Quantifying transient soil moisture dynamics using multipoint direct-current resistivity in homogeneous sand

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 286-298

  Franz, Trenton E ^a   Nolan, Jay ^b   Nordbotten, Jan M ^a,c   Caylor, Kelly K ^a   Slater, Lee D ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIE'S LAW; AXISYMMETRIC; DENSE ARRAYS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DIRECT-CURRENT; DRYLAND; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; FIELD SCALE; FLOW PROCESS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRUS-2D; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KEY VARIABLES; MACRO PORES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MULTIPOINT; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POINT MEASUREMENT; RAPID INFILTRATION; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SCALES; UNDER-CONSTRAINED;

HYDRAULICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POWER QUALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

ARID REGION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; GEOSTATISTICS; HILLSLOPE; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; INTERPOLATION; MACROPORE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SATURATION; SOFTWARE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 79960189717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0031     Document Type: Article

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