Pedotransfer functions

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 556-560

  Pachepsky, Yakov A ^a   van Genuchten, Martinus Th ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 85051382365     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_109     Document Type: Chapter

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