Database-related accuracy and uncertainty of pedotransfer functions

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 765-779

  Schaap, Marcel G ^a   Leij, Feike J ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Neural networks; Prediction; Uncertainty estimates; Water retention

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALIBRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0031783722     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199810000-00001     Document Type: Article

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