Effective soil water characteristics and ensemble soil water profiles in heterogeneous soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1993-2002

  Smith, Roger E ^a   Diekkrüger, Bernd ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL WATER;

CONDUCTANCE; MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; WATER;

ENSEMBLE; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029659814     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01048     Document Type: Article

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