NB_PTFs.calcPoint_PTFs.pyt.xml

<metadata xml:lang="en"><Esri><CreaDate>20211124</CreaDate><CreaTime>13140700</CreaTime><ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat><SyncOnce>TRUE</SyncOnce><ModDate>20211124</ModDate><ModTime>14290400</ModTime><scaleRange><minScale>150000000</minScale><maxScale>5000</maxScale></scaleRange><ArcGISProfile>ItemDescription</ArcGISProfile></Esri><tool name="calcPoint_PTFs" displayname="03 Calculate water content using point PTFs" toolboxalias="NB_PTF" 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;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and folder name where output from this tool should be stored.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&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;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify the path and filename of the input soil shapefile. Soil shapefile can be polygon or point vector which includes required soil properties of the selected PTFs and a required field named "soilname" which contains the soils' name/identifier.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&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) | Hall et al. (1977) topsoil | Hall et al. (1977) subsoil | Gupta and Larson (1979) | Batjes (1996) | Pidgeon (1972) | Lal (1978) Group I - Clay, BD | Lal (1978) Group II - Clay, BD | 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) - Sand, Clay, OC, BD | Santra et al. (2018) - Sand, Clay, BD"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select the PTFs of interest from the dropdown list.Here are the current PTFs options and their required inputs:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Hall et al. (1977) topsoil and subsoil: Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Gupta and Larson (1979): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Matter, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Rawls et al. (1982): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Matter, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Batjes (1996): Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Van Den Berg et al. (1997): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Pidgeon (1972): Silt, Clay, Organic Matter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Lal (1978) (Group I): Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Lal (1978) (Group II): Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Aina and Periaswamy (1985): Sand, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Manrique and Jones (1991): Sand, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Tomasella and Hodnett (1998): Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Adhikary et al. (2008) : Sand, Silt, Clay&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Reichert et al. (2009) (1): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Matter, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Reichert et al. (2009) (2): Sand, Silt, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Botula et al. (2013): Sand, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Shwetha and Varija (2013): Sand, Silt, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Nguyen et al. (2014): Sand, Silt, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Santra et al. (2018) (1): Sand, Clay, Organic Carbon, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Santra et al. (2018) (2): Sand, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Dashtaki et al. (2010): Sand, Silt, Clay, Bulk Density&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="FieldCapacity" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at field capacity" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="33 | 10 | 20"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specify pressure for field capacity from the dropdown list. There are three options, -10kPa, -20kPa or -33kPa for field capacity when using point-PTFs.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="SIC" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at water stress-induced stomata closure" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="SIC"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The default value is -100kPa. However, the user can type in the pressure of interest to define water stress-induced stomata closure point. Please check whether the selected point-PTFs can give soil moisture at the pressure of interest. If the point-PTFs stomata closure point is not available, RAW is estimated as 0.5 of PAW.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="PWP" displayname="Value of pressure (kPa) at permanent wilting point" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="PWP"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The default value is -1500kPa. However, the user can type in the pressure of interest to define permanent wilting point. Please check whether the selected point-PTFs can give soil moisture at the pressure of interest.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Carbon_content" displayname="If the selected PTF requires OC or OM, select which type is present in your dataset:" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="Organic carbon | Organic matter"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Specifying soil carbon information in the input data.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Conversion_factor" displayname="If the selected PTF requires OC or OM, enter the appropriate conversion factor to change OM to OC (or vice-versa):" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="Double" expression="Conversion_factor"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You do not need to use this function if your dataset has the same type of soil carbon as required by the PTFs. If the selected PTFs require organic matter (OM) but the input data only has organic carbon (OC) or inversely, this function can be used to convert OM to OC and inversely. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;_PTFs gives default conversion factors (the Van Bemmelen factors): 1.724 to convert OC to OM and 0.58 to convert OM to OC. However, the user can customise the factor by typing a converstion factor into this field.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference></param><param name="Pressure_units_plot" displayname="Pressure unit for plotting purposes" type="Required" direction="Input" datatype="String" expression="kPa | cm | m"><dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Selecting the pressure unit for plotting soil moisture result. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;_PTFs has three pressure unit options: kPa, cm and m.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&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 provides 21 options to estimate soil moisture content at certain pressuresusing point-PTFs. When a point-PTF is selected, the tool also estimates soil water held between key thresholds including drainable water, plant available water, readily available water, and total water content if the specified pressures are calculated by their chosen PTF.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;To select the PTFs of interest, the user can use the guidelines given in the paper “Guidelines and a supporting toolbox for parameterising key soil hydraulic properties in hydrological studies and broader integrated modelling” (Dang et al., 2021). &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</summary></tool><dataIdInfo><idCitation><resTitle>03 Calculate water content using point PTFs</resTitle></idCitation><idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This tool provides 21 options to estimate soil moisture content at certain pressuresusing point-PTFs. When a point-PTF is selected, the tool also estimates soil water held between key thresholds including drainable water, plant available water, readily available water, and total water content if the specified pressures are calculated by their chosen PTF.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;To select the PTFs of interest, the user can use the guidelines given in the paper “Guidelines and a supporting toolbox for parameterising key soil hydraulic properties in hydrological studies and broader integrated modelling” (Dang et al., 2021). &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</idAbs><searchKeys><keyword>NB_PTFs</keyword></searchKeys></dataIdInfo><distInfo><distributor><distorFormat><formatName>ArcToolbox Tool</formatName></distorFormat></distributor></distInfo><mdHrLv><ScopeCd value="005"/></mdHrLv></metadata>