Table 3 Adj.r2 of different fitting models.

From: Comparison of three models fitting the soil water retention curves in a degraded alpine meadow region

Soil depth (cm)

van Genuchten

Brooks Corey

Gardner

LD

MD

SD

LD

MD

SD

LD

MD

SD

0–10

0.994

0.991

0.985

0.997

0.989

0.974

0.869

0.886

0.783

10–20

0.995

0.976

0.982

0.990

0.970

0.971

0.909

0.863

0.828

20–30

0.991

0.987

0.990

0.985

0.981

0.981

0.883

0.879

0.805

30–40

0.979

0.985

0.985

0.971

0.977

0.966

0.869

0.823

0.791

40–50

0.977

0.971

0.986

0.963

0.958

0.978

0.840

0.829

0.812

50–60

0.994

0.995

0.992

0.988

0.988

0.986

0.817

0.795

0.754

60–70

0.992

0.995

0.995

0.982

0.993

0.992

0.786

0.749

0.748

70–80

0.989

0.993

0.985

0.973

0.985

0.992

0.787

0.779

0.688