Upscaling of soil hydraulic properties for steady state evaporation and infiltration

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 17-1-17-13

  Zhu, Jianting ^a   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging schemes; Ensemble characteristics; Soil hydraulic parameters; Spatial variability; Steady state flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; SOILS; STEADY FLOW;

FLOW DYNAMICS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 2242480183     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000704     Document Type: Article

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