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@ARTICLE{Vanderborght:55664,
author = {Vanderborght, J. and Vereecken, H.},
title = {{R}eview of {D}ispersivities for {T}ransport {M}odeling in
{S}oils},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {6},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {PreJuSER-55664},
pages = {29 - 52},
year = {2007},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The one-dimensional convection-dispersion equation is often
used to estimate the risk of nonpoint source groundwater
contamination and the dispersivity in this equation is known
to be a sensitive parameter for predicting the mass that
leaches through the vadose zone to the groundwater. We
derived a database of dispersivities from leaching studies
in soils. Besides dispersivities, the database contains
information about experimental parameters: transport
distance, scale of the experiment, flow rate, boundary
conditions, soil texture, pore water velocity, transport
velocity, and measurement method. Dispersivities were found
to increase with increasing transport distance and scale of
the experiment. Considerably larger dispersivities were
observed for saturated than for unsaturated flow conditions.
No significant effect of soil texture on dispersivity was
observed, but the interactive effects of soil texture,
lateral scale of the experiment, and flow rate on
dispersivity were significant. In coarse-textured soils,
lateral water redistribution may take place across
relatively larger distances, which explains the larger
dependency of dispersivity on lateral scale of the
experiment in coarse-than in fine-textured soils. The
activation of large interaggregate pores may explain the
increase in dispersivity with increasing flow rate in
fine-textured soils, which was not observed in soils with a
coarser texture. The distribution of dispersivities was
positively skewed and better described with a lognormal than
a normal distribution. Different experimental factors
explained $25\%$ of the total variability of
log(e)-transformed dispersivities. The unexplained variance
of the dispersivity was large and its coefficient of
variation was $100\%.$},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-4 / JARA-ENERGY / JARA-SIM},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793 / $I:(DE-82)080011_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)VDB1045},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Environmental Sciences / Soil Science / Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000245811500002},
doi = {10.2136/vzj2006.0096},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/55664},
}