Estimation of Green-Ampt effective hydraulic conductivity for rangelands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-299

  Kidwell, Mary R ^a   Weltz, Mark A ^a   Phillip Guertin, D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

ground cover; hydrologic modeling; infiltration; runoff; spatial variability; WEPP

Indexed keywords

GROUND COVER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; RANGELAND; RUNOFF VOLUME;

EID: 0030616430     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003732     Document Type: Article

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