Multimodel simulation of water flow in a field soil using pedotransfer functions

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Guber, A K ^a,b   Pachepsky, Ya A ^b   Van Genuchten, M Th ^c   Simunek, J ^a   Jacques, D ^d   Nemes, A ^e   Nicholson, T J ^f   Cady, R E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 62149097952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0144     Document Type: Article

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