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Acknowledgements
About the Author
Table of Contents
Accessibility Statement
1.1 Purpose and Motivations
1.2 Content
1.3 Audience
1.4 Learning Obstacles and Helps
1.5 Problem Set
1.6 References
2.1 Global Scale
2.2 Basin or Watershed Scale
2.3 Hillslope Scale
2.4 Soil Profile Scale
2.5 Soil Aggregate Scale
2.6 Scale of Primary Soil Particles
2.7 Terminology
2.8 Problem Set
2.9 References
3.1 Soil Water Content
3.2 Soil Water Potential
3.3 Soil Water Retention
3.4 Problem Set
3.5 References
4.1 Pores and Pore Networks
4.2 Soil Water Potential for Systems at Equilibrium
4.3 Poiseuille's Law
4.4 Darcy's Law
4.5 Factors Affecting Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
4.6 Darcy's Law for Layered Soil
4.7 Buckingham-Darcy Law
4.8 Models for Soil Hydraulic Conductivity
4.9 Conclusion
4.10 Problem Set
4.11 References
5.1 Precipitation
5.2 Rainfall Interception
5.3 Raindrop Impact
5.4 Crust Formation
5.5 Problem Set
5.6 References
6.1 Horton Infiltration Model
6.2 Green-Ampt Infiltration Model
6.3 Infiltration for a Constant Rainfall Rate
6.4 Infiltration Measurements
6.5 Problem Set
6.6 References
7.1 Overview of Runoff and Water Erosion Processes
7.2 Runoff and Erosion Models
7.3 Problem Set
7.4 References
8.1 Redistribution Within Partially Wetted Profiles
8.2 Drainage from the Soil Profile
8.3 Field Capacity
8.4 Artificial Drainage
8.5 Problem Set
8.6 References
9.1 Solute Transport
9.2 Preferential Flow
9.3 Groundwater Pollution
9.4 References
10.1 Necessary Conditions for Evaporation
10.2 Evaporation from a Water Tablehttps://open.library.okstate.edu/rainorshine/wp-admin/post.php?post=394&action=edit
10.3 Evaporation in the Absence of a Water Table
10.4 Reducing Evaporative Losses
10.5 Wind Erosion
10.6 References
11.1 Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
11.2 Water Status of Plants
11.3 Root Water Uptake
11.4 Transpiration and Soil Water
11.5 Soil Water Availability Indicators
11.6 Water Use Efficiency
11.7 Problem Set
11.8 References
12.1 Modes of Heat Transfer
12.2 Radiation Basics
12.3 Net Radiation
12.4 Surface Energy Balance
12.5 Reference Evapotranspiration
12.6 Problem Set
12.7 References
13.1 Heat Transfer in Soil
13.2 Soil Thermal Properties
13.3 Soil Surface Temperature
13.4 Sub-Surface Soil Temperatures
13.5 Measured Soil Temperatures
13.6 Problem Set
13.7 References
Tyson E. Ochsner, Oklahoma State University
tyson.ochsner@okstate.edu
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