A new,flexible and widely applicable software package for the simulation of one-dimensional moisture flow: SoWaM |
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| Authors: | Jan G. Wesseling Coen J. Ritsema Klaas Oostindie Cathelijne R. Stoof Louis W. Dekker |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Alterra, Soil Science Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Land Degradation and Development Group, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;1. Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517 502, India;2. Grupo de Fotônica e Fluidos Complexos, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió-Alagoas, Brazil;1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt;2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of University College in Aljamoum, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 2046, Saudi Arabia;1. Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, 232001 Huainan, PR China;2. Institut für PhysikalischeChemie, Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;1. Cz?stochowa University of Technology, Faculty of the Mechanical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 21 Armii Krajowej Ave, 42-200 Cz?stochowa, Poland;2. WSK “PZL-Rzeszów” S.A., 120 Hetmańska Str, 35-078 Rzeszów, Poland;1. Department of Computer Science in the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain;2. newFASANT S.L., 19005 Guadalajara, Spain;3. Department of Automatic in the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain;1. School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK;2. Faculty of Integrated Technologies, University Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam;3. Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, INP, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2a, 17489 Greifswald, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Most one-dimensional soil moisture flow simulation models have restricted applicability due to (amongst other things): i) insufficient user flexibility; ii) a lack of user friendliness; iii) dependency on scale, temporal and/or spatial, and iv) fixed boundary conditions. Therefore, we developed a simple and highly flexible software package to simulate, visualize and analyze 1-D moisture flow in soils: SoWaM (Soil Water Model). The package has a modular setup and consists of a range of tools to visualize, analyze and compare input data and results. Soil hydraulic properties for each specified soil layer can be defined by either Van Genuchten parameters or cubical splines. Since the model does not impose limits on element size or time interval, it is possible to perform simulations in very high detail, both spatially and temporally. Furthermore, four different criteria for irrigation scheduling have been implemented. The SoWaM package provides an accurate, simple and highly flexible tool to simulate soil moisture flow and to evaluate the effects of various factors on soil water movement, such as timing and amount of irrigation, soil hydraulic properties and soil layering. Results of a case study are presented to illustrate model performance. |
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