Modelling trickle irrigation: Comparison of analytical and numerical models for estimation of wetting front position with time

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1353-1359

  Cook, F J ^a,b   Fitch, P ^a   Thorburn, P J ^a,b   Charlesworth, P B ^a,b   Bristow, K L ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical modelling; Numerical modelling; Soil physics; Trickle irrigation; Wetting patterns

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; WETTING;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; SOIL PHYSICS; TRICKLE IRRIGATION; WETTING PATTERNS;

IRRIGATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SOIL ANALYSIS; WETTING FRONT;

IRRIGATION; SOIL; WATER FLOW; WETTING;

EID: 33744975024     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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