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12 May 2014
Research article |
| 12 May 2014
Horizontal soil water potential heterogeneity: simplifying approaches for crop water dynamics models
V. Couvreur
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2, bte L7.05.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA
J. Vanderborght
Institute of Bio- und Geosciences, IBG-3: Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany
L. Beff
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2, bte L7.05.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
M. Javaux
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2, bte L7.05.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Institute of Bio- und Geosciences, IBG-3: Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany
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