Inverse parameter estimation in a layered unsaturated field soil

Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-123

  Abbaspour, K ^a   Kasteel, R ^a   Schulin, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Field soil; Hydraulic parameters; Inverse modeling; Parameter estimation; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LAYERED MEDIUM; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0034016443     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200002000-00002     Document Type: Article

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