Development of pedotransfer functions using a group method of data handling for the soil of the Pianura Padano-Veneta region of North Italy: Water retention properties

Geoderma

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 293-317

  Ungaro, Fabrizio ^a   Calzolari, Costanza ^a   Busoni, Ermanno ^a  

^a CNR IRPI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group method of data handling; Pedotransfer functions; Retention properties; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL STRUCTURE;

CALIBRATION; CARBON; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEXTURES;

SOILS;

DATA MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RETENTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIANURA PADANO-VENETA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9644300921     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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