1. Watershed Science and Engineering
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Biological Systems Engineering
This material is based on work supported by
the NSF under Grant No. CBET-1360280
Improving the Spatial Representation of Soil
Properties and Hydrology Using
Topographically Derived Initialization
Processes in the SWAT Model
Zachary M. Easton1, Daniel Fuka1, Amy Collick2
1Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
2Ag Food and Resource Sciences, UMES
20. Watershed Science and Engineering
Biological Systems EngineeringVirginiaTech
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2 4 6 8 10
800
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1400
1600
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DepthtoCHor.(mm)
R^2=0.28
y=50.80 x + 1025.52
(a)
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5
10
15
20
25
TI ClassMeas.Ksat(mm/hr)
R^2=0.19
−y= 0.88 x + 17.00
(b)
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25
30
35
40
45
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FieldCapacityat33kpa(%)
R^2=0.79
−y= 2.17 x + 46.00
(c)
2 4 6 8 10
1.65
1.70
1.75
1.80
1.85
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BulkDensity(g/cm^3)
R^2=0.17
−y= 0.01 x + 1.75
(d)
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0.48
0.50
0.52
0.54
0.56
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Porosity(%)
R^2=0.50
y=0.01 x + 0.47
(e)
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0.06
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.10
0.11
0.12
0.13
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AWC(volume)
R^2=0.71
−y= 0.01 x + 0.13
(f)
Soil Depth
AWC
Field CapacityKsat
PorosityBulk Density
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SoilDepth(cm)
Ksat(mm/hr)
Fieldcapacity(33kpa%)
BulkDensity(gcm-3)
Porosity(%)
AWC(cm3cm-3)
Fuka et al. 2016 Hydrol Proc
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