Using Reflectance Spectroscopy and Artificial Neural Network to Assess Water Infiltration Rate into the Soil Profile

Table 2

Cumulative rainfall energies (J mm⁻¹ m⁻²) and subsequent infiltration rates (IR) for each soil: (a) Israeli soils. (b) US soils.  

(a) Cumulative rainfall energies (J mm⁻¹ m⁻²) and the subsequent IR for Israeli soils

Is1-Grumosol		Is2-loess		Is3-Terra Rossa		Is4-Hamra
IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2	IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2	IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2	IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2
205	0	207	0	145	0	46	0
173	134	159	70	69	252	32	280
154	200	94.3	109	70	380	28.5	420
69	265	36.8	145	49,5	506	24	850
41	400	32.2	216	39	1012	21	1120
30	530	22	290	30	1460	17	1550
17	665	10.6	506	19.6	2016	11.5	1700
15	800	8.3	613	13.8	2832	11.5	2300
10	1590	7.4	1012	9.4	4060	7	3200
	2522		1842	5.8		3.5

(b) Cumulative rainfall energies (J mm⁻¹ m⁻²) and the following (IR) for American soils

Am1-Reiffcm		Am2-Reiffom		Am3-Capay
IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2	IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2	IR mm h^−1	J mm^−1 m^−2
84	0	207	0	120	0
53	70	92	145	78	141
44	136	62	216	32	210
30	200	35	290	15/6	280
26	240	28s	335	11.5	350
17	270	23	357	7.8	420
11	340	18	435	4.1	560
5.5	540		470
	1560		723
			1810