Estimating soil hydraulic conductivity and macroscopic capillary length from the disk infiltrometer

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1513-1521

  Zhang, Renduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032429796     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200060006x     Document Type: Article

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