Analysis and improvement of existing models of field scale solute transport through the vadose zone of differently textured soils with special reference to preferential flow

Projektinformationen

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: EV5V0467

Startdatum 1 Juli 1994

Enddatum 30 September 1997

Finanziert unter

• Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

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Koordiniert durch

Winand Staring Centre of Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research
Netherlands

Ziel

* To monitor and quantify preferential flow through the vadose zone of various representative soil types in Europe at different climatic conditions by executing tracer experiments according to uniform experimental procedures
* to improve computer simulation models by incorporating preferential flow



To meet the project objectives both field data collection and modelling activities are being undertaken. Within the project, seven experimental sites of varying texture/structure were selected. To study the process of preferential flow on each of the selected sites well-defined tracer experiments are carried out according to uniform experimental set-up and uniform experimental procedures. This allows for comparability between the different experimental sites and at the same time guarantees identical experimental data-sets to be used during the modelling and simulation phase. All participants are involved in further development and improvement of models capable for simulating preferential flow. The improved models will be calibrated and validated for simulating water and compound transport using the standardized data-set from the field sites.

Besides the tracer experiments and modelling activities, complementary research activities within the project focus on:

* Collection of data on seasonal dynamics of preferential flow in sandy soil

* determination of wetting rates to study the persistence of dry soil bodies

* Micromorphometrical analysis to predict flow behaviour from visual inspection of soil structure

* Determination of soil hydraulic properties

* Determination of model parameters on soil monoliths in the laboratory and in the field

* Monitoring and comparing different measurements at different spatial scales

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programm/Programme

• FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Thema/Themen

• 040201 - Risks from agricultural technologies and land use practices to soil, surface and groundwater quality

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

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Finanzierungsplan

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Koordinator

Winand Staring Centre of Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research

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• Adresse: 11/22,Marijkeweg ; 6700 AC Wageningen ; Niederlande
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Beteiligte (3)

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Schweden

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• Adresse: Ulls V. ; 750 07 Uppsala
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UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER - GRENOBLE 1

Frankreich

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• Adresse: Rue de la Piscine 1023, Domaine Universitaire ; 38041 GRENOBLE
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Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung

Deutschland

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• Adresse: Wilhelm Pieckstraße 72 ; 15374 Müncheberg
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