Estimation of soil hydraulic properties with the cone permeameter: Field studies

Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 527-541

  Kodešová, Radka ^a   Ordway, Sondra E ^a   Gribb, Molly M ^a   Šimůnek, Jiří ^b  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone permeameter; Field studies; Inverse solution; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil moisture characteristic curve; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function

Indexed keywords

CONE PENETRATION TEST; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0345062296     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199908000-00001     Document Type: Article

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