Re: retention curves or characteristic curves? One vote for CHARACTERISTIC

[Glenn Brown]

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There are about 12 ways to name the relationship. I vote for

  "soil water characteristic curve"

However, a rose by any other name would smell as sweat.

Glenn Brown
Associate Professor
Biosystems Engineering
Oklahoma State University
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From: owner-sowacs@aqua.ccwr.ac.za <owner-sowacs@aqua.ccwr.ac.za>
To: gbrown@ceat.okstate.edu <gbrown@ceat.okstate.edu>
Date: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:34 PM
Subject: retention curves or characteristic curves?


>I have a doubt on how to name the water content/degree of saturation versus
>suction relationship:
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>"water/moisture retention curve"
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>or
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>"soil water characteristic curve"?
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>..... yes, I know this is not a fundamental problem, but I am interested in
>your opinion anyway.
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>Alessandro Tarantino
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