Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly
understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the …

The determination of soil hydraulic properties is important in several environmental sciences
but may be expensive and time consuming. Therefore, during the last decades, a great effort …

Classic soil physics relies heavily on the concept of representative elementary volume
(REV), which is necessary to perform upscaling from the studied soil samples and …

Predicting the size expansion of wetting bulbs during surface and subsurface drip irrigation
is compulsory for water saving and helps drive irrigation design and scheduling. To solve …

Land use change may differently affect soil hydraulic properties at different applied tensions
(ψ). In comparison to soil physico-chemical properties, long-term effects of land use types on …

Infiltration is a crucial process in various fields such as hydrology, agriculture, urban soils,
and particularly for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) operation. Over the past …

Water-repellent soils usually experience water flow impedance during the early stage of a
wetting process followed by progressive increase of infiltration rate. Current infiltration …

Soil water repellency can substantially alter hydrologic processes, particularly the ability of
soils to infiltrate water. Water repellency often changes through time, making it difficult to …

Soil degradation is one of the most topical environmental threats. A number of processes
causing soil degradation, specifically erosion, compaction, salinization, pollution, and loss of …

Soil hydraulic properties are often influenced by agricultural activities. Knowledge of such
properties is needed to understand the effect of agricultural practices on the soil water …