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Iowa Infiltration and Ksat Studies Thanos Papanicolaou and Lee Burras IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering The University of Iowa Dept. of Agronomy Iowa State University

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Iowa Infiltration and Ksat

Studies

Thanos Papanicolaou and Lee BurrasIIHR ‐

Hydroscience

& Engineering

The University of Iowa

Dept. of Agronomy Iowa State University

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Waterscape

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Soilscape

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Definition

• Hydraulic conductivity can be defined as a measure of the ability of soil to transmit water. At steady state, this parameter is denoted as Ksat

and assumed to be constant for a given

space and time within a soil continuum.

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Objective

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Long term objective: PTFs

Pedo

Tranfer

Functions

)1(46.11)100(0086.0265.0 75.08.1 aCECsandK sat −−−−−−++−= −

For clay content ≤

40%

For clay content > 40%

)1(0066.0 )/44.2( beK claysat −−−−−−−=

where 

sand and clay are the fractions (%) of sand and clay, and CEC (meq/100g) 

is the cation

exchange capacity of the soil. 

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Long term objective

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Knowing the range of variability of key dynamic parameters

Such as Ksat will allow us to assess the role of human-impacts on soil quality

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Clear Creek Experimental Watershed: WATERSClear Creek Experimental Watershed: WATERS

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Clear Creek

Clear CreekClear Creek

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Nowhere is this program more appropriate than in Iowa, which is under 

increasing pressure to compromise its fragile soil and water assets to 

maximize agricultural production of all available land.

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Approach

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Instrumentation

The automated Amoozemeter

and DRI

b

c

d

a

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Amoozemeter 

 Principle: Capacitance changes linearly with water column HEIGHT of the Amoozemeter.   

Goal:  Develop a DATA‐LOGGER to record the change of the capacitance with time. 

Capability: Provide UNATTENDED, CONTINUOUS measurements for extended periods up to 7 DAYS. 

Metal sheets

Time

Infiltration curve

Ksat

Data‐logger

Datalogger outputs 

Water dep

th 

Capacitance

Calibration chart 

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Experimental Matrix

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b

a

c

d

Examples of spatially distributed measurements

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Repeated measurements

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Finding 1

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Finding 2

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Finding 3

Density function

0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.1 1 10 100

Ksat (μm/s)

Rel

ativ

e fre

quen

cy

HM GM AM

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Finding 4

-1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1Correlation coefficient (ρ) btween Log (Kast) and various variables

CRPCT-soybeanNT-soybean

Nitrogen content

Carbon content

CEC

pH

Clay content

Silt content

Sand content

Bulk density

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En route ..to Finding 5

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Finding 5

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000

DRI - fallDRI - summer

Amoozemeter - summerRainfall Simulator - fall

Rainfall Simulator - summer

Cosby et al. (1984)Brakensiek et al. (1984)

Rawls & Brakensiek (1985)Saxton et al. (1986)

Vereecken et al. (1990)Jabro (1992)

Dane & Puckett (1994)Campbell & Shiozawa (1994)

Risse et al. (1995)Wosten et al. (1999)

Rosetta BD - Schaap (1999)Rosetta - Schaap (1999)

Ksat (μm/s)

maximummeanminimum

Measured

Predicted

c

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000

DRI - fallDRI - summer

Amoozemeter - summerRainfall Simulator - fall

Rainfall Simulator - summer

Cosby et al. (1984)Brakensiek et al. (1984)

Rawls & Brakensiek (1985)Saxton et al. (1986)

Vereecken et al. (1990)Jabro (1992)

Dane & Puckett (1994)Campbell & Shiozawa (1994)

Risse et al. (1995)Wosten et al. (1999)

Rosetta BD - Schaap (1999)Rosetta - Schaap (1999)

Ksat (μm/s)

maximummeanminimum

Measured

Predicted

b

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000

Cosby et al. (1984)Brakensiek et al. (1984)

Rawls & Brakensiek (1985)Saxton et al. (1986)

Vereecken et al. (1990)Jabro (1992)

Dane & Puckett (1994)Campbell & Shiozawa (1994)

Risse et al. (1995)Wosten et al. (1999)

Rosetta BD - Schaap (1999)Rosetta - Schaap (1999)

Ksat (μm/s)

maximummeanminimum

Measured

Predicted

a

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Finding 6

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Topics of discussion

• How can we use remote data to make direct inferences about the soil type.

• Utilize different PTFs around the Nation (e.g., North Wisconsin Till).• Rainfall experiments to develop relationships among CN and Ksat-

expand on that relation since CN is a common index.

• Deep measurements & Soil structure (see e.g., Larry West study in Catena)

• Parent material composition• Stable macropores (less shrinkage and swelling potential) (X-ray CT

studies) and role of compaction• Erosion but also biochar applications can control Ksat• Geometric mean versus arithmetic and harmonic mean

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Upper Middle

Lower

Data source 1: Iowa Mesonet (daily)

DW Application: Rainfall from

NEXRAD

Topics of discussion

Data source 2: NOAA (5 min)

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http://ssldata.nrcs.usda.gov/advquery .asp

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Iwa Infiltration and Ksat Studies

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