Determination of soil hydrologic properties under simulated rainfall condition

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-281

  Mohanty, S ^a   Singh, R ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Functional sensitivity analysis; Instantaneous profile method; Rainfall simulator; Soil water retention curve; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Van Genuchten's model

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL; RAINFALL SIMULATOR; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0029731077     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3774(95)01202-8     Document Type: Article

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