Research Article

Sensitivity Analysis and Validation for Numerical Simulation of Water Infiltration into Unsaturated Soil

Table 3

Significant digits approximation on input parameter value. Note that is residual volumetric water content, is saturated volumetric water content, is saturated hydraulic conductivity, is spatial spacing size, is time-step size, is initial value of volumetric water content, is upper boundary of volumetric water content, and , , , and are fitting coefficients.

ParameterValue

739.499 (739)
0.124499 (0.124) m3 m−3
0.495 m3 m−3
3.95 (4)
124.64 (124.6)
1.765 (1.77)
4.4284 10−2 (4.428 × 10−2) cm hr−1
0.2376499 (0.2376) m3 m−3
0.495 m3 m−3
10 s, the base case was 500 s
0.1 cm, the base case was 1 cm