The areal distribution of soil moisture under sprinkler irrigation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Li, Jiusheng ^a   Kawano, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Soil water content; Sprinkler irrigation; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION;

EID: 0030404109     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(96)01261-9     Document Type: Article

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