Vadose zone modeling: Introduction and importance

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 581-586

  Šimůnek, Jirka ^a   Bradford, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 44949208459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0012     Document Type: Editorial

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