Performance evaluation of methods for the estimation of soil hydraulic parameters and their suitability in a hydrologic model

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 135-151

  Islam, Nazrul ^a   Wallender, Wesley W ^b   Mitchell, Jeffrey P ^c   Wicks, Santhi ^b   Howitt, Richard E ^b  

^a Water Resources Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic model; MIKE SHE; Pedotransfer functions; Retention function; Simulation; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil water content; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

HYDROLOGIC MODEL; MIKE SHE; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; RETENTION FUNCTIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL-WATER CONTENTS; UNSATURATED ZONES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; RETENTION; SIMULATION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746024042     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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