Effects of gravel mulch on water vapor transfer above and below the soil surface

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Yamanaka, Tsutomu ^a   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kaihotsu, Ichirow ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Gravel mulch; Soil surface resistance; Water vapor transfer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DRYING; EVAPORATION; GRAVEL; MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

GARVEL MULCH; WATER VAPOR TRANSFER;

WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPORATION; MULCH; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL WATER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2542643156     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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