Modeling water movement in heterogeneous water-repellent soil: 2. A conceptual numerical simulation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-457

  Deurer, M ^a   Bachmann, J ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34548410525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0061     Document Type: Article

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