Research Article
Correcting Inaccurately Recorded Data due to Faulty Calibration of a Capacitance Water Content Probe
Table 3
Soil hydraulic properties according to its texture from the literature SRC: ElNesr [
9].
| Texture class | Permanent wilting point (% volume) | Saturation water content (% volume) | Group | Texture | Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max |
| Light textured soils | Sand | 4.50 | 6.36 | 8.50 | 34.50 | 37.60 | 43.00 | Loamy sand | 4.85 | 7.32 | 10.90 | 35.10 | 38.70 | 41.50 | Sandy loam | 3.87 | 8.90 | 13.20 | 38.10 | 41.30 | 45.60 |
| Medium textured soils | Loam | 6.09 | 11.09 | 15.60 | 39.90 | 44.30 | 48.90 | Silt | 3.40 | 7.92 | 9.50 | 40.50 | 42.90 | 48.90 | Silty loam | 6.45 | 11.36 | 19.69 | 38.20 | 45.30 | 50.70 | Sandy clay loam | 6.33 | 14.20 | 17.50 | 38.40 | 45.00 | 48.30 |
| Heavy textured soils | Clay loam | 7.92 | 16.13 | 20.00 | 41.00 | 47.90 | 50.80 | Silty clay loam | 8.90 | 18.13 | 21.80 | 43.00 | 50.30 | 52.20 | Sandy clay | 10.00 | 20.36 | 29.40 | 38.00 | 46.50 | 51.80 | Silty clay | 7.00 | 22.01 | 32.60 | 36.00 | 50.00 | 54.70 | Clay | 6.80 | 24.13 | 35.90 | 38.00 | 50.30 | 55.20 |
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