Evaluation of three models that describe soil water retention curves from saturation to oven dryness

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1542-1546

  Lu, Sen ^a   Ren, Tusheng ^a   Gong, Yuanshi ^a   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVENS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STOVES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

DATA POINTS; DEW POINTS; IF DATUMS; IF MEASUREMENTS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MEASURED DATUMS; MODEL PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE PLATES; SIMMONS MODELS; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SOIL WATERS; WATER RETENTIONS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; RETENTION; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 56749151542     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0307N     Document Type: Article

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