Average soil water retention curves measured by neutron radiography

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1184-1191

  Cheng, C L ^a   Kang, M ^a   Perfect, E ^a   Voisin, S ^b   Horita, J ^c   Bilheux, H Z ^b   Warren, J M ^d   Jacobson, D L ^e   Hussey, D S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; BEAM HARDENING; BEAM LINES; BEER-LAMBERT'S LAW; DIGITAL IMAGE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GEOMETRIC CORRECTION; HIGH WATER CONTENT; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON IMAGING; NEUTRON RESEARCH; PARTIALLY SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; PIXEL VALUES; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; SAND COLUMNS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER COLUMNS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; SILICA; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING;

PIXELS;

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RETENTION; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER COLUMN; WETTING;

EID: 84865400728     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0313     Document Type: Article

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