Improving the representation of soil moisture by using a semi-analytical infiltration model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2103-2115

  Brocca, L ^a   Camici, S ^a   Melone, F ^a   Moramarco, T ^a   Martinez Fernandez J ^b   Didon Lescot, J F ^c   Morbidelli, R ^d  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; in situ observations; Infiltration; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INFILTRATION MODELING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODEL;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ENERGY FLUX; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

FRANCE; ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 84892439115     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9766     Document Type: Article

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