Estimation of the Spatial Variability of the Soil‐Water Flux
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Soil Science Society of America Journal
- Vol. 41 (6) , 1208-1209
- https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1977.03615995004100060042x
Abstract
A simple method for estimating the spatial variability of the soil‐water flux from known variability of soil microhydrologic properties is presented. The method is based on the theory of approximating a differentiable function using Taylor‐series expansion (TS‐method). Published data for means and variances of the soil microhydrologic properties were used to estimate the mean and variance of the soil‐water flux in a draining profile of Panoche soil. These values were compared with those estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation procedure (MC‐method) on the same set of data. Relative advantages and disadvantages of these two methods are briefly discussed.Funding Information
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (R‐803067)