Estimating soil hydraulic parameters from transient flow experiments in a centrifuge using parameter optimization technique

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Šimůnek, Jirka ^a   Nimmo, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER;

GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; HYDRUS SOFTWARE PACKAGE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; TRANSIENT FLOW;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL WATER; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 19044393540     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003379     Document Type: Article

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