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Inverse Modelling to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Properties at the Field Scale

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  • Mohamed Khaled Salahou
  • Xiaoyuan Chen
  • Yupeng Zhang
  • Xiyun Jiao
  • Haishen Lü
  • Zahir Shah

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Field-scale estimation of soil hydraulic parameters is important for simulating water movement, particularly in the vadose zone. The accuracy of soil hydraulic parameters significantly affects the output of models using these parameters as input variables. A new approach for an inverse method, often referred to as inverse modelling, was presented to calibrate soil hydraulic parameters. The new method is based on the use of uniform design theory to generate uncertainty estimates of the soil hydraulic parameters. The uncalibrated and calibrated soil hydraulic parameters were evaluated by comparing the predicted and measured soil water contents using the HYDRUS-1D model. The results show that the calibrated soil hydraulic parameters that were inversely estimated by uniform design theory were accurate and reasonable. In addition, the results provided recommendations for improving the estimation of soil hydraulic parameters when there are no available observation data for calibrating and optimizing soil hydraulic parameters.

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  • Mohamed Khaled Salahou & Xiaoyuan Chen & Yupeng Zhang & Xiyun Jiao & Haishen Lü & Zahir Shah, 2022. "Inverse Modelling to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Properties at the Field Scale," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2022, pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:4544446
    DOI: 10.1155/2022/4544446
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