Pacific Southwest

Title: Soil moisture

Author: Boersma, L. L.; Kirkham, D.; Norum, D.; Ziemer, R.; Guitjens, J. C.; Davidson, J.; Luthin, J. N.

Date: 1971

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

Description: 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

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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. .