Combined spatial and Kalman filter estimation of optimal soil hydraulic properties

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1079-1088

  Cahill, Anthony T ^a   Ungaro, Fabrizio ^b   Parlange, Marc B ^c   Mata, Michael ^d   Nielsen, Donald R ^d  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 0032902620     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900121     Document Type: Article

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