Performance of pedotransfer functions in predicting soil water characteristics of soils in Norway

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-280

  Sigrun, Hjalmarsdottir Kværnø ^a   Lars, Egil Haugen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Class PTF; Comparison; Continuous parameter PTF; Matric potential; Organic matter; Soil texture; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953865233     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.490233     Document Type: Article

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