Determining the soil hydraulic conductivity by means of a field scale internal drainage

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 234-248

  Severino, Gerardo ^a   Santini, Alessandro ^a   Sommella, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hydraulic conductivity; Internal drainage; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SOILS;

SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0037466129     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00390-6     Document Type: Article

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