Conjunctive use of tension infiltrometry and time-domain reflectometry for inverse estimation of soil hydraulic properties

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-538

  Schwartz, R C ^a   Evett, S R ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

CUMULATIVE INFILTRATIONS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INVERSE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZED SIMULATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; TENSION DISC INFILTROMETER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 27644581379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.4.530     Document Type: Article

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