Impact of within-field variability in soil hydraulic properties on transpiration fluxes and crop yields: A numerical study

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1367-1379

  Hupet, F ^a   van Dam, J C ^a   Vanclooster, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPIRATION;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 32744474287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1367     Document Type: Article

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