The equations used to compute these values are modified equations obtained from the "Soil texture triangle hydraulic properties calculator" available online at: http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/soilwater/Index.htm Source: Dr. K. E. Saxton USDA/ARS Pullman, WA 99164-6120 Phone: (509) 335-2724 FAX: (509) 335-7786 E-mail: ksaxton@wsu.edu Homepage:http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/saxton Reference: K.E. Saxton et al., 1986 Estimating generalized soil-water characteristics from texture. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 50(4):1031-1036 Convert from decimal fraction to percent pctsand = sand * 100 pctclay = clay * 100 acoef = (float)(exp(-4.396 - 0.0715 * pctclay - 4.88e-4 * pow(pctsand, 2) - 4.285e-5 * pow(pctsand, 2) * pctclay)) bcoef = (float)(-3.14 - 0.00222 * pow(pctclay, 2) - 3.484e-5 * pow(pctsand, 2) * pctclay) sat = (float)(0.332 - 7.251e-4 * pctsand + 0.1276 * log10(pctclay)) wp_raw = (float)(pow((15.0 / acoef), (1.0 / bcoef))) fc_raw = (float)(pow((0.333 / acoef), (1.0 / bcoef))) ksat_raw = (float)(exp((12.012 - 0.0755 * pctsand) + (-3.895 + 0.03671 * pctsand - 0.1103 * pctclay + 8.7546e-4 * pow(pctclay, 2)) / sat)) bd_raw = (1 - sat) * 2.65 Corrections from Steve Del Grosso
wiltpt = wp_raw + (-0.15 * wp_raw) fieldc = fc_raw + (0.07 * fc_raw) ksat = ksat_raw / 1500 bulkd = bd_raw + (-0.08 * bd_raw)