Characteristics of soil water retention curve at macro-scale

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2990-2996

  Tian, Fuqiang ^a   Mou, Liqin ^a   Hu, Heping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constitutive relationship; Richards equation; Scale issue; Soil water retention curve

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY INDEX; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIP; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYSTERESIS PHENOMENON; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POWER FUNCTIONS; RECTANGULAR SHAPES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RICHARDS EQUATION; SCALE ISSUE; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

CURVE FITTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERMITTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 70349300276     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-009-0272-4     Document Type: Article

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