Evaluation of rapid approaches for determining the soil water retention function and saturated hydraulic conductivity in a hydrologically complex soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-108

  Hardie, Marcus A ^a,b   Lisson, Shaun ^a   Doyle, Richard B ^a   Cotching, William E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

HYDRUS; Inverse solution; Model parameterisation; Rapid assessment; Van Genuchten; Vertic

Indexed keywords

HYDRUS; INVERSE SOLUTION; RAPID ASSESSMENT; VAN GENUCHTEN; VERTIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

INFILTRATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESORPTION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; INFILTRATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDS EQUATION; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TENSIOMETER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84875834011     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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