ABSTRACT
The hydraulic conductivity of an alluvial eutrophic sandy loam soil was determined in lysimeters (1.25 x 1.25 x 1.25 m) equipped with tensiometers and neutron probe access tube in the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo, Sousa-PB. After soil saturation, the lysimeters were covered with plastic sheets for study of internal drainage during 15 days, using the instantaneous profile method. The study was continued for another 13 days, without plastic sheet, using a water budget based on zero flux plan. The results of K(θ) obtained were submitted to mathematical adjustments based on the sum of least square of standard errors, by the exponential, polynomial and the sum of two exponential functions. The sum of two exponential without logarithmic transformation was found to be the most representative fitting mode for the K(θ) results.
Key words:
water movement; internal drainage; water budget; instantaneous profile