Comparison of models for indirect estimation of water retention and available water in surface soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1455-1463

  Schaap, Marcel G ^a   Nemes, Attila ^b,c   van Genuchten, Martinus Th ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FLOW OF WATER; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WATER CONTENT;

AVAILABLE SOIL WATERS; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; COMPARISON OF MODELS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; WATER RETENTION PARAMETER;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 32644480577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1455     Document Type: Article

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