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A Simplified Falling-Head Technique for Rapid Determination of Field-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity

^a Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Tecnologie Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy
^b Dep. of Land Resource Science, Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Relationship between the duration of the falling-head experiment, ta, and the initial depth of water, D, established on the infiltration surface, for different values of the field-saturated hydraulic conductivity, Kfs, the * parameter, and the difference between the field-saturated and the initial water content, .