Feasibility of sequential and coupled inversion of time domain reflectometry data to infer soil hydraulic parameters under falling head infiltration

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 775-786

  Mboh, C M ^a   Huisman, J A ^a   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INVERSE MODELING; MULTIPLE RING; PONDING DEPTHS; RAPID ESTIMATION; SEQUENTIAL APPROACH; SEQUENTIAL INVERSION; SMALL SCALE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRAVEL TIME; WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER INFILTRATION;

ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PONDING; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEEPAGE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 83055160729     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0285     Document Type: Article

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