Determining soil water flux and pore water velocity by a heat pulse technique

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 552-560

  Ren, T ^a   Kluitenberg, G J ^b   Horton, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT PULSE TECHNIQUES; MAXIMUM DIMENSIONLESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE (MDTD); PORE WATER VELOCITY; SOIL WATER FLUX; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY (TDR);

SOIL TESTING;

FLUX MEASUREMENT; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0034163177     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2000.642552x     Document Type: Article

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