Novel evaporation experiment to determine soil hydraulic properties

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-827

  Schneider, K ^a   Ippisch, O ^a,b   Roth, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 33751112485     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-817-2006     Document Type: Article

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