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@ARTICLE{Kasteel:57151,
author = {Kasteel, R. and Pütz, T. and Vereecken, H.},
title = {{A}n experimental and numerical study on flow and transport
in a field soil using zero-tension lysimeters and suction
plates},
journal = {European journal of soil science},
volume = {58},
issn = {1351-0754},
address = {Oxford [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {PreJuSER-57151},
pages = {632 - 645},
year = {2007},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Zero-tension lysimeters are widely applied to study the
fate of chemicals in the subsurface environment. However,
conditions in lysimeters differ from the field situation,
because local saturation is required at the lower boundary
to collect leachate. The objective was to characterize the
influence of the lower boundary on the flow and transport
behaviour of bromide observed in six 1.2-m-long lysimeters
and in the field by 30 suction plates installed at 1.2-m
depth, which were operated with a time-variable suction
equal to the ambient soil water potential. A bromide pulse
was applied at the bare surface of a silty soil in autumn
1997 and monitored for 2.5 years. The mean leachate flux was
0.98 mm day−1 for the lysimeters versus 0.66 mm day−1
for the suction plates. The lysimeters had a slightly slower
effective mean pore-water velocity, expressed as transport
distance per unit of leaching depth, and exhibited more
solute spreading than the suction plates. Numerical
simulations revealed that the amount of water collected with
the suction plates was sensitive to the hydraulic
conductivity of the plates. The spatial variability in
hydraulic properties in the model explained the observed
variability in cumulative leachate, at least qualitatively.
The arrival time and spreading of the breakthrough curves
(BTCs) were well described by the simulations in the
lysimeters, but were underestimated in the suction plates.
Preferential flow through macropores, which is not an
effective carrier for bromide, might be the reason for this
discrepancy. Molecular diffusion contributed significantly
to solute spreading and enhanced lateral mixing. Both the
experiments and the simulations revealed that the
dispersivity derived from BTCs is significantly influenced
by the observation method and experimental conditions.},
cin = {ICG-4 / JARA-ENERGY / JARA-SIM},
ddc = {630},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793 / $I:(DE-82)080011_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)VDB1045},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Soil Science},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000246427800009},
doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00850.x},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/57151},
}