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Information Content of Data for Identifying Soil Hydraulic Parameters from Outflow Experiments

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, Amsterdam, 1018 VZ, the Netherlands

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Simulated cumulative outflow, water content, and flux density of the sandy soil as function of time during the multi-step outflow experiment. MC refers to Monte Carlo simulation

View larger version (70K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Contours of the objective function OF(b) in the (a) s–n, (b) –n, (c) s–, (d) r–n, (e) Ks–, and (f) r–Ks parameter planes

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Information content of (A) cumulative outflow, (B) water content, and (C) flux density measurements for the six Mualem–van Genuchten parameters (1–6) at different iterations. For a full explanation see text

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Contours of the objective function in the Ks– parameter plane calculated for the selected subsets of measurements as distinguished with PIMLI

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Information content as function of iteration number for the different soil hydraulic parameters of the sandy soil

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. Water retention curve of the clayey soil used in the reference run and the retention curve as found with PIMLI after 20 iterations