Estimating effective soil hydraulic properties using spatially distributed soil moisture and evapotranspiration

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shin, Yongchul ^a   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a   Ines, Amor V M ^a,b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LANDS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL TESTING;

ALGORITHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881605694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0094     Document Type: Article

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