An easily installable groundwater lysimeter to determine water balance components and hydraulic properties of peat soils

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Schwaerzel, Kai ^a   Bohl, Heiko P ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capillary flow; Evapotranspiration; Peat soils; Root distribution; Soil hydraulic properties; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETER; PEAT SOIL; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

BRANDENBURG; GERMANY; RHINLUCH;

EID: 0141863389     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-7-23-2003     Document Type: Article

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