Soil hydraulic properties near saturation, an improved conductivity model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 40-50

  Børgesen, Christen D ^a   Jacobsen, Ole H ^a   Hansen, Søren ^b   Schaap, Marcel G ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macropores; Near saturated hydraulic conductivity; Optimisation method

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; SOIL SURVEYS;

DIAMETER; MACROPORES; NEAR SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION METHODS;

SOILS;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MACROPORE; SATURATION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 33646541082     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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