NB_PTFs.CalcKsat.pyt.xml

<metadata xml:lang="en"><Esri><CreaDate>20211124</CreaDate><CreaTime>13140700</CreaTime><ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat><SyncOnce>TRUE</SyncOnce><ModDate>20211124</ModDate><ModTime>14180100</ModTime><scaleRange><minScale>150000000</minScale><maxScale>5000</maxScale></scaleRange><ArcGISProfile>ItemDescription</ArcGISProfile></Esri><tool name="CalcKsat" displayname="04 Calculate saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)" toolboxalias="NB_PTF" xmlns=""><arcToolboxHelpPath>c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\Help\gp</arcToolboxHelpPath><parameters><param name="Output_folder" displayname="Output folder" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Folder" expression="Output_folder"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and folder name where output from this tool will be stored.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Input_folder" displayname="Input folder: results from calculation using point-PTF or vg-PTFs or bc-PTFs" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Folder" expression="Input_folder"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The user should run ‘Calculate van Genuchten parameters and plot SMRC’, ‘Calculate Brooks-Corey parameters and plot SMRC’ or ‘Calculate water content using point PTFs’first. Then specify the path of the folder where the output shapefile is stored from running ‘Calculate van Genuchten parameters and plot SMRC’, ‘Calculate Brooks-Corey parameters and plot SMRC’ or ‘Calculate water content using point PTFs’.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Ksat_of_choice" displayname="Select PTF to estimate Ksat" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Cosby et al. (1984) | Puckett et al. (1985) | Jabro (1992) | Campbell and Shiozawa (1994) | Ferrer Julia et al. (2004) - Sand | Ferrer Julia et al. (2004) - Sand, clay, OM | Brakensiek et al. (1984) | Ahuja et al. (1989) | Minasny and McBratney (2000) | Wosten et al. (1999)"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select the PTFs of interest from the dropdown list. Here are the current PTFs options and their required inputs:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(1) Temperate climate&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Cosby et al. (1984): Sand, Clay&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Brakensiek et al. (1984): θs, Sand, Clay&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Puckett et al. (1985): Clay&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Jabro (1992): Sand, Silt, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Campbell and Shiozawa (1994): Silt, Clay&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Minasny and McBratney (2000): Effective porosity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Ferrer Julia et al. (2004): Sand&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Ferrer Julia et al. (2004): Sand, Clay, Organic Matter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(2) Tropical climate&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Ahuja et al. (1989): Effective porosity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Carbon_content" displayname="If the selected PTF requires OC or OM, select which type is present in your dataset:" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Organic carbon | Organic matter"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specifying soil carbon information in your input data.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Conversion_factor" displayname="If the selected PTF requires OC or OM, enter the appropriate conversion factor to change OM to OC (or vice-versa):" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Double" expression="Conversion_factor"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You do not need to use this function if your dataset has the same type of soil carbon as required by the PTFs. If the selected PTFs require organic matter (OM) but the input data only has organic carbon (OC) or inversely, this function can be used to convert OM to OC and inversely. NB_PTFs gives default conversion factors (the Van Bemmelen factors): 1.724 to convert OC to OM and 0.58 to convert OM to OC. However, the user can customise the factor by typinga converstion factorintothis field. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param></parameters><summary>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool provides various options to estimate soil saturated hydraulic conductivity via PTFs developed in temperate, tropical, and arid regions. To select the PTFs of interest, the user can use the guidelines given in the paper “Guidelines and a supporting toolbox for parameterising key soil hydraulic properties in hydrological studies and broader integrated modelling” (Dang et al., 2021).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</summary></tool><dataIdInfo><idCitation><resTitle>04 Calculate saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)</resTitle></idCitation><idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool provides various options to estimate soil saturated hydraulic conductivity via PTFs developed in temperate, tropical, and arid regions. To select the PTFs of interest, the user can use the guidelines given in the paper “Guidelines and a supporting toolbox for parameterising key soil hydraulic properties in hydrological studies and broader integrated modelling” (Dang et al., 2021).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</idAbs><searchKeys><keyword>NB_PTFs</keyword></searchKeys></dataIdInfo><distInfo><distributor><distorFormat><formatName>ArcToolbox Tool</formatName></distorFormat></distributor></distInfo><mdHrLv><ScopeCd value="005"></ScopeCd></mdHrLv></metadata>