A method for estimating maximum static rainfall retention in pebble mulches used for soil moisture conservation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 537, Issue , 2016, Pages 346-355

  Peng, Hongtao ^a,b,c   Lei, Tingwu ^a,c   Jiang, Zhiyun ^d   Horton, Robert ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model; Moisture content; Pebble mulch; Rainfall interception

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; MODELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; COORDINATION NUMBER MODEL; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; MOISTURE CONSERVATION; PAIRED-SAMPLE T-TEST; PEBBLE MULCH; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL RETENTION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULCH; PEBBLE; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84962695941     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.064     Document Type: Article

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