Modeling soil water uptake by plants using nonlinear dynamic root density distribution function

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-436

  Yadav, Brijesh K ^a   Mathur, Shashi ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Distribution functions; Soil water; Unsaturated flow; Vegetation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXTRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; CORN FIELDS; FIELD DATA; FINITE DIFFERENCING; GROWING SEASONS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE FLOW; MOISTURE MOVEMENT; NONLINEAR DYNAMIC; OBSERVED DATA; ROOT DENSITY; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOIL LAYERING; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROFILING; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONES; VARIABLY SATURATED; VEGETATION; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCES; WATER EXTRACTION; WATER-UPTAKE;

WATER CONTENT;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CROP PLANT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROWING SEASON; NONLINEARITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER UPTAKE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48449093167     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2008)134:4(430)     Document Type: Article

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