Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2615-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2615-2019
Research article
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18 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2019

Mapping soil hydraulic properties using random-forest-based pedotransfer functions and geostatistics

Brigitta Szabó, Gábor Szatmári, Katalin Takács, Annamária Laborczi, András Makó, Kálmán Rajkai, and László Pásztor

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (11 Feb 2019) by Uwe Ehret
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Apr 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Apr 2019) by Uwe Ehret
AR by Gábor Szatmári on behalf of the Authors (06 May 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (07 May 2019) by Uwe Ehret
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Short summary
This paper analyzes differences in the performance of the indirect and direct mapping method to derive 3-D soil hydraulic maps. Maps of saturated water content, field capacity and wilting point are presented for a 5775 km2 catchment at 100 m resolution. Advantages and disadvantages of the two methods are discussed. The absolute difference in soil water retention values is less than 0.025 cm3 cm−3 between maps derived with indirect and direct methods for 65–86 % of the catchment.