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@ARTICLE{Schrder:22885,
author = {Schröder, N. and Javaux, M. and Vanderborght, J. and
Steffen, B. and Vereecken, H.},
title = {{E}ffect of {R}oot {W}ater and {S}olute {U}ptake on
{A}pparent {S}oil {D}ispersivity: {A} {S}imulation {S}tudy},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {11},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {PreJuSER-22885},
pages = {.},
year = {2012},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Plants take up water from the root zone and thus affect the
three-dimensional water flow field and solute transport
processes in the soil. In this study, the impacts of root
architecture, plant solute uptake mechanisms (passive,
active, and solute exclusion), and plant transpiration rate
on the water flow field in the soil and on solute spreading
were simulated. Therefore, a fully mechanistic model was
used to simulate water flow along water potential gradients
in the root-soil continuum by coupling a three-dimensional
Richards equation in the soil with a flow equation in the
root xylem vessels. Solute transport was simulated using a
three-dimensional random walk particle tracking algorithm.
To quantify the effect of root water and nutrient uptake on
solute transport, an equivalent one-dimensional flow and
transport model was fitted to horizontally averaged
simulation results, and the fitted apparent parameters were
compared with the parameters of the three-dimensional model.
Our simulation results showed that the apparent dispersivity
length is affected by the heterogeneous flow field, caused
by root water uptake, and changed in a range of $50\%,$
depending on solute redistribution in the root zone that
depends on solute uptake type and soil dispersivity length.
In addition, simulation results indicate that local
concentration gradients within the root zone have an impact
on apparent solute uptake rate parameters used in
one-dimensional models to calculate uptake rates from
spatially averaged concentrations. This shows the importance
of small scale three-dimensional water and solute fluxes
induced by root water and nutrient uptake.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Environmental Sciences / Soil Science / Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000308526800030},
doi = {10.2136/vzj2012.0009},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/22885},
}