A flux-controlled steady-state evaporation method for determining unsaturated hydraulic conductivity at low matric pressure head values

Soil Science

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 385-395

  Fujimaki, Haruyuki ^a   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporation from soil surface; Soil hydraulic properties; Unsaturated water flow; Water vapor movement

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0037665276     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000075284.87447.cf     Document Type: Article

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