Soil moisture modelling - Conception and evolution of the VSMB

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-261

  Baier, Wolfgang ^a   Robertson, Geo W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Consulting Agrometeorologist ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

applications; modelling; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CROP; MODELLING; SOIL MOISTURE BUDGET; VSMB;

CANADA;

EID: 0030439989     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss96-032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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