Pedotransfer functions for soil hydraulic properties developed from a hilly watershed of Eastern India

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 439-448

  Santra, Priyabrata ^a   Das, Bhabani Sankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Hydraulic properties; Pedotransfer functions; pH; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Water retention parameter

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; PH; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; WATER RETENTION PARAMETER;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CATCHMENT; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; RETENTION; SATURATION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHILKA LAKE; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49549106864     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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