Measuring and modeling water content in stony soils

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-22

  Coppola, A ^a   Dragonetti, G ^a   Comegna, A ^a   Lamaddalena, N ^b   Caushi, B ^b   Haikal, M A ^b   Basile, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Stony soils; Time domain reflectometry (TDR); Water flow modeling

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EVAPORATION PROCESS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS; WATER FLOWS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BULK DENSITY; EVAPORATION; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84875099257     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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