Effect of roots on water flow in unsaturated soils

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 202-209

  Chang, Yoon Young ^a   Corapcioglu, M Yavuz ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

CROP ROOT WATER INTERACTIONS; ROOT DISTRIBUTION MODEL; UNSATURATED SOIL WATER FLOW EQUATION;

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

PLANTS; SOIL/WATER INTERACTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

MODELLING; ROOT/WATER INTERACTION; SOIL WATER FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0031145749     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1997)123:3(202)     Document Type: Article

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