Measurement of transient soil water flux across a soil horizon interface

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1604-1613

  Dyck, M F ^a   Kachanoski, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

PVC, Polyvinyl chloride; TDR, Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-FIELD; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; LAYERED SOILS; MASS RECOVERY; PVC, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; QUASI-STEADY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER FLUXES; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TDR, TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX; WETTING FRONTS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME SERIES; WATER FLOW;

EID: 69949186310     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0318     Document Type: Article

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