Design of a user-friendly automated multistep outilow apparatus

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 523-529

  Figueras, Jordi ^a   Gribb, Molly M ^a  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DESIGN; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY METHOD; RETENTION; REWETTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TENSIOMETER; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 67149113513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0016     Document Type: Article

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