<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Soil water retention curves were measured using a sandbox and the pressure plate extractor method on undisturbed soil samples from the Borská Lowland. The basic soil properties (e.g. soil texture, dry bulk density) of the samples were determined. The soil water retention curve was described using the van Genuchten model (Van Genuchten, 1980). The parameters of the model were obtained using the RETC program (Van Genuchten et al., 1991). For the determination of the soil water retention curve parameters, two pedotransfer functions (PTF) were also used that were derived for this area by Skalová (2003) and the Rosetta computer program (Schaap et al., 2001). The performance of the PTFs was characterized using the mean difference and root mean square error.</p></abstract>

Soil water retention curves were measured using a sandbox and the pressure plate extractor method on undisturbed soil samples from the Borská Lowland. The basic soil properties (e.g. soil texture, dry bulk density) of the samples were determined. The soil water retention curve was described using the van Genuchten model (Van Genuchten, 1980). The parameters of the model were obtained using the RETC program (Van Genuchten et al., 1991). For the determination of the soil water retention curve parameters, two pedotransfer functions (PTF) were also used that were derived for this area by Skalová (2003) and the Rosetta computer program (Schaap et al., 2001). The performance of the PTFs was characterized using the mean difference and root mean square error.

Comparison Of Selected Pedotransfer Functions For The Determination Of Soil Water Retention Curves

Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina B-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Water Research Institute, Nábrežie arm. gen. L. Svobodu 5, 812 49 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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Soil water retention curves were measured using a sandbox and the pressure plate extractor method on undisturbed soil samples from the Borská Lowland. The...

Comparison Of Selected Pedotransfer Functions For The Determination Of Soil Water Retention Curves

Published Online: Oct 14, 2015

Page range: 33 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2015-0016

Keywords
Soil moisture retention curve, pedotransfer functions, Borská Lowland

© 2015 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Comparison Of Selected Pedotransfer Functions For The Determination Of Soil Water Retention Curves

Published Online: Oct 14, 2015

Page range: 33 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2015-0016

KeywordsSoil moisture retention curve, pedotransfer functions, Borská Lowland

© 2015 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
Soil moisture retention curve, pedotransfer functions, Borská Lowland