Physical and hydraulic characterization of a clay soil at the plot scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-64

  Bagarello, V ^a   Stefano, C Di ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Iovino, M ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrological processes; Plot scale; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; DRY SOIL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; MEAN VALUES; PLOT SCALE; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLING POINTS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SATURATED SOILS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUMMARY STATISTIC; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS;

CLAY; HYDRAULICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SAMPLING;

BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 77955769480     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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