Drainage flux measurement and errors associated with automatic tension-controlled suction plates

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1860-1871

  Morari, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DRAINAGE; LYSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIVERGENCE FLUXES; FLUX VOLUMES; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DRAINAGE; LYSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL SURVEYS;

EQUILIBRIUM; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LYSIMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SUCTION; TENSIOMETER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751074157     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0009     Document Type: Article

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