Virtual soils: Assessment of the effects of soil structure on the hydraulic behavior of cultivated soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schlüter, Steffen ^a   Vogel, Hans Jörg ^a   Ippisch, Olaf ^b   Bastian, Peter ^b   Roth, Kurt ^b   Schelle, Henrike ^c   Durner, Wolfgang ^c   Kasteel, Roy ^d   Vanderborght, Jan ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CULTIVATED SOILS; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; NATURAL FEATURES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PARENT MATERIALS; SCALE OF OBSERVATION; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THRESHOLD EFFECT; UPSCALING; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOGENESIS; RECHARGE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84869418037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0174     Document Type: Article

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