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SIMPLE DESIGN FOR SIMULTANEOUS STEADY‐STATE INFILTRATION EXPERIMENTS WITH RING INFILTROMETERS 1
Author(s) -
Loague Keith
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1990.tb01427.x
Subject(s) - infiltration (hvac) , infiltrometer , environmental science , limiting , steady state (chemistry) , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , geotechnical engineering , soil water , geology , physics , chemistry , hydraulic conductivity , engineering , meteorology , mechanical engineering
A successful procedure for measuring steady‐state infiltration rates at remote locations is described. The equipment for the simultaneous experiments is of simple design, inexpensive, and rugged. A total of 247 steady‐state infiltration measurements were made across a small rangeland catchment using the procedure as described. The reason for the measurements was to characterize the spatial variability of infiltration across the catchment. The limiting factor for the multiple‐ring system as employed in this study was a sufficient water supply to conduct the experiments to completion.