water budget iv: soil water processes
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Water Budget IV: Soil Water Processes. P = Q + ET + G + Δ S. Infiltration. Infiltration capacity: The maximum rate at which water can enter soil. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Water Budget IV: Soil Water Processes
P = Q + ET + G + ΔS
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Infiltration• Infiltration capacity: The maximum rate
at which water can enter soil. • Infiltration capacity curve: A graph
showing the time-variation of infiltration capacity if the supply were continually in excess of infiltration capacity.
• Infiltration rate– The rate at which infiltration takes place
expressed in depth per unit time.– Converted to volume (ft3/s, m3/d) by
multiplying rate times area– Assumes spatial homogeneity of rate
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InfiltrationMovement of water into the soil
Water moves through spaces between soil particles (SLOW)
Water moves through old root channels, animal burrows, and between soil blocks (FAST)
Percolation is the movement of water through soil
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Wetting Profiles
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Matrix Potential• Capillary forces
– Water has high surface tension• Leads to zone above the “water
table” that where pores are saturated– Capillary Rise– Varies from a few cm to m (!)– Texture dependent
• Also accelerates infiltration into unsaturated soils
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Matrix + Gravity
When soil is saturated matrix force = 0
HORTON EQUATION:fo = Initial infiltration capacity fp = Infiltration capacity fc = Equilibrium infiltration capacity
If precipitation rate (L/T) < fc (L/T), then all rain infiltrates
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Generation of Overland Flow
What is contour tillage? What does it do?
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Soil Texture
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What is the implicit assumption here? How might a shallow water table violate this assumption?
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During a rainfall, millions of drops fall at velocities reaching 30 feet per second. They explode against the ground, splashing exposed soil as high as 3 feet in the air and as far as 5 feet from where they hit.
Impact energy breaks up soil particles into
smaller units that can clog soil pores
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The forest floor plays a key role in the infiltration process by adsorbing the energy of the rainfall (throughfall) preventing dispersed colloidal material from clogging soil pores and detaining water to give it time to infiltrate.
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• Wet & fine textured soils compact the most.
• Most of the compaction occurs in the first 3 trips.
• Compaction reduces root growth, nutrient and gas exchange, and site productivity (46% less volume for loblolly in N.C.).
• Compaction reduces infiltration and increases runoff.
• Soils may recover in 3-10 years if undisturbed.
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Calculating ΔS from soil moisture data
ΔS = storage end – storage begin
In this example the watershed soil is 1 meter deep and is unsaturated at end and saturated at beginning.
How do we determine ΔS as Equivalent Surface Depth (ESD) ?
P=Q+ET+G+ ΔS
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Soil Moisture Terms• Porosity
– Total volume of pores per volume soil
– Soil is saturated when pores are filled
• Volumetric soil moisture (θV)– Volume of water per volume of soil– Maximum is porosity
• Field capacity– θV soil moisture after free drainage – What soil can hold against gravity
• Wilting point– θV at which plants can’t obtain soil
water– Not zero θV , but zero AVAILABLE
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Available Water Capacity
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For unsaturated soil ESD = θv x soil depth
For saturated soil ESD = Porosity x soil depth
ΔS= ESD end – ESD begin
If soil saturated at beginning and unsaturated at end, what will be the sign of ΔS?
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θv= Vw / Vs
Calculating volumetric soil moisture volume water/volume soil (1 g water = 1 cm3)
1. Sample a known volume
2. weigh-dry-weigh
Cylinder Volume= 20cm3
Wet weight = 30g
Dry weight = 25g
Θv= (30-25) / 20cm3= 0.25g/cm3
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Equivalent Surface Depth of Soil Moisture (ESD) for unsaturated conditions
ESD= Volumetric soil moisture * depth of soil
θ= 0.25g/cm3 or just 0.25
Soil depth = 1.00m
ESD= 0.25m
This concept (yield of water per unit area) is also called the specific yield
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Calculating ESD of saturated soil
Porosity= volume of voids / total volumeMethod A
Saturate known soil volume, weigh, dry, weigh.
Method BDetermine Bulk density and use:
Porosity = 1-Bulk Density
2.65
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Dry Soil (g) Bulk Density
=
Cylinder Volume = 20cm3
Wet weight = 30g
Dry weight = 25g
25g20cm3
= 1.25 g/cm3
Soil Volume (cm3)
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Porosity= 1-(1.25 / 2.65)= 0.53
0.53 * 1m soil = 0.53m ESD for saturated conditions.
For unsaturated conditions the ESD was 0.25 m.
End S (unsaturated) = 0.25mBegin S (saturated ) = 0. 53m
ΔS= 0.25m – 0.53m = -0.28m
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Soil texture Total porosity Drained porosity
Bulk Density g/cm3
Sand 35-50% ~35% 1.5
Silts &Clay 40-60% 15-25% 1.0
Organic >60% variable 0.1
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Skidding Cycles
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Less infiltration
More runoff
More erosion
Less tree growth
Compacted Soils:
Less Storage
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