In the main soils database dialogue, you can add any number of soils. MIKE SHE only reads information on the soils being used, so there is no penalty for having large databases that include soils used in different projects.
Name - The Name field is used to identify the soil when loading the soil information in MIKE SHE’s UZ Soil Profile Definitions (V1 p. 287) dialogue.
Retention Curve and Hydraulic Conductivity - The Soil Moisture Retention Curve (V1 p. 411) and the Hydraulic Conductivity Function (V1 p. 414) are described in the next sections.
Bulk Density - The bulk density is used for calculating sorption during water quality simulations.
Include Macropores - If Macropore Flow (V1 p. 285) has been specified, then the macropore data will be required. If this item is checked, then an additional property page will be added to the data tree - Macropore Parameters (V1 p. 417).
Comment - This field can be used to provide meta data for the soil, such as the literature source for the values, or the project that it was last used in.
Curves for the calculated Retention and Conductivity are shown for each defined soil.
