Field evaluation of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity models and parameter estimation from retention data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Nandagiri, Lakshman ^a   Prasad, Rama ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING;

BROOKS-COREY MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VAN GENUCHTEN MODEL;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FIELD TESTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELS; SOILS; UNSATURATED;

EID: 0030131265     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02840-4     Document Type: Article

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