(9): Moisture Content at a Monitoring Position

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(9): Moisture Content at a Monitoring Position

Post by support » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:49 am -1100

How can I get the moisture content at a monitoring position?

WUFI's output includes the temporal behavior of
  • temperature and relative humidity at the monitoring positions, and of
  • the mean moisture content of each layer.
In order to get the moisture content at a monitoring position, you can either
  • calculate it from the relative humidity prevalent at that monitoring position by means of the moisture storage function, or
  • insert a thin 'diagnostic' layer at the position in question which has the same material properties as the surrounding material. WUFI will output curves for the water contents of each layer, including a separate curve for the diagnostic layer. This is also a useful way to get the water content of, say, the outermost 5 cm of a layer.