Open AccessCorrelation between the Rate of Water Intake of Tropical Soils at Hourly intervals to the 8th hour
Author(s) -
M. A. Lugo-López,
Juan Manzano Juárez,
Raúl Pérez-Escolar
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v54i3.10994
Subject(s) - humanities , mathematics , philosophy
Statistical studies of data obtained from 740 field infiltration tests are presented herein. In general, there is a rapidly changing rate of infiltration at the initial hour of the test, but a declining rate is registered soon after. Correlations between the 8th hour infiltration rate and the preceding 1-hour intervals are highly significant. A linear relationship is suggested to estimate the 8th hour infiltration rate on the basis of the third hour measurements. This may save time and expense without significant reduction in precision.