Three-parameter soil-water transient equations in horizontal water-transport analysis

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 580-584

  Guerrini, Ivan A ^a   Swartzendruber, D ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

NONBOLTZMANN EQUATION; SOIL WATER TRANSIENT EQUATIONS;

SOILS;

EID: 0032077715     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200030004x     Document Type: Article

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