Estimation of root water uptake parameters by inverse modeling with soil water content data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hupet, F ^a   Lambot, S ^a   Feddes, R A ^b   Van Dam, J C ^b   Vanclooster, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; Parameter estimation; Root water uptake; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; SOLUTIONS;

ROOT WATER UPTAKE PARAMETERS (RWUP);

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 1542652299     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002046     Document Type: Article

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