Measurement and modeling of soil water regime in a lowland paddy field showing preferential transport

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1705-1714

  Garg, Kaushal K ^a   Das, Bhabani S ^b   Safeeq, Mohammad ^c   Bhadoria, Pratap B S ^b  

^a International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Sherman Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Lowland paddy soil; Plow sole; Preferential flow; Puddling; Single porosity model

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LOWLAND PADDY SOIL; PLOW SOLE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PUDDLING; SINGLE-POROSITY MODEL;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; DEWATERING; FLOW SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; SIMULATORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TIME SERIES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WETTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; PADDY FIELD; POROSITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 70349229181     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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