Table of Contents

• Initialisation
  • Initialisation from site input
    • Saturated hydraulic conductivity
    • Saturated and residual water content
    • Van Genuchten parameters
    • Field capacity and wilting point

Initialisation

Initialisation from site input

For each stratum the following procedure applies for:

1. Take value if provided in the site input
2. If not provided in the site input, use value according to the humus or layer-specific soil type (determined by the clay, sand and silt content in the specific layer, note layer specific soil types are only determined if clay+sand+silt summs up to 1.0. If not, e.g. for peat soils, the soil type that covers the complete soil profile is used as specified in the site input.)

Hydraulic parameters are checked for consistency against each other.

Saturated hydraulic conductivity

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Saturated and residual water content

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Van Genuchten parameters

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Field capacity and wilting point

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