Simulation of point source wetting pattern of subsurface drip irrigation

Irrigation Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-339

  Yao, Wei Wei ^a   Ma, Xiao Yi ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Parkes, Martin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK PRESSURES; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; DESIGN FEATURES; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENTS; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MODEL PREDICTION; OBSERVED DATA; POINT SOURCES; SOIL WETTING PATTERN; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SAVING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBIRRIGATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT;

WETTING;

DATA SET; DRIP IRRIGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

EID: 79958252854     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-010-0236-2     Document Type: Article

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