Table 4 RMSE 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

0.011

0.012

0.015

0.008

0.013

0.024

0.058

0.046

0.063

10–20

0.010

0.017

0.015

0.013

0.019

0.020

0.045

0.044

0.053

20–30

0.012

0.012

0.012

0.015

0.015

0.017

0.049

0.042

0.058

30–40

0.018

0.014

0.015

0.021

0.018

0.023

0.048

0.055

0.062

40–50

0.017

0.020

0.013

0.021

0.024

0.017

0.049

0.054

0.056

50–60

0.009

0.008

0.011

0.012

0.012

0.014

0.054

0.056

0.065

60–70

0.011

0.007

0.007

0.016

0.008

0.010

0.061

0.052

0.058

70–80

0.011

0.008

0.013

0.017

0.011

0.009

0.054

0.048

0.063