Comparison of numerical, analytical, and empirical models to estimate wetting patterns for surface and subsurface drip irrigation

Irrigation Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 435-444

  Kandelous, Maziar M ^a   Simunek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYDRUS-2D; INVERSE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MODEL PREDICTION; ROSETTA; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; HYDRAULICS; SOILS; SUBIRRIGATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WETTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DRIP IRRIGATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SOIL WATER; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WETTING;

EID: 77953707591     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-009-0205-9     Document Type: Article

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