Modelling field scale water partitioning using on-site observations in sub-Saharan rainfed agriculture

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 627-638

  Makurira, H ^a,b,c   Savenije, H H G ^b,c   Uhlenbrook, S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE CONDITIONS; ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE RETENTIONS; TRANSPIRATION FLOWS; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; RAIN; RESEARCH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLVENTS; TRANSPIRATION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

EID: 79959810281     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-627-2010     Document Type: Article

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