Errors in surface irrigation evaluation from incorrect model assumptions

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Clemmens, A J ^a  

^a US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Estimation; Hydraulic models; Hydraulic roughness; Infiltration; Parameters; Surface irrigation

Indexed keywords

DATA REQUIREMENTS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOWING WATERS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETERS; SURFACE IRRIGATION; WATER DEPTH; WETTED PERIMETERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERRORS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 70349551477     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000059     Document Type: Article

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