Dynamics of Soil Water Evaporation during Soil Drying: Laboratory Experiment and Numerical Analysis

Table 1

Selected properties of sand sample.

Soil sample	Particle size range (mm)	Average particle size (mm)	Dry bulk density (g cm^−3)	Porosity	Saturated hydraulic conductivity 𝐾𝑠 (m s^−1)	Fayer and Simmons model parameters
						𝜃𝑎	𝛼 (cm^−1)	𝑛
Sand	0.05–1	0.35	1.62	0.335	2.5×10^−5	0.098	0.165	1.49