Direct determination of the Brooks-Corey hydraulic functions by fitting an extended power function to the outflow method data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 128-133

  Valiantzas, J D ^a   Londra, P A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Direct determination of Brooks Corey hydraulic functions; One step outflow method; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Vadose zone hydrology; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

DIRECT DETERMINATION OF BROOKS-COREY HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS; ONE-STEP OUTFLOW METHOD; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

CURVE FITTING;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; POWER LAW; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 54049127254     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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