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A Note to the Variable Sorptivity Infiltration Equation

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  • I. Argyrokastritis
  • P. Kerkides

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A simplification for the variable sorptivity infiltration equation of Poulovassilis et al. (1989) is proposed. The resulting equation has three parameters S x , c and K 0 . From these, S x and c are considered as fitting parameters and K 0 as a physical one. The new empirical infiltration equation is tested for precision, parameter time-dependence and applicability for soil surveys. The test was carried out by comparison with reference solutions i.e. infiltration data obtainedexperimentally, analytically or numerically for two different head conditionsat the infiltration surface. A good agreement is observed for all examinedcases. The dependence of the fitting parameters S x and c on the initialand boundary conditions, as well as the error that arises by taking intoaccount different values of them, are examined. In fine textured soilsparameter c seems to be very small, so that one can easily suppose that the proposed equation reduces to the well-known Philip's infiltration equation (Philip, 1957). Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003

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  • I. Argyrokastritis & P. Kerkides, 2003. "A Note to the Variable Sorptivity Infiltration Equation," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 17(2), pages 133-145, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:17:y:2003:i:2:p:133-145
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1023663223269
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    1. Anastasia Angelaki & Alkiviadis Dionysidis & Parveen Sihag & Evangelia E. Golia, 2022. "Assessment of Contamination Management Caused by Copper and Zinc Cations Leaching and Their Impact on the Hydraulic Properties of a Sandy and a Loamy Clay Soil," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-19, February.
    2. George Kargas & Petros Kerkides, 2011. "A Contribution to the Study of the Phenomenon of Horizontal Infiltration," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 25(4), pages 1131-1141, March.
    3. Shoja Ghorbani Dashtaki & Mehdi Homaee & Mohammad Mahdian & Mehdi Kouchakzadeh, 2009. "Site-Dependence Performance of Infiltration Models," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 23(13), pages 2777-2790, October.

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