A two-stage procedure for determining unsaturated hydraulic characteristics using a syringe pump and outflow observations

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-359

  Wildenschild, D ^a   Jensen, K Høgh ^a   Hollenbeck, K J ^a   Illangasekare, T H ^b   Znidarcic, D ^b   Sonnenborg, T ^a   Butts, M B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RETENTION CURVE; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SOLUTION; SYRINGE PUMP;

CAPILLARITY; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOILS;

OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; RICHARD EQUATION; SYRINGE PUMP TECHNIQUE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0031101743     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100020002x     Document Type: Article

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