Soil water retention curve description using a flexible smooth function

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-185

  Prunty, Lyle ^a   Casey, F X M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SMOOTH FUNCTIONS; SOIL HYDRAULICS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 4444282882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1.1.179     Document Type: Article

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