The free-water pond under a trickle source: A field test of existing theories

Irrigation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 169-173

  Revol, Philippe ^a   Clothier, Brent E ^b   Kosuth, Pascal ^a   Vachaud, Georges ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER SUPPLY;

DRIPPERS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION; FREE WATER PONDS; KIRCHHOFF TRANSFORMATION; TRICKLE IRRIGATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 0030172491     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338967     Document Type: Article

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