Optimizing soil hydraulic parameters in RZWQM2 under fallow conditions

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1887-1993

  Fang, Quart Xiao ^a   Green, Timothy R ^b   Liwang, Ma ^b   Erskine, Robert H ^b   Malone, Robert W ^b   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^b  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CROSS VALIDATION; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; ESTIMATION METHODS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; INITIAL ESTIMATE; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETER SPACES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; ROBUST ESTIMATION; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODELS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EVAPORATION; FALLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE; SOIL WATER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249246815     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0380     Document Type: Article

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