Research Article

Estimation of Evapotranspiration and Water Budget Components Using Concurrent Soil Moisture and Water Table Monitoring

Table 1

Notation used in the 1D transect model along with description and units of each symbol.

NotationDescriptionUnitsNotationDescriptionUnits

P Precipitation[LT−1] 𝜏 𝑖 Effective flow thickness in the 𝑖 th grid cell[L]
𝑑 W T Depth to the water table[L] 𝑃 𝐸 Effective rainfall[L3L−2]*
ETEvapotranspiration[LT−1] 𝐼 𝐶 Interception capture[L3L−2]*
I Infiltration[LT−1]URIUpstream runoff infiltration[L3L−2]*
𝐼 𝑆 Daily soil infiltration[L3L−2]*DS ETEvapotranspiration from depression storage[L3L−2]*
ETSEvapotranspiration from soil moisture[LT−1]TETTotal evapotranspiration[L3L−2]*
q Specific lateral discharge[L3L−1T−1]TRETotal rainfall excess[L3L−2]*
S Water storage in the soil column per unit width[L3L−1]NRNet runoff[L3L−2]*
θWater content[L3L−3]HRHortonian runoff[L3L−2]*
Δ 𝑋 𝑖 lateral dimension of 𝑖 th grid cell[L]SERSaturation excess runoff[L3L−2]*
KHydraulic conductivity[LT−1] 𝐼 𝑆 Soil infiltration[LT−1]

* Accumulated on daily time step.