Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic and root distribution parameters from lysimeter data

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schelle, Henrike ^a   Iden, Sascha C ^a   Fank, Johann ^a   Durner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; AUSTRIA; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INVERSE ESTIMATION; INVERSE SIMULATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; REAL MEASUREMENTS; RICHARDS EQUATION; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; ROOTING DEPTHS; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL HYDRAULICS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER FLOWS; SYNTHETIC DATASETS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; SYSTEM INFORMATION; SYSTEM PROPERTY; TEST SYSTEMS; WATER DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LYSIMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LYSIMETER; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RICHARDS EQUATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84870466520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0169     Document Type: Article

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