Wang et al. (2025) Film-area Explicit Full-range Soil Hydraulic Dataset and Model Code (for “Development and Evaluation of a Full-range Soil Hydraulic Model Explicitly Incorporating Film Area”)

Identification

• Journal: Mendeley Data
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-12-25
• Authors: Xin Wang, zuoliang wang, Rong Liu
• DOI: 10.17632/gb8pwvpmrk

Research Groups

• Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
• State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering

Short Summary

This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a novel full-range soil hydraulic model that explicitly incorporates film area. The accompanying repository provides the observational data, calibrated parameters, and MATLAB code necessary for reproducing the model's results and comparisons.

Objective

• To develop and evaluate a full-range soil hydraulic model that explicitly incorporates film area, and to provide the necessary data and code for its reproduction and further use.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Not explicitly defined; the model and dataset are designed for general soil types, implying applicability across various locations.
• Temporal Scale: Not explicitly defined; soil hydraulic properties are generally considered time-invariant over short to medium terms.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: WWL film-area-explicit model, benchmark models.
• Data sources: Measured points for soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity curves compiled from existing databases and literature, organized into Set1 and Set2 sample groups.

Main Results

• The successful development and evaluation of a full-range soil hydraulic model explicitly incorporating film area, demonstrating its performance in comparison to benchmark models using compiled observational data. The provided code and parameters enable reproduction of the main curve comparisons and figures reported in the paper.

Contributions

• Development of a novel full-range soil hydraulic model that explicitly incorporates film area, offering an improved representation of soil hydraulic properties.
• Provision of a comprehensive dataset and MATLAB code to ensure reproducibility and facilitate further research in soil hydrology.

Funding

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant ID: 52539002)
• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant ID: 42575094)
• Program of the state key laboratory of cryospheric science and frozen soil engineering (Grant ID: CSFSE-ZZ-2407)

Citation

@article{Wang2025Filmarea,
  author = {Wang, Xin and wang, zuoliang and Liu, Rong},
  title = {Film-area Explicit Full-range Soil Hydraulic Dataset and Model Code (for “Development and Evaluation of a Full-range Soil Hydraulic Model Explicitly Incorporating Film Area”)},
  journal = {Mendeley Data},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.17632/gb8pwvpmrk},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.17632/gb8pwvpmrk}
}