If you'd like some background on just what factors are analyzed by these calculators and get a better understanding on how various soil types respond to water application, click here to use the Soil Explorer.
Using the Soil Explorer, you can become familiar with how adjusting
the flow rate will affect the depth of moisture. The Explorer
reports how fast water can be applied before reaching saturation,
how fast a particular soil type can accept moisture, how much water
is needed in order to produce field capacity in a particular soil.
It uses the wilting point of that soil to calculate the amount of
water that will be needed to achieve field capacity.
The formulas and algorithms in the Soil Explorer are also in each
GC Pro-I Calculator, only they work in the background.
The Explorer was developed to help appreciate the reliability
in the GC Pro-I Calculators as well as provide insight on
how soil moisture depth varies according to soil composition
and applied irrigation flow rate (per square foot.)