INFILTRATION MEASUREMENT USING A VERTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY PROBE AND A REFLECTION SIMULATION MODEL
作者:
Dennis Timlin,
Yakov Pachepsky,
期刊:
Soil Science
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 167,
issue 1
页码: 1-8
ISSN:0038-075X
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: TDR probe;wetting front;infiltration;simulation
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Experimental methods are needed to measure infiltrations at several locations simultaneously during rainfall or irrigation. The objective of this study was to test the feasibility of using a time domain reflectometry (TDR) probe installed vertically into the soil to track the propagation of the wetting front during infiltration. We used a numerical method to simulate wave traces. The dielectric constant above the wetting front and the probe characteristics were known. The trace simulation method was coupled to a nonlinear optimization program to fit the apparent lengths of the TDR probe above and below the wetting front and the dielectric constant of the soil below the wetting front. The optimization program employed a genetic algorithm. The progression of the wetting front into the soil was recorded as a function of the apparent length of the section of the TDR probe above the wetting front. Direct measurements of the wetting front advance were obtained from observations of infiltration in a clear acrylic cylinder packed with soil and ponded with water. The root mean square errors of the predicted wetting front depths did not exceed 0.4 cm. The method shows promise in estimating wetting front depth as a function of time.
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