Unstable flow during redistribution: Controlling factors and practical implications

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 549-559

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Jury, William A ^b   Tuli, Atac ^b   Kim, Dong Ju ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; WETTING;

CAPILLARY HYSTERESIS; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTROLLING FACTORS; INFILTRATION RATE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; WATER ENTRY VALUE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 33644773778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.549     Document Type: Article

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