Modeling Preferential Water Flow and Pesticide Leaching to Drainpipes: The Effect of Drain-Connecting and Matrix-Terminating Biopores
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Modeling Preferential Water Flow and Pesticide Leaching to Drainpipes : The Effect of Drain-Connecting and Matrix-Terminating Biopores. / Holbak, M.; Abrahamsen, P.; Diamantopoulos, E.
In: Water Resources Research, Vol. 58, No. 7, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Modeling Preferential Water Flow and Pesticide Leaching to Drainpipes
T2 - The Effect of Drain-Connecting and Matrix-Terminating Biopores
AU - Holbak, M.
AU - Abrahamsen, P.
AU - Diamantopoulos, E.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Biopores and cracks in soils act as fast transport pathways for water and solute, potentially leading to pesticide leaching shortly after application. The biopore module in the agrohydrological model Daisy was developed to simulate preferential water flow directly to drainpipes, in drain-connecting biopores, and to deeper soil layers, in matrix-terminating biopores. We tested the biopore module in Daisy against field measurements of water flow and transport of bentazone and imidacloprid after application to a cracking clay field. We generated two model concepts, drain-connecting biopores (DCB) with drain-connecting biopores and drain-connecting and matrix-terminating biopore (DCMTB) with both drain-connecting and matrix-terminating biopores. Parameters describing the biopores were estimated by inverse modeling of observations of water flow and pesticide concentrations in drains. After calibration, both models satisfactorily simulated water flow and pesticide leaching to drains (root-mean-square error (RMSE)-observations standard deviation ratio (RSR) < 0.1). Particularly, the results showed that the models were able to describe the high concentration of bentazone in drain water shortly after application. Thus, the simpler DCB model preformed just as well or better than the more complex DCMTB model (Delta AIC = 4.68 [AIC, Akaike information criteria]). Discrepancies between observations and simulations in the beginning of the drainage season were attributed to the limitations that arise when simulating dynamic DCB flow paths with a static biopore model. The pesticide distribution in the field over time was well represented, especially by the DCMTB model. We therefore conclude that Daisy can simulate fast breakthrough of pesticides in drain water and describe very well pesticide concentration in drain water throughout the drainage season.
AB - Biopores and cracks in soils act as fast transport pathways for water and solute, potentially leading to pesticide leaching shortly after application. The biopore module in the agrohydrological model Daisy was developed to simulate preferential water flow directly to drainpipes, in drain-connecting biopores, and to deeper soil layers, in matrix-terminating biopores. We tested the biopore module in Daisy against field measurements of water flow and transport of bentazone and imidacloprid after application to a cracking clay field. We generated two model concepts, drain-connecting biopores (DCB) with drain-connecting biopores and drain-connecting and matrix-terminating biopore (DCMTB) with both drain-connecting and matrix-terminating biopores. Parameters describing the biopores were estimated by inverse modeling of observations of water flow and pesticide concentrations in drains. After calibration, both models satisfactorily simulated water flow and pesticide leaching to drains (root-mean-square error (RMSE)-observations standard deviation ratio (RSR) < 0.1). Particularly, the results showed that the models were able to describe the high concentration of bentazone in drain water shortly after application. Thus, the simpler DCB model preformed just as well or better than the more complex DCMTB model (Delta AIC = 4.68 [AIC, Akaike information criteria]). Discrepancies between observations and simulations in the beginning of the drainage season were attributed to the limitations that arise when simulating dynamic DCB flow paths with a static biopore model. The pesticide distribution in the field over time was well represented, especially by the DCMTB model. We therefore conclude that Daisy can simulate fast breakthrough of pesticides in drain water and describe very well pesticide concentration in drain water throughout the drainage season.
KW - Preferential water flow
KW - Preferential solute transport
KW - Pesticide fate
KW - Modeling
KW - Biopores
KW - Drain flow
KW - SOLUTE TRANSPORT
KW - BROMIDE TRANSPORT
KW - SOIL
KW - FIELD
KW - NONEQUILIBRIUM
KW - MACROPORES
KW - SIMULATION
KW - PATHWAYS
KW - SURFACE
KW - QUANTIFICATION
U2 - 10.1029/2021WR031608
DO - 10.1029/2021WR031608
M3 - Journal article
VL - 58
JO - Water Resources Research
JF - Water Resources Research
SN - 0043-1397
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 314637143