Analysis of single-ring infiltrometer data for soil hydraulic properties estimation: Comparison of BEST and Wu methods

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-41

  Xu, X ^a,b,c   Lewis, C ^b   Liu, W ^c   Albertson, J D ^d   Kiely, G ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Soil hydraulic conductivity; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE SLAG; BEST FIT; CLAY LOAMS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; GENERALIZED SOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INFILTROMETERS; POSITIVE VALUE; REASONABLE VALUE; SANDY LOAMS; SANDY SOILS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL TEXTURE CLASS; SOIL WATER RETENTION; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; TRANSFER PARAMETERS; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER RETENTION PARAMETER; WET SOIL; WU METHOD;

BASIC OXYGEN CONVERTERS; CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAND; SLAGS; SOIL MOISTURE;

INFILTRATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84862817424     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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