Table 1 Physical properties of soils used in model development and validation.
Study of model | Soil texture | Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | Bulk density (g cm-3) | Porosity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Development | Silty clay | 10.6 | 45.4 | 44.0 | 1.07 | 0.596 |
Clay loam | 35.0 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 1.10 | 0.593 | |
Silt loam | 24.9 | 53.3 | 21.8 | 1.14 | 0.578 | |
Loam | 40.0 | 47.0 | 13.0 | 1.15 | 0.574 | |
Sandy loam | 70.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 1.47 | 0.456 | |
Loamy sand | 85.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 1.57 | 0.419 | |
Validationa | Silt loam | 2.0 | 73.0 | 25.0 | 1.20 | 0.556 |
Loam | 50.0 | 41.0 | 9.0 | 1.38 | 0.489 | |
Sand | 92.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.58 | 0.415 |
