This study aimed to develop and to test a computer program for calculating the parameters of soil solute transport equations, based on adjustment of theoretical models to observed data, as well as to perform simulations for the space and temporary variations of the concentration and balance of the solute mass in the soil profile. The least-squares method (Levenberg-Marquardt) was used to obtain the estimators of the diffusion-dispersion coefficient and retardation factor parameters. The developed program, so-called DISP, is provided with a graphic interface that makes possible its use in procedures for data input, accomplishment of calculations and access to results. In the result forms, a number of graphs and tables relative to the effluent curves can be generated besides the possibility to accomplish simulations concerning to space and time variations of both concentration and balance of the solute mass in the soil profile. Comparative tests between DISP and the program CXTFIT, relative to the calculations of the Peclet number and retardation factor parameters, pointed out equivalence between both programs, however the graphic interface in DISP makes its use more feasible in relation to CXTFIT.
miscible displacement; retardation factor; diffusion-dispersion coefficient
