Lysimeters in Vadose Zone Research

Core Ideas Lysimeters bridge the gap between laboratory and field experiments. Lysimeters allow the measurement of a complete water balance. Lysimeters provide a complete mass balance for a representative ecosystem segment. Lysimeters are methodological experimental tools to study the water and matt...

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Published inVadose zone journal Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Pütz, Thomas, Fank, Johann, Flury, Markus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison The Soil Science Society of America, Inc 2018
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Boundary conditions
Control algorithms
dew
Drainage
ecosystems
Emissions
environmental fate
Evapotranspiration
Experiments
Field tests
Fluxes
frost
Hydraulics
Laboratories
Lysimeters
Mass balance
Measurement
Observatories
Pesticides
Radioisotopes
Rain
Rainfall
Sensors
Vadose water
vadose zone
Water balance
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Summary:Core Ideas Lysimeters bridge the gap between laboratory and field experiments. Lysimeters allow the measurement of a complete water balance. Lysimeters provide a complete mass balance for a representative ecosystem segment. Lysimeters are methodological experimental tools to study the water and matter fluxes in the vadose zone, as well as the environmental fate of chemicals. Lysimeters are available in various types. The most sophisticated lysimeters are filled monolithically, are equipped with a pressure‐controlled lower boundary, and are weighable, allowing the measurement of hydraulic fluxes, i.e., rainfall, drainage, evapotranspiration, dew, and hoar frost with high precision. This special section of Vadose Zone Journal reports on current lysimeter research.
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ISSN:1539-1663
1539-1663
DOI:10.2136/vzj2018.02.0035