HYdraulic PRoperties of European Soils

The HYPRES database has been developed as an integral part of the EU funded project.

"Using existing soil data to derive hydraulic parameters for simulation modelling in environmental studies and in land use planning".

This Network activity also constitutes a working group of the European Soil Bureau

The project is funded under DG XII, Human Capital and Mobility ~ CHRX-CT94-0639.

Project Coordinator, Henk Wösten, Alterra J.H.M.WOSTEN@alterra.wag-ur.nl	Latest Update
Project Researcher, Allan Lilly, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, a.lilly@macaulay.ac.uk

Introduction:

Simulation models are increasingly being used to investigate and predict a wide range of complex environmental processes. Many of these models are concerned with water and solute movement in the vadose zone and require water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity data. However, these properties are difficult and time consuming to measure and there is renewed interest in the establishment of pedotransfer functions in order to estimate them from more easily measured soil properties.