INV-WATFLX, a code for simultaneous estimation of soil properties and planar vector water flux from fully or partly functioning needles of a penta-needle heat-pulse probe

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2250-2258

  Yang, Changbing ^a   Jones, Scott B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Gauss Newton Levenberg Marquardt method; Parameter estimation; Penta needle heat pulse probe; Soil thermal properties; Soil water flux

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; GAUSS-NEWTON-LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT METHOD; PENTA-NEEDLE HEAT-PULSE PROBE; SOIL THERMAL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER FLUX;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEEDLES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBES; PUMPS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMISTORS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; INVERSE PROBLEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE; VECTOR; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349971761     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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