Estimating soil water retention in a selected range of soil pores using tension disc infiltrometer data

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Yoon, Youngman ^a   Kim, Jeong Gyu ^a   Hyun, Seunghun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pore size distribution; Tension disc infiltrometer; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Water retention

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR REGRESSION; PORE SIZE; WATER;

HYDRODYNAMIC NATURE; TENSION DISC INFILTROMETER; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER RETENTION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTROMETER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 35448997292     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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