Estimation of hectare-scale soil-moisture characteristics from aquifer-test data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 82-95

  Moench, Allen F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective parameters; Mathematical models; Soil moisture characteristics; Unconfined aquifers; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; SOILS;

WATER TABLE;

HYDROLOGY;

ABSTRACTION; DRAWDOWN; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER TABLE;

DRAWDOWN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0142054696     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00202-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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