Estimation of water retention capacity in soil: corrections to the CRA pedotransfer formula
Abstract
In Spain, a physical model to estimate the soil water capacity, which is called the CRA parameter, was implemented by Gandullo (1985). This parameter is broadly used in forest management and forest ecology research in relationship with site index and soil quality variables. While running a soil mapping project in the southwest of Spain some problems related to the CRA model were detected, mainly related to the influence of slope on total soil water capacity, as well as the estimation of available water capacity. A simple correction of the model is proposed in this paper, as well as a complementary parameter for available water capacity. The quality of those new parameters is tested by means of correlation analysis against Site Index variable.Downloads
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