Determination of spatial and temporal variability of soil hydraulic conductivity for urban runoff modelling

Matej Radinja (Author), Ines Vidmar (Author), Nataša Atanasova (Author), Matjaž Mikoš (Author), Mojca Šraj (Author)

Abstract

Soil hydraulic conductivity has a direct influence on infiltration rate, which is of great importance for modelling and design of surface runoff and stormwater control measures. In this study, three measuring techniques for determination of soil hydraulic conductivity were compared in an urban catchment in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Double ring (DRI) and dual head infiltrometer (DHI) were applied to measure saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) and mini disk infiltrometer (MDI) was applied to measure unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (K), which was recalculated in Ks in order to compare the results. Results showed significant differences between investigated techniques, namely DHI showed 6.8 times higher values of Ks in comparison to DRI. On the other hand, Ks values obtained by MDI and DRI exhibited the lowest difference. MDI measurements in 12 locations of the small plot pointed to the spatial variability of K ranging between 73%-89% as well as to temporal variability within a single location of 27%-99%. Additionally, a reduction of K caused by the effect of drought-induced water repellency was observed. Moreover, results indicate that hydrological models could be enhanced using different scenarios by employing a range of K values based on soil conditions.

Keywords

hidravlična prepustnost;modeliranje urbanega odtoka;infiltrometer z mini diskom;infiltrometer z dvojnim obročem;infiltrometer z enojnim obročem;hydraulic conductivity;urban runoff modelling;mini disk infiltrometer;double ring infiltrometer;dual head infiltrometer;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2019
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
UDC:	556.5
COBISS:	8794209
ISSN:	2073-4441
Views:	329
Downloads:	94
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	hidravlična prepustnost;modeliranje urbanega odtoka;infiltrometer z mini diskom;infiltrometer z dvojnim obročem;infiltrometer z enojnim obročem;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 1-15
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ11
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ5, 941
Chronology:	2019
DOI:	10.3390/w11050941
ID:	13133575