SWBCM: A soil water balance capacity model for environmental applications in the UK

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-49

  Evans, Samuel P ^a   Mayr, Thomas R ^b   Hollis, John M ^b   Brown, Colin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sch Agric Food Environ C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Lateral drainage; Soil water balance model; Surface runoff; Water capacity; Water tables

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SIMULATION MODEL; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033198101     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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