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Figure 4


FIG. 4. The impact of a different parameterization of water repellency on the distribution of volumetric water contents at the start of the rewetting phase (after 3 d of precipitation). All simulations use the parameter set with {sigma}l2= 0.1, {kappa}min = 5° ± 1.5°, {kappa}max = 90° ± 20°, {theta}crit = 0.015, t0 = 10 d, and {theta}FK at 60 hPa. Only one of these parameters is modified for each of the simulations: (A) {kappa}max = 70° ± 20°, (B) {kappa}max = 90° ± 20°, (C) {kappa}max = 130° ± 20°, (D) {theta}crit = 0.03, {sigma}l2 (E) = 0.05, (F) t0 = 20 d.