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{"title":"Effects of dynamic capillarity on the shear strength of sandy soils during transient two‐phase flow: Insights from non‐equilibrium triaxial simulations","authors":"Alireza Daman Shokouh, Ehsan Nikooee, Ghassem Habibagahi, S. Majid Hassanizadeh","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20351","url":null,"abstract":"Modeling two‐phase flow in unsaturated porous media is not only important to vadose zone hydrology but also of great value in diverse disciplines. Common approaches use a simplified relationship between fluid pressure difference and saturation, neglecting the influence of saturation change rates. However, many studies have suggested that the applicability of this approach is limited to situations where the rate of change in saturation is insignificant. Despite several studies highlighting the importance of non‐equilibrium capillarity effects in unsaturated flow modeling, its significance in the mechanical response of the porous medium remains unclear. This study thus aims to address this gap by comparing the simulation results of the traditional static approach and an advanced approach that incorporates dynamic capillarity effects. The comparison is conducted under various flow boundary conditions to assess the magnitude of the differences between the two approaches. The results indicate that as the hydraulic boundary conditions’ absolute values increase, the contrast between the mechanical response of the two simulation scenarios (dynamic and static) becomes more significant. For instance, the dynamic model can predict shear strengths up to 50% higher than the static model. This highlights the importance of considering non‐equilibrium effects while modeling the mechanical behavior of an unsaturated porous medium. Finally, the parametric study of the effect of dynamic coefficient, air entry value, and saturated conductivity reveals the more pronounced effect of the dynamic coefficient on the mechanical response.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141191662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The PDI model system for parameterizing soil hydraulic properties","authors":"Andre Peters, Wolfgang Durner, Sascha Iden","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20338","url":null,"abstract":"The Peters–Durner–Iden (PDI) model system for describing soil hydraulic properties (SHP) has been developed over a decade. Inspired by Rien van Genuchten's seminal work, the PDI system focuses on an efficient and simple parameterization of water retention curves and hydraulic conductivity curves (HCC) across the entire soil moisture spectrum. By combining capillary and non‐capillary components for water retention and conductivity, it aims to reconcile mathematical simplicity and insights on water adsorption and film flow in soils. Recent developments have reduced the number of free parameters of the conductivity model to zero, enhancing the model's applicability in cases of limited data availability. The first reduction was achieved by a prediction of absolute non‐capillary conductivity based on the consideration of film and corner flow on the pore scale, and the second by a prediction of absolute capillary conductivity by a capillary bundle model. This allows a complete characterization of SHP over the entire moisture range with only four retention curve parameters. The inclusion of a maximum pore size in the capillary conductivity model prevents an unrealistic drop of the HCC near saturation. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the PDI model system, emphasizing its conceptual features and mathematical details. An Excel sheet and a Python code stored in a repository are provided for accessibility.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simulating bare soil evaporation for undisturbed soil cores—Using HYDRUS 3D simulation on X‐ray µCT determined soil macrostructures","authors":"Frederic Leuther, Efstathios Diamantopoulos","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20339","url":null,"abstract":"Evaporation of soil water depends not only on climatic conditions, soil surface roughness, soil texture, and soil hydraulic properties but also on the soils’ macrostructure. Evaporation is characterized by water losses over time for a defined soil volume, where soils are assumed to be homogeneous in texture and structure. In this technical note, we investigated the potential and limitations of 3D modeling of evaporation processes on 250 cm<jats:sup>3</jats:sup> soil cores with structural features ≥480 µm determined by X‐ray computed tomography. For this, we used isothermal Richards equation as the main governing equation, accounting also for isothermal vapor flow. We simulated two evaporation experiments with same soil texture but contrasting macrostructures, that is, the spatial arrangement of voxels classified as soil matrix and air‐filled voids, of a ploughed and non‐ploughed grassland soil with HYDRUS 3D. In both simulations, we fixed the potential evaporation rates to the experimental rates and evaluated simulation results with measured matric potential data at two depths (1.25 cm and 3.75 cm) continuously recorded at 10 min intervals. We could show that the simulations of bare soil evaporation were able to predict the tensiometer dynamics and water losses for the full experimental time of 7 days. The simulation provided unique spatial information of water content and flow velocities as a function of time, which are important when studying the effect of air‐filled macropores, macro‐connectivity of soil matrix, and water dynamics on soil evaporation.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140930969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A simple, accurate, and explicit form of the Green–Ampt model to estimate infiltration, sorptivity, and hydraulic conductivity","authors":"S. H. Sadeghi, H. W. Loescher, P. W. Jacoby, P. L. Sullivan","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20341","url":null,"abstract":"Finding an explicit solution to the widely used Green–Ampt (G–A) one‐dimensional infiltration model has been subject of efforts for more than half a century. We derived an explicit semiempirical approach that combines accuracy with simplicity, a concept that has been generally neglected in previous studies. The equation is , with <jats:italic>F</jats:italic> (L), <jats:italic>K<jats:sub>s</jats:sub></jats:italic> (L/T), <jats:italic>S</jats:italic> (L<jats:italic>/</jats:italic>T<jats:sup>0.5</jats:sup>) and <jats:italic>t</jats:italic> (T) being cumulative infiltration, saturated hydraulic conductivity, sorptivity, and time, respectively. Relative errors (<jats:italic>ɛ</jats:italic>) by the application of this equation generally do not exceed ±0.3% in most applied infiltration problems faced by water resources engineering today. We show both numerically and mathematically that │<jats:italic>ɛ</jats:italic>│&gt; 0.3% could only occur if <jats:italic>K<jats:sub>s</jats:sub>t</jats:italic>/<jats:italic>F</jats:italic> &gt; 0.904, a criterion that could apply to sand and loamy sand soils (i.e., coarse texture) and if they experience infiltration rates for over 6 h and 19 h, respectively. Hence, we also derived a simple linear adjustment in the model as <jats:italic>F</jats:italic><jats:sub>adj</jats:sub> ≅ 0.9796 <jats:italic>F</jats:italic> + 0.335 <jats:italic>S</jats:italic><jats:sup>2</jats:sup>/<jats:italic>K<jats:sub>s</jats:sub></jats:italic> to address these longer infiltration rates, and to assure that <jats:italic>ɛ</jats:italic> remains within the expected ±0.3% range of uncertainty. A linearized regression technique was also developed to accurately estimate <jats:italic>S</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>K<jats:sub>s</jats:sub></jats:italic> when the G–A model is used. We numerically demonstrated that our fitting method could be used even when the G–A approach is less valid (diffusive soils), provided that the actual value of the capillary length (<jats:italic>λ</jats:italic>) is initially known. An added benefit of our approach is that by setting <jats:italic>λ</jats:italic> equal to 1/3 and 2/3, it can significantly limit the range of initializing, unknown, a priori values of <jats:italic>S</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>K<jats:sub>s</jats:sub></jats:italic>, as these two parameters are estimated through the inverse solution of implicit infiltration models. Due to the model's simplicity and accuracy, our solution should find application among hydrologists, natural resource scientists, and engineers who wish to easily derive accurate estimations from the G–A infiltration approach and/or estimate sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity without encountering divergence problems.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Vadose Zone Journal Special Section: Soil physics in agricultural production, water resources, and waste management","authors":"Quirijn de Jong van Lier, Joshua L. Heitman, Simon Lorentz, Stanley Liphadzi, Johan van Tol","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On the accuracy of saturation estimation from electrical measurements of soils with high swelling clay content","authors":"Sina Saneiyan, Daniel Gimenez, Ethan Siegenthaler, Lee Slater","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20340","url":null,"abstract":"Electrical conductivity models have been widely used to estimate water content and petrophysical properties of soils in hydrogeophysical studies. However, these models are typically only valid for soils with non‐expandable matrices because they were originally developed for clean sandstone reservoir rocks. Soils containing swelling clays are characterized by matrices that expand/contract upon gaining/losing water. In this laboratory study, we demonstrate that soil matrix changes affect saturation estimation using Archie's laws. A sample of a soil containing a swelling clay was fully saturated with a potassium chloride solution, then left to dry evaporatively at room temperature for 8 days. The complex resistivity of the soil, along with its weight and volume shrinkage, were measured daily during the drying period, and the surface conductivity was calculated based on previous empirical findings. Over the course of the study, the simultaneous evaporation yielded a 33% decrease in volume and caused a nonlinear reduction in saturation with decreasing water content. Accounting for surface conductivity and correcting for saturation using the calculated volume reduction resulted in a power‐law relationship with high <jats:italic>R</jats:italic><jats:sup>2</jats:sup> values between resistivity and saturation along with reasonable saturation exponents. On the contrary, neglecting either surface conductivity or shrinkage caused similar underestimations of saturation exponents. These results indicate that the application of Archie's second law to soils with swelling clays leads to erroneous predictions of resistivity if saturation values are not corrected for changes in the volume of the soil and surface conductivity is neglected.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Within‐field soil moisture variability and time‐invariant spatial structures of agricultural fields in the US Midwest","authors":"Yi Yang, Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, Ming Pan, Trenton. E. Franz, Michael H. Cosh, Carl J. Bernacchi","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20337","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding soil moisture variability and estimating high‐resolution soil moisture at subfield to field scales is critical for agricultural research and applications. However, systematic investigation of subfield scale soil moisture variability over cropland is still lacking from both measurement and satellite remote sensing. In this study, we aim to investigate (1) the characteristics of within‐field soil moisture distribution over typical cropland in the US Midwest and (2) the capabilities of satellite remote sensing in capturing the spatiotemporal variabilities of soil moisture at subfield scale. Specifically, we conducted soil moisture field experiments in three typical commercial agricultural fields (∼85 acres per field) in central Illinois, representing typical commercial farmlands in the US Midwest, and compared the soil moisture measurements with satellite remote sensing data from optical and active microwave sensors. In each field, dense soil moisture samples (spaced at 50–60 m) were obtained for two dry down events in May and July 2021, and multiple long‐term soil moisture stations were installed. We found prominent time‐invariant spatial structures of soil moisture at within‐field scales both during the dry down period and over longer time scales, and the stability is minimally affected by plant water use during the growing season. Comparing the field campaign measurements with satellite remote sensing data, we found that surface reflectance of shortwave infrared bands, such as SWIR1 (1610 nm) from Sentinel‐2, can capture relative surface soil moisture patterns at within‐field scales, but their relationships with soil moisture are field specific. These findings and the improved understanding of within‐field soil moisture dynamics could potentially help future research on high‐resolution soil moisture estimation with multi‐source remote sensing data.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140810143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of soil water content and bulk electrical conductivity across the U.S. Climate Reference Network using two electromagnetic sensors","authors":"Timothy B. Wilson, John Kochendorfer, Howard J. Diamond, Tilden P. Meyers, Mark Hall, Temple R. Lee, Rick D. Saylor, Praveena Krishnan, Ronald D. Leeper, Michael A. Palecki","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20336","url":null,"abstract":"Soil bulk electrical conductivity (BEC) was evaluated alongside soil volumetric water content (VWC) and soil temperature measurements using the HydraProbe (model HydraProbe, Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.) (hereafter called HP) with accuracy range of BEC ≤ 0.3 S m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, and the time domain reflectometry (TDR)‐315L Probe (model TDR‐315L, Acclima, Inc.) (hereafter called AP) suitable for BEC up to 0.6 S m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, at 23 stations of the U.S. Climate Reference Network. Previous evaluations revealed inconsistent performance of both sensors in some clay soils using manufacturer‐recommended calibrations in converting dielectric permittivity measurements to VWC. Here, we found that hourly values of BEC reached 0.6 S m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> in high clay content soils and exceeded 2 S m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> in high saline soils, and these high values of BEC were associated with poor performance and failures of both HP and AP sensors. Large values of BEC occurred in predominantly saturated soils where VWC values reached about 0.5 m<jats:sup>3</jats:sup> m<jats:sup>−3</jats:sup> for saline soils and about 0.7 m<jats:sup>3</jats:sup> m<jats:sup>−3</jats:sup> for clay soils, while low magnitudes of BEC were associated with low soil water content and seldomly saturated soils. Low hourly BEC values of less than 0.1 S m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> were observed in wide variety of soil types, where sensor performance was typically excellent. The most influential factor on BEC was high soil water content conditions. Although dielectric permittivity measurements in estimating the soil water content were sensitive to BEC as some high clay content and high salinity soils increased BEC, the impact of large BEC on dielectric permittivity measurements was smaller in the well‐drained top soil layers than in deep soil layers that remained near saturation. Soil temperature had only a small impact on BEC. With high clay content and high salinity, the specific area of clay minerals was also associated with the magnitude of BEC.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preferential flow of phosphorus and nitrogen under steady‐state saturated conditions","authors":"Kritika Malhotra, Jasmeet Lamba, Thomas R. Way, Colleen Williams, K. G. Karthikeyan, Suman Budhathoki, Rishi Prasad, Puneet Srivastava, Jingyi Zheng","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20331","url":null,"abstract":"Repeated broiler litter application on agricultural lands can cause nutrient enrichment of subsurface effluent, especially with the existence of preferential flow through soil macropores. Previous studies quantifying soil macropores have not attempted to establish a connection of soil macropore characteristics with the subsurface nutrient (nitrogen [N] and phosphorus [P]) losses, across different topographical locations in the field. This study investigated the effect of broiler litter application and preferential flow on subsurface nutrient transport (N and P) at different topographical positions (upslope, midslope, and downslope) in a no‐till pasture field located in Alabama, USA. Twelve intact soil columns (150 mm id and 500 mm length) were used, and the nutrient leaching measurements from laboratory experiments were linked to soil macropore characteristics quantified using X‐ray computed tomography image analysis and solute transport modeling. Treatments included surface broadcast broiler litter (5 Mg ha<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, on dry basis) and unamended control. Leachates were analyzed for dissolved reactive P (DRP), total P (TP), and nitrate + nitrite‐N (NO<jats:sub>3</jats:sub><jats:sup>−</jats:sup> + NO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub><jats:sup>−</jats:sup>–N). The bromide breakthrough curves provided evidence of preferential flow in all columns. Litter application significantly increased leachate P concentrations, and average TP and DRP concentrations were significantly higher in the leachate from upslope columns compared to those at downslope location. The NO<jats:sub>3</jats:sub><jats:sup>−</jats:sup>–N concentrations in leachate exceeded the US EPA drinking water standard of 10 mg L<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> in all the treatment columns. The highest flow‐weighted mean concentrations of TP and DRP, at 2.7 and 2.5 mg L<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, respectively, were recorded in the upslope columns. Soil physicochemical properties and nutrient leaching losses varied substantially across topographical positions, indicating a need for variable litter application rates to reduce P build‐up and subsequent leaching in vulnerable locations within the field. The relevance of the effect of topographic position on nutrient leaching found in this study should be further tested by investigating a wider range of slopes and soil types in pastures.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comment on “Modified expression for unsaturated hydraulic conductivity according to Mualem–van Genuchten to allow proper computations at low pressure heads” by M. Heinen","authors":"Marcia S. Batalha, Camila R. Bezerra‐Coelho, Elizabeth M. Pontedeiro, Martinus Th van Genuchten, Jian Su","doi":"10.1002/vzj2.20332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20332","url":null,"abstract":"This comment concerns evaluation of the Mualem–van Genuchten (MvG) unsaturated soil hydraulic functions at very low (negative) pressure heads as described recently in an important study by Heinen. He showed that below some critical pressure head, the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity should be approximated by a power function, even when evaluated using double precision computations. We show that a more precise approximation is possible when the approximation is formulated in terms of effective fluid saturation (<jats:italic>S<jats:sub>e</jats:sub></jats:italic>) rather than the pressure head, <jats:italic>h</jats:italic>. More general constraints are also provided when the approximated hydraulic conductivity equation should be used. The alternative formulation and constraints were implemented earlier in the SOHYP and RETC software packages.","PeriodicalId":23594,"journal":{"name":"Vadose Zone Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140626799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}