Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Analytical Volume Balance Model for Soil Water Dynamics under Drip Irrigation

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1657-1671

  Mmolawa, Khumoetsile ^a   Or, Dani ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLOW DOMAINS;

SOILS;

DRIP IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 0242424162     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1657     Document Type: Article

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