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Clint Shock writes to the sowacs list: ===8<============== Doug, You can find many generalizations, but they are generalizations. The actual curve will vary with the specific soil and its compaction. Clint -- Dr. Clinton C. Shock 1059 SW 2nd Ave. Ontario, OR 97914, USA Telephone (541) 889-7057 Cellular phone (208) 739-2674 http://www.shockfamily.net Email ccshock@fmtc.com Bruce -owner of sowacs wrote: > > Doug Kieffer writes to the sowacs list: > ===8<============== > I'm curious if anyone knows of any convenient way to do a rough conversion > from soil moisture tension to volumetric water content (VWC) if the general > soil type is known. > > So far, I just photocopied a page from my "Intro to Soils" text from college > but > 1. It only contains 3 soil types (sandy loam, loam, and clay loam) and > 2. It's a bit cumbersome. > > I would be interested in some good (high resolution) moisture release curves > or, even better, a simple calculator program where one could enter a > moisture tension and soil type and get the rough estimate of VWC. Recent > web searches haven't led me to anything so far. > > Thanks, > Doug Kieffer > dougkieffer@hotmail.com > > ===8<============== > NOTE: To get off this list, send an email to list@sowacs.com > with the subject line: > unsubscribe_sowacs > > For full instructions see this page: > <http://www.sowacs.com/subscribe/index.html> ===8<============== NOTE: To get off this list, send an email to list@sowacs.com with the subject line: unsubscribe_sowacs For full instructions see this page: <http://www.sowacs.com/subscribe/index.html>