Weighing lysimeters for evapotranspiration research on clay soil

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 836-840

  Clawson, Ernest L ^a   Hribal, Sean A ^b   Piccinni, Giovanni ^c   Hutchinson, Robert L ^a   Rohli, Robert V ^b   Thomas, Daniel L ^b  

^a Northeast Research Station LSU Agricultural Center   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD SOIL; FREELY DRAINING; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOAD CELLS; LOUISIANA; MASS CHANGE; MECHANICAL OPERATIONS; SHARKEY CLAY; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS; WELL-WATERED CROP;

CALIBRATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHING;

LYSIMETERS;

EID: 68149103140     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0153     Document Type: Article

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