Soil moisture

L. L. Boersma; D. Kirkham; D. Norum; Robert Ziemer; J. C. Guitjens; J. Davidson; J. N. Luthin

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Soil moisture

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Authors:

L. L. Boersma, D. Kirkham, D. Norum, Robert Ziemer, J. C. Guitjens, J. Davidson, J. N. Luthin

Year:

1971

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 52(6): IUGG279-IUGG285.

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Abstract

Infiltration continues to occupy the attention of soil physicists and engineers. A theoretical and experimental analysis of the effect of surface sealing on infiltration by Edwards and Larson [1969] showed that raindrops reduced the infiltration rate by as much as 50% for a two-hour period of infiltration. The effect of raindrops on the surface infiltration rate of soils has been investigated by Seginer and Morin [1970] who used an infiltration model based on the Horton equation.

Keywords

PSW4351, soil moisture, water, soil temperature

Citation

Boersma, L. L.; Kirkham, D.; Norum, D.; Ziemer, R.; Guitjens, J. C.; Davidson, J.; Luthin, J. N. 1971. Soil moisture. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 52(6): IUGG279-IUGG285.