Use of Brooks-Corey Parameters to Improve Estimates of Saturated Conductivity from Effective Porosity
D.J. Timlina,
L.R. Ahujab,
Ya. Pachepskyc,
R.D. Williamsd,
D. Gimeneze and
W. Rawlsf
a USDA-ARS Systems Research Lab, Bldg. 007, Rm 116, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
b USDA-ARS Great Plains Systems Research Unit, P.O. Box E, Ft. Collins, CO 80522 USA
c Dept of Botany, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA
d USDA-ARS Grazing Lands Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1199, El Reno, OK 73036-1199 USA
e Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 14 College Farm Rd., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
f USDA-ARS Hydrology Laboratory, Bldg 007, Rm 112, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

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Fig. 1 Pore-size distribution index vs. Ks for the Southern Region (SR) and Rawls (RA) data sets. Values are means for textural classes
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Fig. 4 Relationship between the intercept B and R/l for Southern Region (SR) and Rawls (RA) data sets. The value of B is calculated as Ks ( 2.5e). The data are means for textural classes
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Fig. 5 Calculated and measured values of Ks, where the intercept (B) for Eq. [1] has been calculated using values of and hb, and the relationship between B and R/l for the Rawls data set given in Fig. 4
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Fig. 6 Relationship between measured Ks and values predicted using Eq. [2] when fit to the Southern Region (SR) data set
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Fig. 7 Probability plot of measured Ks and values estimated by the four models. Ks values are from the full Southern Region (SR) data set
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