Uncertainty in predicting soil hydraulic properties at the hillslope scale with indirect methods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 334, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 405-422

  Chirico, G B ^a   Medina, H ^b   Romano, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Pedotransfer function; Sequential stochastic simulation; Soil hydraulic properties; Spatial uncertainty; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SEQUENTIAL STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY; UNSATURATED SOILS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RETENTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846617688     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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