Soil hydraulic parameter upscaling for steady-state flow with root water uptake

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1464-1470

  Zhu, Jianting ^a   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; STEADY FLOW;

EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; ONEDIMENSIONAL FLOW; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 33645075246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1464     Document Type: Article

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