Estimating hydraulic properties of rainfall-induced soil surface seals from infiltration experiments and X-ray bulk density measurements

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 12-26

  Augeard, B ^a   Assouline, S ^b   Fonty, A ^a   Kao, C ^a   Vauclin, M ^c  

^a National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture   (France)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Parameter estimation; Richards equation; Seal bulk density; Seal hydraulic properties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

RICHARDS EQUATION; SEAL BULK DENSITY; SEAL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES;

RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN;

BULK DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RICHARDS EQUATION; SEALING; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; X-RAY;

EID: 34250808398     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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