Soil Physics with Python

A textbook describing the physical environment of soil, including the movement of heat, water and gases.

Transport problems are described mathematically, and methods for solving the problems, using original computer programs written in Python, are presented.

1 Introduction; 2 Basic physical properties of soil; 3 Soil gas phase and gas diffusion; 4 Soil temperature and heat flow; 5 Soil liquid phase and soil-water interactions; 6 Steady state water flow and hydraulic conductivity; 7 Variation in soil properties; 8 Transient water flow; 9 Triangulated irregular network; 10 Water flow in three dimensions; 11 Evaporation; 12 Modeling coupled transport; 13 Solute transport in soils; 14 Transpiration and plant-water relations; 15 Atmospheric boundary conditions; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic physical properties of soil; 3 Soil gas phase and gas diffusion; 4 Soil temperature and heat flow; 5 Soil liquid phase and soil-water interactions; 6 Steady state water flow and hydraulic conductivity; 7 Variation in soil properties; 8 Transient water flow; 9 Triangulated irregular network; 10 Water flow in three dimensions; 11 Evaporation; 12 Modeling coupled transport; 13 Solute transport in soils; 14 Transpiration and plant-water relations; 15 Atmospheric boundary conditions