Parametric soil water retention models: a critical evaluation of expressions for the full moisture range

Madi, Raneem; de Rooij, Gerrit Huibert; Mielenz, Henrike; Mai, Juliane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1193-2018

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Parametric soil water retention models: a critical evaluation of expressions for the full moisture range

Raneem Madi, Gerrit Huibert de Rooij, Henrike Mielenz, and Juliane Mai

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