Uniqueness of soil hydraulic parameters determined by a combined wooding inverse approach

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 860-865

  Lazarovitch, N ^a   Ben Gal, A ^b   Simunek J ^c   Shani, U ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALTS; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; VADOSE ZONE; WOODING'S ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

FLOW OF WATER;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALTS; SOIL SURVEYS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFILTRATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL TEST; SOIL WATER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; UNSTEADY FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 34249081450     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0420     Document Type: Article

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