NB_PTFs.calcVG_PTFs.pyt.xml

<metadata xml:lang="en"><Esri><CreaDate>20211124</CreaDate><CreaTime>13140600</CreaTime><ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat><SyncOnce>TRUE</SyncOnce><ModDate>20211124</ModDate><ModTime>14263900</ModTime><scaleRange><minScale>150000000</minScale><maxScale>5000</maxScale></scaleRange><ArcGISProfile>ItemDescription</ArcGISProfile></Esri><tool name="calcVG_PTFs" displayname="01 Calculate van Genuchten parameters and plot SMRC" 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 should be stored.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Input_shapefile" displayname="Input soil shapefile" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Feature Class" expression="Input_shapefile"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and filename of the input soil shapefile. Soil shapefile can be polygon or point vector which includes required soil properties of the selected PTFs&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;and a required field named "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;soilname&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;" which contains the soils' name/identifier. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="VG_of_choice" displayname="PTFs of choice for van Genuchten model" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Wosten et al. (1999) topsoil | Wosten et al. (1999) subsoil | Vereecken et al. (1989) | Zacharias and Wessolek (2007) | Weynants et al. (2009) | Dashtaki et al. (2010) | Hodnett and Tomasella (2002)"><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;- Wösten et al., (1999) topsoil and subsoil: Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Matter, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Wösten et al., (1999) topsoil and subsoil: Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Matter, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Vereecken et al., (1989): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Zacharias and Wessolek (2007): Sand, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Weynants et al. (2009): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density&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;- Hodnett and Tomasella (2002): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density; CEC&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(3) Arid climate&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; Dashtaki et al. (2010)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Pressure_heads_VG" displayname="Specify pressures to calculate water content using van Genuchten and hydraulic conductivity using Mualem-van Genuchten model (space delimited)" type="Optional" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="{Pressure_heads_VG}"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;By default, the output shapefile will contain soil moisture retention/hydraulic conductivity at -1kPa, -3kPa, -10kPa, -33kPa, -100kPa, -200kPa, -1000kPa and -1500kPa.These will get written to the output shapefile.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Using this option, the user can customise the output to get soil moisture/hydraulic conductivity at the pressure of interest, in addition tothe default pressures.This information will get written to a csv file within the output folder.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="FieldCapacity" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at field capacity" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="FieldCapacity"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify pressure for field capacity. Field capacity is commonly between -10kPa to -100kPa. The default value is -33kPa.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="SIC" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at water stress-induced stomata closure" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="SIC"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify pressure for water stress-induced stomata closure. The default value is -100kPa.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="PWP" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at permanent wilting point" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="PWP"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify pressure for permanent wilting point. The default value is -1500kPa.&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 the 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;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. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;_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,theuser can customise the factor by typinga converstion factorintothis field. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Pressure_units_plot" displayname="Pressure unit for plotting purposes" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="kPa | cm | m"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Selecting the pressure unit for plotting soil moisture result. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;_PTFs has three pressure unit options: kPa, cm and m.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Plot_axis" displayname="Create water content and pressure plots with water content or hydraulic conductivity on the X-axis or Y-axis:" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Y-axis | X-axis"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Choose which axis water content (when using van Genuchten model) and hydraulic conductity (when using Mualem-van Genuchten model) will be plotted on.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Calculate_MVG" displayname="Estimate unsaturated hydraulic conductivity and generate hydraulic conductivity curve using PTFs for Mualem van Genuchten model" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Boolean" expression="Calculate_MVG"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Tick this box if you would like to obtain Mualem-van Genuchten model parameters and hydraulic conductivity pressure relationship. You must select either Wösten et al. (1999) or Weynants et al. (2009) PTFs.&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;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool provides 7 PTFs to estimate van Genuchten model parameters and the soil-moisture pressure relationship. Among the PTFs, Wösten et al., (1999) (topsoil and subsoil)and Weynants et al. (2009) can be used to obtain Mualem van Genuchten model parameters and hydraulic conductivity pressure relationships. To select the PTFs of interest,theuser 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;&lt;/DIV&gt;</summary></tool><dataIdInfo><idCitation><resTitle>01 Calculate van Genuchten parameters and plot SMRC</resTitle></idCitation><idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool provides 7 PTFs to estimate van Genuchten model parameters and the soil-moisture pressure relationship. Among the PTFs, Wösten et al., (1999) (topsoil and subsoil)and Weynants et al. (2009) can be used to obtain Mualem van Genuchten model parameters and hydraulic conductivity pressure relationships. 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