Simplified evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Peters, A ^a   Durner, W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaporation experiment; Hydraulic properties; Parameter optimization; Richards equation; Soil water flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EVAPORATION EXPERIMENT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL WATER FLOW;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RETENTION; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL WATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 44749084520     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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