Modelling soil water and salt dynamics under pulsed and continuous surface drip irrigation of almond and implications of system design

Irrigation Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-333

  Phogat, Vinod ^a   Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi ^a   Skewes, Mark ^a   Cox, James W ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUOUS SURFACE; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DISCHARGE RATES; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; DRIP SYSTEM; DRIVING FORCES; EMITTER GEOMETRY; FLOW DOMAINS; HYDRUS-2D; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; POWER FUNCTIONS; ROOT ZONE; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

DRAINAGE WATER; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; NUT; SALINITY; SALT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84862252206     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011-0284-2     Document Type: Article

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