This book covers material taught in a graduate-level soil physics course at Washington State University. While most soil physics courses dwell mainly on deriving rather than solving the differential equations for transport, the author's approach is to focus on solutions. Graduate students in agric
Soil Physics With Basic: Transport Models for Soil-Plant Systems
โ Scribed by Gaylon S. Campbell (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press, Elsevier
- Year
- 1985
- Leaves
- 160
- Series
- Developments in Soil Science 14
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Edited page
Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Preface
Pages ix-x
List of Symbols
Pages xi-xvi
Chapter 1 Introduction
Pages 1-5
Chapter 2 Physical Properties of Soil
Pages 6-11
Chapter 3 Gas Diffusion in Soil
Pages 12-25
Chapter 4 Soil Temperature and Heat Flow
Pages 26-39
Chapter 5 Water Potential
Pages 40-48
Chapter 6 Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Transport Equations
Pages 49-59
Chapter 7 Variation in Soil Properties
Pages 60-72
Chapter 8 Infiltration and Redistribution
Pages 73-97
Chapter 9 Evaporation
Pages 98-107
Chapter 10 Solute Transport in Soils
Pages 108-121
Chapter 11 Transpiration and Plant-Water Relations
Pages 122-133
Chapter 12 Atmospheric Boundary Conditions
Pages 134-145
Appendix
Pages 146-147
Index
Pages 148-150
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