Development and use of a database of hydraulic properties of European soils

Geoderma

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-185

  Wosten J H M ^a   Lilly, A ^b   Nemes, A ^c   Le Bas, C ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Pedotransfer function; Soil physics; Texture class; Water availability

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SOIL WATER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0344731425     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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