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Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1193-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1193-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Research article
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12 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2018

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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