Research Article

Laboratory Experiments on the Effect of Microtopography on Soil-Water Movement: Spatial Variability in Wetting Front Movement

Table 2

Small soil box final cut wetting front depths.

Exp1Surface location
Large depressionSmall depressionSmooth area2

S1 WF (cm)3.003.004.50
S2 WF (cm)5.004.755.75
S3 WF (cm)8.509.009.75
S4 WF (cm)13.0013.5014.75

1 S1–S4 refer to Exp. S1–S4, respectively; WF is the final cut wetting front depth relative to the surface.
2Smooth area wetting front depths are the average of smooth areas no. 1 and no. 2 (Figure 1).