Coupled liquid water, water vapor, and heat transport simulations in an unsaturated zone of a sandy loam field

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 387-398

  Deb, Sanjit K ^a   Shukla, Manoj K ^a   Sharma, Parmodh ^a   Mexal, John G ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heat transport; HYDRUS 1D model; liquid water and water vapor fluxes; Unsaturated zone; water content

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC REGION; DATA SET; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRIGATION; LIQUID; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SANDY LOAM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

LAS CRUCES; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051784392     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e318221f132     Document Type: Article

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