Effective soil properties of heterogeneous areas for modeling infiltration and redistribution

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1469-1482

  Ahuja, L R ^a   Ma, L ^a   Green, T R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; AVERAGE FLUX; EFFECTIVE FIELD; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; FIELD SCALE; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEAN VALUES; PARAMETER SET; RAIN-INTENSITY; RAINFALL CONDITION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL RATES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; WATER RETENTION PARAMETER; WEIGHTED MEAN VALUES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL MECHANICS;

FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 77957070395     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0073     Document Type: Article

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