Prediction of unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity using air permeability: Regression approach

Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 528-533

  Neyshaboury, Mohammad Reza ^a   Rahmati, Mehdi ^c   Alavi, Seyed Alireza Rafiee ^a   Rezaee, Hosein ^b   Nazemi, Amirhosein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARAGHEH   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Pedo transfer function; Porous media; Water conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971539060     PISSN: 03678245     EISSN: 0976058X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18805/ijare.v49i6.6680     Document Type: Article

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