Potentials and limitations of modelling vertical distributors of root water uptake of an Austrian pine forest on a sandy soil

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Musters, P A D ^a,b   Bouten, W ^b   Verstraten, J M ^b  

^a University of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; Pinus nigra; Root water uptake; Time domain reflectometry (TDR); Uncertainty intervals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PINUS NIGRA; ROOT WATER UPTAKE; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY INTERVALS;

FLOW OF WATER;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; MODELING; ROOT; SANDY SOIL; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER USE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0034099373     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(200001)14:1<103::AID-HYP913>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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