Measurement of surface redistribution of rainfall and modelling its effect on water balance calculations for a millet field on sandy soil in Niger

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 267-284

  Gaze, S R ^a,b   Simmonds, L P ^b   Brouwer, J ^c,d   Bouma, J ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS;

HYDROLOGICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT (HAPEX); RAINFALL REDISTRIBUTION; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODEL (SWIM);

RUNOFF;

CROP GROWTH; HAPEX-SAHEL; INFILTRATION; MILLET; SANDY SOIL; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWIM MODEL;

NIGER;

EID: 0030615678     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03162-9     Document Type: Article

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