Wetted surface radius under point-source trickle irrigation in sandy soil

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Ekhmaj, A I ^a   Amin, M S M ^a   Salim, S ^a   Zakaria, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Moisture distribution; Predictive model; Trickle irrigation; Wet surface radius; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOILS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WETTING;

MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; TRICKLE IRRIGATION; WET SURFACE RADIUS; WETTING FRONT;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOIL; VOLUMETRY; WETTING;

EID: 21244449630     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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