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In situ estimation of soil hydraulic and hydrodispersive properties by inversion of electromagnetic induction measurements and soil hydrological modeling
Giovanna Dragonetti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Valenzano (BA), 70010,
Italy
Mohammad Farzamian
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Oeiras, 2780-157, Portugal
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de
Lisboa, Lisbon, 1749-016, Portugal
Angelo Basile
Institute for Mediterranean Agricultural and Forestry Systems,
National Research Council, Portici (NA), 80055, Italy
Fernando Monteiro Santos
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de
Lisboa, Lisbon, 1749-016, Portugal
Antonio Coppola
School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences,
University of Basilicata, Potenza, 85100, Italy
Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of
Cagliari, Cagliari, 09124, Italy
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Short summary
Soil hydraulic and hydrodispersive properties are necessary for modeling water and solute fluxes in agricultural and environmental systems. Despite the major efforts in developing methods (e.g., lab-based, pedotransfer functions), their characterization at applicative scales remains an imperative requirement. Thus, this paper proposes a noninvasive in situ method integrating electromagnetic induction and hydrological modeling to estimate soil hydraulic and transport properties at the plot scale.
Soil hydraulic and hydrodispersive properties are necessary for modeling water and solute fluxes...
