Accuracy of top soil moisture simulation using a mechanistic model with limited soil characterization

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Chanzy, A ^a   Mumen, M ^a   Richard, G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

MODEL PREDICTION; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL WATER FLOW MODELS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 43049124773     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005765     Document Type: Article

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