A method for identifying optimum strategies of measuring soil water contents for calibrating a root water uptake model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 227, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 273-286

  Musters, P A D ^a   Bouten, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Evapotranspiration; Root water uptake; Soil moisture; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

ROOT WATER UPTAKE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UNSATURATED ZONE;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0034737029     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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