ESTIMATING THE SORPTIVITY OF SOILS

Abstract
Six different approximations of soil sorptivity were applied to 3 soils at different initial water contents. Parlange''s approximation obtained by optimization gave excellent results. A new parameter was quite constant over a range of initial water contents and was useful in estimating the sorptivity for changing initial water contents. An exponential diffusivity function was also used to approximate the sorptivity.

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