ARS | Publication request: UNSODA: UNSATURATED SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTY DATABASE

Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: August 1, 2005
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
Citation: Skaggs, T.H., Van Genuchten, M.T., Schaap, M.G., Shouse, P.J. 2005. Unsoda: unsaturated soil hydraulic property database. Agronomy Abstracts. CD-ROM, Salt Lake City, UT. Paper No. 10

Technical Abstract: Initially released in 1996, the UNSODA database contains unsaturated soil hydraulic properties (water retention, hydraulic conductivity, soil water diffusivity) and auxiliary data (particle-size distribution, bulk density, organic matter content, etc.) for more than 800 soils. With the recent launch of version 3.0, UNSODA has been transformed from a standalone desktop database into a Web-based application that may be executed over the Internet with a browser. We document new UNSODA capabilities including enhanced search and reporting features, as well as new functions that permit researchers to contribute experimental data to the UNSODA project.