Soil Science · 1985 · 13 citations · 0 references
AgricultureHydrologySoil SciencesHydrologic ModelingSoil-water RelationsWater Balance StudiesCrop-water RelationsHydrological ModelingSoil-water BalanceSoil-water ManagementWater Balance ModelingCrop Water UptakePlant Root Water UptakePlant Water Uptake ModelingPlant-soil Water UptakeRoot Water RelationsRoot Zone Water UptakeSoil Water ExtractionSoil Water Modeling
We used the soil water budget model SWATRE to study the performance of four root-water-uptake models. The models were run with simplified initial and boundary conditions and showed agreement with regard to the cumulative water loss over a period of 20 d, if the input data and parameter values were adjusted. They resulted, however, in significantly different daily water extraction depth patterns. The most sophisticated model appears to contain a number of redundant terms, and the least complicated model could not be applied when a water table was present.