UID:
almafu_9958063391102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (521 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-00541-X
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9786611005412
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0-08-049216-9
Inhalt:
Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. This text explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of water in soil and plants. Principles are clearly presented with the aid of diagrams, anatomical figures, and images of instrumentation. The methods on instrumentation can be used by researchers, consultants, and the military to monitor soil degradation, including measurements of soil compaction, repellency, oxygen diffusion rate, and unsaturated hydraulic conduc
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. Why Study Soil-Plant-Water Relations?; II. Plant Growth Curves; III. Appendix: Biography of John Napier; Chapter 2. Definitions of Physical Units and the International System; I.Definitions; II. Le Système International d'Unités; III. Example: Applying Units of Work and Pressure to a Root; IV. Appendix: Biography of Isaac Newton; Chapter 3. Structure and Properties of Water; I. Structure of Water; II. Forces That Bind Water Molecules Together; III. Properties of Water
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IV. Appendix: Biography of Johannes van der WaalsChapter 4. Tensiometers; I. Description of a Tensiometer; II. Types of Tensiometers; III. Temperature Effects on Tensiometers; IV. Applications of Tensiometers; V. Appendix: Biography of L.A. Richards; Chapter 5. Soil-Water Terminology and Applications; I. Water Content; II. Water Potential; III. Heads in a Column of Soil; IV. Movement of Water Between Tensiometers; V. Appendix: Biography of William L. Powers; Chapter 6. Static Water in Soil; I. Surface Tension; II. Examples of Surface Tension; III. Rise and Fall of Water in Soil Pores
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IV. Appendix: History of Surface TensionV. Appendix: Biography of Marquis de Laplace; Chapter 7. Water Movement in Saturated Soil; I. Darcy's Law; II. Hydraulic Conductivity; III. Laplace's Equation; IV. Ellipse Equation; V. Linear Flow Laws; VI. Appendix: Biography of Apollonius of Perga; VII. Appendix: Biography of Henry Darcy; Chapter 8. Field Capacity, Wilting Point, Available Water, and the Non-Limiting Water Range; I. Field Capacity; II. Wilting Point; III. Available Water; IV. Non-Limiting Water Range; V. Biographies of Briggs and Shantz; Chapter 9. Penetrometer Measurements
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I. Definition, Types of Penetrometers, and UsesII. Types of Tests; III. What Penetrometer Measurements Depend Upon; IV. Cone Penetrometer; V. Appendix: Biography of Champ Tanner; Chapter 10. Measurement of Oxygen Diffusion Rate; I. The Oxygen Diffusion Rate Method; II. Electrolysis; III. Model and Principles of the ODR Method; IV.Method; V. Appendix: Biography of Michael Faraday; Chapter 11. Infiltration; I. Definition of Infiltration; II. Four Models of One-Dimensional Infiltration; III. Two- and Three-Dimensional Infiltration; IV. Redistribution; V. Tension Infiltrometer or Disc Permeameter
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VI. Minidisk InfiltrometerVII. Measurement of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Sorptivity with the Tension Infiltrometer; VIII. Measurement of Repellency with the Tension Infiltrometer; IX. Measurement of Mobility with the Tension Infiltrometer; X. Ellipsoidal Description of Water Flow into Soil from a Surface Disc; XI. Appendix: Biography of John Philip; Chapter 12. Pore Volume; I. Definitions; II. Illustration of Breakthrough Curves and Pore Volumes; III. Mathematical Analysis of Pore Volume; IV. Calculation of a Pore Volume; V. Pore Volumes Based on Length Units
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VI. Miscible Displacement
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-12-409751-0
Sprache:
Englisch
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