A review of models for predicting soil water dynamics during trickle irrigation

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-258

  Subbaiah, R ^a  

^a JUNAGADH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CROPS; FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; GRAVITATIONAL GRADIENT; GREEN-AMPT EQUATIONS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS;

INFILTRATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE; DRIP IRRIGATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GRAVITY; HYSTERESIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDS EQUATION; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; STRATIFICATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84876081641     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011-0309-x     Document Type: Review

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