Lesson 9: Soil Moisture and Infiltration

Learning Objectives

• List and calculate soil water properties
• Recognize and utilize the relationship between infiltration rate and cumulative infiltration
• Describe the infiltration process for steady rainfall (supply limited and transport limited cases)
• Define potential infiltration
• Utilize potential infiltration equations to estimate infiltration for transport limited conditions

Handouts (bring to class)

• Infiltration

Reading Assignment

• Chin 6.3.3 Infiltration
• Chin 6.3.3.1 The Infiltration Process

Homework Problems

• Problem 10
• Problem 11