Stochastic model for posttillage soil pore space evolution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1641-1652

  Or, Dani ^a   Leij, Feike J ^b,c   Snyder, Victor ^d   Ghezzehei, Teamrat A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PORE SPACE; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; FLOW OF WATER; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRESSES; WETTING;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MECHANISTIC MODELING; PORE SPACE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; WETTING AND DRYING PROCESS; WETTING DRYING CYCLES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 0033845425     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900092     Document Type: Article

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