New soil property database improves oklahoma mesonet soil moisture estimates

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2585-2595

  Scott, Bethany L ^a   Ochsner, Tyson E ^a   Illston, Bradley G ^b   Basara, Jeffery B ^b   Sutherland, Albert J ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PEDO-TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84890620275     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00084.1     Document Type: Article

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