Multiobjective parameter estimation of hydraulic properties for a sandy soil in Oman

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4935-4956

  Werisch, S ^a   Grundmann, J ^a   Al Dhuhli, H ^b   Algharibi, E ^b   Lennartz, F ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries   (Oman)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; Multiobjective parameter estimation; Pareto analysis; Simplified multistep outflow; Soil hydraulic properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

INVERSE MODELING; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-STEP; PARETO ANALYSIS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL PROFILE;

OMAN;

EID: 84912049321     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3537-6     Document Type: Article

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