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- Title
A Compact Weighing Lysimeter to Estimate the Water Infiltration Rate in Agricultural Soils.
- Authors
Ávila-Dávila, Laura; Soler-Méndez, Manuel; Bautista-Capetillo, Carlos Francisco; González-Trinidad, Julián; Júnez-Ferreira, Hugo Enrique; Robles Rovelo, Cruz Octavio; Molina-Martínez, José Miguel
- Abstract
Infiltration estimation is made by tests such as concentric cylinders, which are prone to errors, such as the lateral movement under the ring. Several possibilities have been developed over the last decades to compensate these errors, which are based on physical, electronic, and mathematical principles. In this research, two approaches are proposed to measure the water infiltration rate in a silty loam soil by means of the mass values of a lysimeter weighing under rainfall conditions and different moisture contents. Based on the fact that with the lysimeter it is possible to determine acting soil flows very precisely, then with the help of mass conservation and assuming a downward vertical movement, 12 rain events were analyzed. In addition, it was possible to monitor the behavior of soil moisture and to establish the content at field capacity from the values of the weighing lysimeter, from which both approach are based. The infiltration rate of these events showed a variable rate at the beginning of the rainfall until reaching a maximum, to descend to a stable or basic rate. This basic infiltration rate was 1.49 ± 0.36 mm/h, and this is because soils with fine textures have reported low infiltration capacity. Four empirical or semi-empirical models of infiltration were calibrated with the values obtained with our approaches, showing a better fit with the Horton's model.
- Subjects
SOIL infiltration; LYSIMETER; SOIL moisture; LOAM soils; SOLIFLUCTION; CONSERVATION of mass
- Publication
Agronomy, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p180
- ISSN
2073-4395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agronomy11010180