A Novel Multivariate Spectral Local Quasilinearization Method (MV-SLQLM) for Modelling Flow, Moisture, Heat, and Solute Transport in Soil

Table 2

Parameter values for loamy sand soil considered for laminar flow.

Thermodynamic, transport, and soil properties
Parameter	Description	SI unit	Value (s)	Source
	Soil thermal conductivity			[39]
	Porosity			[36]
	Permeability			[40]
	Hydraulic conductivity			[41]
	Water uptake/sink			[97]; [22]
	Molecular diffusion of NaCl in water			[18]; [31, 39]
	Saturated hydraulic conductivity			[1]; [97]; [98]
	Soil thermal diffusivity			[1]
	Residual moisture content			[31, 39]
	Saturated moisture content			[31, 39]; [97, 98]
	Medium water content			[30]; [99]
	Forchheimer coefficient			[40]
	Average bulk density			[31, 39]
	Latent heat of vaporization			[31, 100]
	Moisture diffusivity under temperature gradient			[39]
	Distribution coefficient			[22, 101]

Note:-empirically estimated at ; .