poros: Internal function for determining the soil porosity from...

In ilmenichetti/reclim: calculating climate scaling factors for the ICBM SOC modell

Internal function for determining the soil porosity from texture.

Description

If clay is present the function uses Toth et al., 2015, otherwise Kätterer et al., 2006

Usage

poros(sand, clay, SOC)

Arguments

sand	sand content%
clay	clay content % (optional)
SOC	SOC content %

Value

a single numerical value with the soil porosity

Author(s)

Lorenzo Menichetti [e-mail]

References

Tóth, B., M. Weynants, A. Nemes, A. Makó, G. Bilas, and G. Tóth. 2015. “New Generation of Hydraulic Pedotransfer Functions for Europe: New Hydraulic Pedotransfer Functions for Europe.” European Journal of Soil Science 66 (1): 226–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12192. Kätterer, T., O. Andrén, and P-E. Jansson. 2006. “Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating Plant Available Water and Bulk Density in Swedish Agricultural Soils.” Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science 56 (4): 263–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710500310170.

ilmenichetti/reclim documentation built on Sept. 23, 2023, 7:15 p.m.