Effective soil hydrodynamic properties in border irrigation

Authors

  • Felipe Zataráin Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua
  • Carlos Fuentes Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua
  • Luis Rendón Comisión Nacional del Agua
  • Michel Vauclin Laboratoire d'Etude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement

Keywords:

spatial variability of infiltration, scaling

Abstract

The spatial variability of infiltration in the Montecillo soil is studied by means of scale factors. Scale factors are calculated with the saturated hydraulic conductivity determined by Green-Ampt's infiltration equation (1911) based on 21 double cylinder infiltration tests carried out over a 100 m transection. The influence of spatial variability on the advance of the water front in border irrigation is studied by means of Lewis-Milne's hydrological model (1938), while spatial variability is studied using Montecarlo's simulation, kriging interpolation, and stochastic simulation. The study shows that the advance of the water front in border irrigation can be described by unique hydrodynamic properties, independently of boundary conditions.

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2015-12-04

How to Cite

Zataráin, F., Fuentes, C., Rendón, L., & Vauclin, M. (2015). Effective soil hydrodynamic properties in border irrigation. Tecnología Y Ciencias Del Agua, 18(3), 5–15. Retrieved from https://www.revistatyca.org.mx/index.php/tyca/article/view/945

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2003)

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