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Web URL(s): | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377403000945 Last checked: 01/31/2014 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Raes, D.;
Deproost, P. |
Author Affiliation: | Raes: Department of Land Management, Katholieke University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Deproost: Soil Service of Belgium, Heverlee, Belgium |
Title: | Model to assess water movement from a shallow water table to the root zone |
Source: | Agricultural Water Management. Vol. 62, No. 2, September 2003, p. 79-91. |
Publishing Information: | [Amsterdam]: Elsevier Scientific Pub. |
# of Pages: | 13 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Root zone; Software; Models; Evapotranspiration; Soil water content; Groundwater; Soil salinity; Aeration; Capillary porosity; Water table; Soil water relations; Product profile; Precipitation
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Trade Names: | UPFLOW |
Abstract/Contents: | "UPFLOW is a simple software tool developed to estimate with limited data availability and appropriate assumptions the expected upward water movement from a shallow water table to the root zone during a specific period (typically 10-day) in a specific environment. The program contains various sets of soil water retention curves that are considered as representative for various soil classes and indicative values for root water extraction for a number of crops. The environmental conditions are specified in fields of a spreadsheet type Main Menu by specifying: (i) the average evapotranspiration (ET) demand of the atmosphere during the period under consideration, (ii) the expected soil wetness in the topsoil as a result of rain during that period, (iii) the depth of groundwater below the soil surface, (iv) the water extraction pattern of the plant roots, (v) the thickness and characteristics of successive layers of the soil profile and (vi) the salt content of the water table. A steady state upward flow is assumed during the period. The simulations are in line with indicative values represented in literature. Additionally, the software displays the deficient aeration conditions in the root zone and its effect on crop evapotranspiration when the groundwater is close to the soil surface. The model was used to estimate the capillary rise from shallow groundwater (1-1.5m) to the root zone (0.4-0.6m) of the horticultural crops in loamy sand and sandy loam soils in Belgium. The field measurements confirm that UPFLOW simulates the correct order of magnitude of the capillary rise to the root zone. UPFLOW is public domain software and hence freely available. An installation disk and manual can be downloaded from the web." |
Language: | English |
References: | 25 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Raes, D., and P. Deproost. 2003. Model to assess water movement from a shallow water table to the root zone. Agric. Water Manage. 62(2):p. 79-91. |
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