Wetting pattern models for drip irrigation: New empirical model

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 530-536

  Malek, Keyvan ^a,b   Peters, R Troy ^c  

^a Plant Protection Department   (Iran)

^b Ghaem's 4 Alley ^*  (Iran)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical equations; Soil water; Trickle irrigation; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DISCHARGE RATES; DRIP EMITTER; DRIP IRRIGATION; EMITTER FLOW RATE; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EQUIPMENT COSTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MEAN ERRORS; MODEL EFFICIENCY; OBSERVED DATA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SIMULATED DATA; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; TRICKLE IRRIGATION; UNSATURATED FLOWS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER DEPTH; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WETTING;

IRAN; KARAJ; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 79961088125     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000320     Document Type: Article

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