cm) TYPE: |
out | Optional output arrays for in-place calculation. TYPE: |
| RETURNS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
wilting_point_moisture | Predicted soil-moisture content at 1500 kPa in percent by weight. (% mass) TYPE: |
Models
\(h(\theta)\): Wilting-point estimate at 1500 kPa
Notes
Prediction target: Gravimetric soil-moisture content at 1500 kPa. Equation 4 reports r = 0.96 and n = 298. The paper takes moisture content at 1500 kPa as the wilting point.
Source code in ptfkit/oosterveld1980.py
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