Determining soil hydraulic properties by inverse method in one- dimensional unsaturated flow

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-81

  Lehmann, François ^a   Ackerer, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

GENERALIZED DARCY EQUATION; INVERSE METHOD; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATION; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

SOILS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL;

EID: 0031019381     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600010012x     Document Type: Article

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