Thematic Issue on Soil Water Infiltration

Iovino, Massimo; Angulo-Jaramillo, Rafaël; Bagarello, Vincenzo; Gerke, Horst H.; Jabro, Jalal D.; Lassabatère, Laurent

doi:10.1515/johh-2017-0036

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“…They are fundamental to gain insight into (1) water and nutrients available for plant root systems from the perspective of sustainable agriculture in widely different environments; (2) understanding point or diffuse pollution of aquifers; (3) water conservation, losses and salinity issues in arid environments; (4) soil water erosion; and (5) management of soil structure in urban environments. [104][105][106] These models rely on soil hydraulic properties that are incorporated into two fundamental characteristics: (1) the soil water retention curve θ(h), describing the relationship between volumetric soil water content, θ (L3 L-3), and soil water pressure head, h (L); and (2) the hydraulic conductivity function, K(θ) or K(h), describing the relationship between θ or h and soil hydraulic conductivity, K (L T-1). 107 Many studies have focused on the development of methods for predicting or measuring soil hydraulic characteristics.…”

Section: Soil Water and Hydrologymentioning

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Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

Rodrigo‐Comino

López‐Vicente

Kumar³

et al. 2020

Air, Soil and Water Research

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Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the future to integrate distinct disciplines into soil studies. A myriad of challenges faces soil science at the beginning of the 2020s. The main aim of this overview is to assess past achievements and current challenges regarding soil threats such as erosion and soil contamination related to different United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) including (1) sustainable food production, (2) ensure healthy lives and reduce environmental risks (SDG3), (3) ensure water availability (SDG6), and (4) enhanced soil carbon sequestration because of climate change (SDG13). Twenty experts from different disciplines related to soil sciences offer perspectives on important research directions. Special attention must be paid to some concerns such as (1) effective soil conservation strategies; (2) new computational technologies, models, and in situ measurements that will bring new insights to in-soil process at spatiotemporal scales, their relationships, dynamics, and thresholds; (3) impacts of human activities, wildfires, and climate change on soil microorganisms and thereby on biogeochemical cycles and water relationships; (4) microplastics as a new potential pollutant; (5) the development of green technologies for soil rehabilitation; and (6) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by simultaneous soil carbon sequestration and reduction in nitrous oxide emission. Manuscripts on topics such as these are particularly welcomed in Air, Soil and Water Research.

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Section: Soil Water and Hydrologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

Rodrigo‐Comino

López‐Vicente

Kumar³

et al. 2020

Air, Soil and Water Research

101

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“…This means that soil hydraulic properties and initial water content are considered uniform in all directions. However, soil heterogeneity in the field is more the rule than the exception and this may strongly impact cumulative infiltrations (Iovino et al, 2017;Lassabatere et al, 2010;Lassabatere et al, 2014;. For instance, double-slope infiltration curves may be obtained in case of hydrophobicity (Lassabatere et al, 2019) or infiltration curves with extra-concavity may be obtained due to soil sealing and the concomitancy of several layers (Di Prima et al, 2018).…”

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Sequential infiltration analysis of infiltration curves measured with disc infiltrometer in layered soils

Moret‐Fernández

Latorre²,

Lassabatère³

et al. 2021

Journal of Hydrology

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“…Infiltration of water into the soil is one of the most important components of the hydrological water cycle (Iovino et al, 2017;Shayannejad et al, 2022). It has a great impact on runoff, plant growth and water movement in the soil (Basha, 2011).…”

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Developing a simple method for estimating soil infiltration in furrow and border irrigation using advance, recession and runoff data

Rabbaniha,

Ebrahimian

2023

Irrigation and Drainage

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Estimating soil infiltration is important in designing and managing surface irrigation systems. To date, various methods have been proposed to estimate infiltration coefficients. In this research, a simple method for estimating the coefficients of the Kostiakov–Lewis infiltration equation in surface irrigation is presented. Then, the performance of this method is compared with other similar methods, including the Elliott–Walker two‐point, IPARM and Merriam–Keller methods, using eight furrow irrigation datasets and six border irrigation datasets. The proposed method calculates the coefficients of the infiltration equation through the comparison between the measured and calculated infiltrated water amount by an optimization method, the normal decreasing gradient algorithm, using advance and recession data. The mean relative errors in estimating the infiltrated water volume were 13.63, 3.92, 0.005 and 0.00 for the two‐point, IPARM, Merriam–Keller and proposed methods for border irrigation, respectively. Similarly, the respective mean relative error values were 14.35, 6.31, 1.90 and 0.00 for furrow irrigation. In addition, to ensure the optimality of the obtained coefficients, response surfaces were drawn. The coefficients obtained from the proposed method are located in the minimum place of the response surface, while no similar behaviour was observed in the other methods. These results prove the effectiveness of the proposed method in addition to its simplicity.

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Thematic Issue on Soil Water Infiltration

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

Sequential infiltration analysis of infiltration curves measured with disc infiltrometer in layered soils

Developing a simple method for estimating soil infiltration in furrow and border irrigation using advance, recession and runoff data

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