An Alert Regarding a Common Misinterpretation of the Van Genuchten α Parameter
ABSTRACT Among the equations available to describe the relation between matric potential and soil water content, the soil water retention function, the most commonly used is the equation proposed by Van Genuchten in his 1980 landmark paper. In soil physics literature, especially in Brazil, several a...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
2018-07-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo |
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