LUCI_PTFs.SoilParam.pyt.xml

<metadata xml:lang="en"><Esri><CreaDate>20201001</CreaDate><CreaTime>09533700</CreaTime><ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat><SyncOnce>TRUE</SyncOnce><ModDate>20201021</ModDate><ModTime>13412300</ModTime><scaleRange><minScale>150000000</minScale><maxScale>5000</maxScale></scaleRange><ArcGISProfile>ItemDescription</ArcGISProfile></Esri><tool name="SoilParam" displayname="LUCI soil parameterisation" toolboxalias="LUCI PTF v1.0" 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;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and folder name where output from this tool will be stored.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&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;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and filename where the input shapefile is located.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; The name of the fields and their soil properties should match as below:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sand: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;sand content (%)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Silt: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;silt content (%)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clay:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; clay content (%)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;OM:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; organic matter content (%)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;OC:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; organic carbon content (%)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;BD:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; bulk density (g/cm3)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CEC:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; cation exchange content (cmol/kg)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"&gt;pH:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; pH&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Calculate_PTF" displayname="Estimate soil moisture content using point-PTFs" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Boolean" expression="Calculate_PTF"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Tick this box if you wish to calculate soil moisture content using a PTF.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="PTF_of_choice" displayname="PTFs of choice" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Nguyen et al. (2014) | Adhikary et al. (2008) | Rawls et al. (1982) | Saxton et al. (1986) | Hall et al. (1977) | Gupta and Larson (1979) | Batjes (1996) | Saxton and Rawls (2006) | Pidgeon (1972) | Lal (1978) | Aina and Periaswamy (1985) | Manrique and Jones (1991) | van Den Berg et al. (1997) | Tomasella and Hodnett (1998) | Reichert et al. (2009) - Sand, silt, clay, OM, BD | Reichert et al. (2009) - Sand, silt, clay, BD | Botula Manyala (2013) | Shwetha and Varija (2013) | Dashtaki et al. (2010) | Santra et al. (2018)"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select an equation from the dropdown box below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; The dropdown list includes published point PTFs which are different in required input soil properties and output soil moisture.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Calculate_VG" displayname="Estimate soil moisture content and generate soil moisture retention curve using parametric-PTFs for van Genuchten model" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Boolean" expression="Calculate_VG"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Tick this box if you wish to calculate water content using the van Genuchten model.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="VG_of_choice" displayname="Parametric-PTFs of choice for van Genuchten model" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Wosten et al. (1999) | 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;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select an equation to determine the van Genuchten parameters from the dropdown box below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The dropdown list includes published parametric PTFs which were developed to estimate the parameters of van Genuchten model, get soil moisture content at default pressure potentials and create soil moisture retention curve based on van Genuchten model. The default pressure potentials are -1kPa, -3kPa, -10kPa, -33kPa, -100kPa, -200kPa, -1000kPa and -1500kPa.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Pressure_heads_VG" displayname="Specify pressures to calculate water content using van Genuchten (space delimited)" type="Optional" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="{Pressure_heads_VG}"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;By default, the tool calculates water content using the van Genuchten equation at the following pressure heads (kPa): 1, 3, 10, 33, 100, 200, 1000, 1500. These fields are added to the output shapefile.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;If desired, the user can choose different pressure heads to calculate water content using this field. Enter required pressure heads, separated by spaces. The water content is calculated and saved to a CSV file within the output folder.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Calculate_Ksat" displayname="Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Boolean" expression="Calculate_Ksat"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Tick this box if you wish to calculate the saturated hydraulic conductivity in addition to the water content.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Ksat_of_choice" displayname="Estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Cosby et al. (1984) | Puckett et al. (1985) | Jabro (1992) | Campbell and Shiozawa (1994) | Ferrer Julia et al. (2004) - Sand | Ferrer Julia et al. (2004) - Sand, clay, OM | Ahuja et al. (1989) | Minasny and McBratney (2000) | Brakensiek et al. (1984)"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select an equation to determine saturated hydraulic conductivity from the dropdown box below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Calculate_MVG" displayname="Estimate unsaturated hydraulic conductivity and generate hydraulic conductivity curve using parametric-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;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Tick this box if you wish to calculate hydraulic conductivty using the Mualem-van Genuchten model.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="MVG_of_choice" displayname="Estimate Mualem van Genuchten model parameters" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Wosten et al. (1999) | Weynants et al. (2009)"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select an equation to determine the van Genuchten parameters from the dropdown box below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The dropdown list includes published parametric PTFs which were developed to estimate the parameters of Mualem van Genuchten model, get hydraulic conductivity at default pressure potentials and create hydraulic conductivity curve based on Mualem van Genuchten model. The default pressure potentials are -1kPa, -3kPa, -10kPa, -33kPa, -100kPa, -200kPa, -1000kPa and -1500kPa.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Carbon_content" displayname="Carbon: Does your dataset contain organic carbon or organic matter?" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Organic carbon | Organic matter"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify if your input soil shapefile contains carbon information as organic carbon or organic matter.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Conversion_factor" displayname="Carbon: enter a conversion factor" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Double" expression="Conversion_factor"/><param name="Rerun_tool" displayname="Rerun tool (will continue previous run from the point where any errors occurred)" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Boolean" expression="Rerun_tool"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The tool help to continue previous run from the point where any error occurred.&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 takes a soil shapefile as input and uses commonly-measured soil information to calculate moisture content, van Genuchten function parameters, saturated hydraulic conductivity and Mualem van Genucten function parameters using soil pedotransfer functions. The output folder will contain a copy of the input soil shapefile with new fields added containing the information calculated by the PTFs and equations.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The graph of soil moisture retention curve and hydraulic conductivity curve will be exported in the output folder if user selects PTFs for estimating van Genuchten and Mualem van Genuchten functions parameters. The tool also provides function to estimate soil moisture critical thresholds.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</summary></tool><dataIdInfo><idCitation><resTitle>LUCI soil parameterisation</resTitle></idCitation><idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool takes a soil shapefile as input and uses commonly-measured soil information to calculate moisture content, van Genuchten function parameters, saturated hydraulic conductivity and Mualem van Genucten function parameters using soil pedotransfer functions. The output folder will contain a copy of the input soil shapefile with new fields added containing the information calculated by the PTFs and equations.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The graph of soil moisture retention curve and hydraulic conductivity curve will be exported in the output folder if user selects PTFs for estimating van Genuchten and Mualem van Genuchten functions parameters. The tool also provides function to estimate soil moisture critical thresholds.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</idAbs><searchKeys><keyword>LUCI</keyword><keyword>soil parameterisation</keyword></searchKeys></dataIdInfo><distInfo><distributor><distorFormat><formatName>ArcToolbox Tool</formatName></distorFormat></distributor></distInfo><mdHrLv><ScopeCd value="005"/></mdHrLv></metadata>