Optimal tensiometer placement for high-frequency subsurface drip irrigation management in heterogeneous soils

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-98

  Dabach, Sharon ^a,b   Shani, Uri ^a   Lazarovitch, Naftali ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b One Shields Avenue ^*  (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Matric head; Root distribution; Synthetic material; Tensiometer

Indexed keywords

GEOTEXTILES; GROWTH RATE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOCATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SUBIRRIGATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DRIP IRRIGATION; MATRIC HEAD; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; TENSIOMETER;

IRRIGATION;

DRIP IRRIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTEXTILE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MATRIC POTENTIAL; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TENSIOMETER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84987699676     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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