Saturated and Field-Saturated Water Flow Parameters

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4: Physical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 797-801

  Reynolds, W Daniel ^a   Elrick, David E ^b   Youngs, Edward G ^c   Amoozegar, Aziz ^d   Booltink, H W G ^e   Bouma, J ^f  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Netherlands Organization for Energy and Environment   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Air entry pressure heads; Field saturated water flow parameters; Green Ampt wetting front pressure head; Macroscopic capillary length parameter; Matric flux potential; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Sorptivity; Water entry pressure heads

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125354521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.4.c30     Document Type: Chapter

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