Bimodal probability law model for unified description of water retention, air and water permeability, and gas diffusivity in variably saturated soil

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1119-1128

  Poulsen, Tjalfe G ^a   Moldrup, Per ^a   Yoshikawa, Seiko ^b   Komatsu, Toshiko ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; ANDISOL; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; DIFFUSIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34547875358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0146     Document Type: Article

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