The infiltration component of the water budget in a soil cover layer is difficult to measure
under field conditions. Often, zero-tension (or pan) lysimeters are used for that purpose …

Sampling of soil pore moisture in the vadose zone underneath land disposal facilities
(landfills and surface impoundments) for hazardous waste has been suggested as an “early …

The design of passive lysimeters or wetting front detectors determines the tensions at which
they collect a water sample from an unsaturated soil. When deployed in the field to help …

Core Ideas The water flux in lysimeters with a tension‐controlled bottom boundary depends
strongly on the applied pressure head. The surrounding subsurface conditions have a …

Infiltration estimation is made by tests such as concentric cylinders, which are prone to
errors, such as the lateral movement under the ring. Several possibilities have been …

Weighing lysimeters can be used for studying the soil water balance and to analyse
evapotranspiration (ET). However, not clear was the impact of the bottom boundary …

Equilibrium tension lysimeters are useful tools for monitoring soil water and solute fluxes.
The potential residual effects of lysimeter installation procedures are unknown, however …

Four questions relative to suction lysimeter performance have been raised by operators of
land treatment systems. These questions deal with plugging of the porous segments, soil …

Inclined gravity lysimeters as deep as 5.39 meters below land surface designed for sampling
soil water in coarse sand under continuous ponding conditions, were shown to be capable …

Water collection from undisturbed unsaturated soils to estimate in situ water and solute
fluxes in the field is a challenge, in particular if soils are heterogeneous. Large sampling …