Modeling the unsaturated flow associated with a border irrigation event on an alfalfa plot
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https://doi.org/10.18537/mskn.04.01.07Keywords:
HYDRUS-1D, border irrigation, Monte Carlo simulations, vadose zoneAbstract
HYDRUS-1D, a one dimensional water movement and solute transport model, was applied to analyze a border irrigation event in an alfalfa plot located in the irrigation district of "La Violada" (Spain). The research encompassed monitoring of the irrigation event, the setting-up of the numerical model, model calibration and evaluation, and sensitivity analysis of the van Genuchten-Mualem parameters. Both the model predictions and field measurements clearly indicated that the soil water content was high during and following the irrigation event. The model even predicted a small evapotranspiration decrease induced by water logging and a significant contribution of capillary rise subsequently the water table rise in the adjacent plot caused by an irrigation event prior to the monitored event in the study plot. The research revealed the need for (i) the improvement of the schematization of the soil profile and the better experimental definition of key model parameters; and (ii) the derivation of more accurate data series for respectively the upper and lower boundary conditions.
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