Hysteresis in soil water characteristics as a key to interpreting comparisons of laboratory and field measured hydraulic properties

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Basile, Angelo ^a   Ciollaro, Guido ^b   Coppola, Antonio ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Hydraulic properties; Hysteresis; Laboratory measurements; REV

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOILS;

REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); SOIL WATER RETENTION;

HYDRAULICS;

FIELD SURVEY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 1242344803     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002432     Document Type: Article

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