Otten, W.; Portell-Canal, X.; Falconer, R.

Solid, air and water phase distributions of a UK sandy loam soil packed at five bulk densities, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5285/0d290420-913a-4858-a090-fdbce616c247 Cite this dataset
The data set provides Computed Tomography based soil microstructures of a sandy loam soil (Invergowrie, Scotland) providing the distributions of soil, air and water. The images provide two water conditions (20±0.5 and 80±0.5% of the pore volume), with distribution at pore scale computed using a lattice-Boltzmann modelling approach, for five soil bulk densities (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 g cm-3), and three repetitions per bulk density (30 images). The domain size of the images is 512x512x512 voxels with a voxel resolution of 24 µm.
Publication date: 2020-12-11

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TIFF

Where/When

Temporal extent
2018-01-01    to    2018-12-31

Provenance & quality

Microcosms containing aggregates between 1 and 2 mm of a sandy loam soil packed at five bulk densities (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 g cm-3) scanned using a benchtop X–ray Computed Tomography scanner, and images thresholded to obtain the solid and pore phases. The water and air distribution in the pore space was computed using lattice-Boltzmann modeling for two water conditions (20±0.5 and 80±0.5% as fraction of pore space visible with computed tomography), resulting in a total of 30 images (5 soil bulk densities * 3 repetitions per bulk density * 2 water conditions).

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Xavier Portell-Canal
Cranfield University
 xavier.portell@cranfield.ac.uk

Authors

Otten, W.
Cranfield University
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3847-9825
Portell-Canal, X.
Cranfield University
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-0219
Falconer, R.
Abertay University
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2189-0818

Other contacts

Rights holder
Cranfield University
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
Environment
Keywords
bulk densities,  lattice-Boltzmann modelling,  Soil,  water distribution,  X-ray Computed Tomography
INSPIRE Theme
Soil
Last updated
18 May 2022 12:28

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CITE AS: Otten, W.; Portell-Canal, X.; Falconer, R. (2020). Solid, air and water phase distributions of a UK sandy loam soil packed at five bulk densities, 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0d290420-913a-4858-a090-fdbce616c247