Flux-based estimation of field capacity

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 595-599

  Meyer, Philip D ^a   Gee, Glendon W ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION; PRESSURE; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DRAINAGE FLUX; FIELD CAPACITY; WATER CAPACITY; WATER CONTENT;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

FIELD CAPACITY; LYSIMETER; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032764232     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:7(595)     Document Type: Article

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