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Dynamic simulations of potassium transport under saline soil conditions using HYDRUS-1D The increased demand for food due to population growth requires that agricultural practices become increasingly intensive and very technical, including the increased use of agricultural chemicals (fertilizers). If improperly applied without considering possible impacts on natural resources, agricultural chemicals may lead to soil and groundwater contamination through their leaching from the soil root zone. They may be responsible also for increased salinity in some soils of semiarid regions in northeastern Brazil. Since many transient physical and chemical processes affect their transport in the subsurface, mathematical models have become popular tools in soil and water engineering and management in order to understand the correlation between water dynamics and solute movement in soils. Thus, this research aimed at using the HYDRUS-1D software package to simulate water and potassium movement, under laboratory conditions, in unsaturated saline soil columns filled with two soil types: an Ultisol (S1) and an Oxisol (S2). Comparisons were made with experimental data while also a sensitivity analysis was carried out to evaluate the effect of various parameters on solute transport under saline conditions. For this purpose the following studies were performed: 1) Measurement of solute breakthrough curves (BTCs) to estimate the transport parameters of the potassium ion by applying potassium solutions of 1,000 ppm, 2,000 ppm and 3,000 ppm to both soil types, 2) Application of similar potassium solutions to columns containing the same saline unsaturated soils, 3) Simulation of water and potassium distributions for different saline soil materials using HYDRUS-1D, and 4) Performance evaluation and sensitivity analyses of the HYDRUS-1D numerical model. The performance evaluation was conducted using the following statistical indices: maximum error, mean absolute error, normalized root mean square error, coefficient of residual mass, coefficient of determination, efficiency and Willmott’s concordance index. The sensitivity analyses considered standard deviations resulting from positive and negative changes (+ 10% + 20% + 30% + 40% + 50%) (-10%, -20%, -10%, -40%, -50%) in the values of the saturated volumetric soil moisture content, the saturated hydraulic conductivity, and the parameters n and α of van Genuchten’s (1980) model for the unsaturated soil hydraulic functions. Results indicate that the experimental procedures (BTCs) for estimating the transport parameters of potassium for saline soil conditions were sufficient to describe potassium ion transport in the soils by generating the required input information for the simulation models. Relative to HYDRUS-1D model, the displacement of potassium was found to follow closely the wetting front, with the model providing a very efficient means for simulating the movement of both water and potassium in the two soils during saline conditions. The sensitivity analysis showed that the model was relatively sensitive to negative variations of the input data, notably the saturated water content, the saturated hydraulic conductivity, and the n and α soil hydraulic parameters.

Simulação da dinâmica do íon potássio pelo modelo HYDRUS-1D em condições de solo salino