Deriving and validating pedotransfer functions for some calcareous soils

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Khodaverdiloo, Habib ^a   Homaee, Mehdi ^b   van Genuchten, Martinus Th ^c   Dashtaki, Shoja Ghorbani ^d  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Pedotransfer function; Soil hydraulic properties; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOILS; DATA SETS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NONCALCAREOUS SOILS; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ROSETTA; SOIL DATA; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER RETENTION; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

LINEAR REGRESSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; DATA SET; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SAMPLING; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 79951578753     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.040     Document Type: Article

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