A transient evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties at low pressure

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-408

  Fujimaki, Haruyuki ^a   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER RETENTION; WATER CONTENT PROFILES;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 33747373442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.3.400     Document Type: Article

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