Use of Brooks-Corey parameters to improve estimates of saturated conductivity from effective porosity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1086-1092

  Timlin, D J ^a   Ahuja, L R ^b   Pachepsky, Ya ^c   Williams, R D ^d   Gimenez, D ^e   Rawls, W ^f  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Rutgers University   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

BROOKS-COREY EQUATION; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; SATURATED CONDUCTIVITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SATURATION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0032737656     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6351086x     Document Type: Article

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