Table 2 Input parameters for soil hydraulics and solute transport modeling

From: Prediction of the Effects of Indoor Relative Humidity on Moisture and Salt Migration in Earthen Sites at the Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum Site Museum

Parameter

Symbol

Value

Unit

Source

Residual moisture content

\({\theta }_{r}\)

0.088

cm³·cm⁻³

Pedotransfer function

Saturated moisture content

\({\theta }_{s}\)

0.417

cm³·cm⁻³

Pedotransfer function

Shape parameter

\(\alpha\)

0.011

cm⁻¹

Pedotransfer function

Shape parameter

\(n\)

1.372

Pedotransfer function

Pore connectivity

l

0.5

Default in HYDRUS

Saturated hydraulic conductivity

\({k}_{s}\)

2.57

cm/d

Pedotransfer function

Solute diffusion coefficient

\({D}_{w}\)

1.14

cm²/d

Haynes et al28.

Adsorption coefficient

\({k}_{d}\)

0.647

cm³/g

Haynes et al28.