Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-983-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-983-2021
Technical note
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25 Feb 2021
Technical note |  | 25 Feb 2021

Sigmoidal water retention function with improved behaviour in dry and wet soils

Gerrit Huibert de Rooij, Juliane Mai, and Raneem Madi

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The way soils capture infiltrating water affects crops and natural vegetation and groundwater recharge. This retention of soil water is described by a mathematical function that covers all water contents from very dry to water saturated. We combined two existing lines of research to improve the behaviour of a popular function for very dry and very wet conditions. Our new function could handle a wider range of conditions than earlier curves. We provide fits to a wide range of soils.