Infiltration and soil water storage under winter cover cropping in California's Sacramento Valley

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 315-326

  Joyce, Brian A ^a   Wallender, Wesley W ^a   Mitchell, Jeffrey P ^a   Huyck, Leisa M ^a   Temple, Steven R ^a   Brostram, Peter N ^a   Hsiao, Theodore C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Infiltration; Runoff; Soil water storage; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; RAIN;

WINTER COVER CROPPING;

INFILTRATION;

GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345894316     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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