Comment on Russo [1991], Serrano [1990, 1998], and other applications of the water-content-based form of Richards' equation to heterogeneous soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 605-607

  LaBolle, E M ^a   Clausnitzer, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032952835     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900034     Document Type: Note

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