Plot Scale Models and Their Application to Recharge Studies - Part 10

by GR Walker, L Zhang

Overview

Each booklet in The Basics of Recharge and Discharge series covers a specific technique for detecting, measuring or modelling groundwater recharge and discharge. Part 10 provides an overview of the use of plot scale models in estimating deep drainage.

This booklet explains how such models can add understanding to deep drainage studies. It describes the different broad types of plot-scale models that are available and how they can be most appropriately used.

Throughout the booklet, clear examples demonstrate the potential applications for a range of simulation models. They contrast the features and capabilities of the models and illustrate what can be achieved through modelling. The chapter finishes by describing how to test models and where to find more information on the models most commonly used in Australia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780643106116
Publisher:	CSIRO PUBLISHING
Publication date:	10/09/2002
Series:	Basics of Recharge and Discharge Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	34
File size:	695 KB

Table of Contents

Overview
1. Introduction
2. Recharge processes and deep drainage
3. Deep drainage and the single layer bucket model
4. Giving physical meaning to the single layer bucket model
5. Adding complexity to the single layer bucket model
6. Using complex models
7. Simulating runoff and deep drainage
8. Modelling the effects of vegetation on deep drainage
9. Why do models of deep drainage work at all?
10. Model complexity
11. Finding the inputs
12. Parameter estimation and model calibration
13. Model testing and validation
14. Contacts for various models
15. Concluding remarks
References
Appendix A: Description of the soil data use in some of the examples
Appendix B: Soil properties and management rules used in the sample simulation for APSIM