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Walter J. Rawls's Degrees
- PhD Soil Science North Carolina State University
- Masters Soil Science North Carolina State University
- Bachelors Soil Science North Carolina State University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)Walter J. Rawls's Published Works
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- Soil Water Characteristic Estimates by Texture and Organic Matter for Hydrologic Solutions (2006) (1952)
- Estimating generalized soil-water characteristics from texture (1986) (1904)
- Estimation of Soil Water Properties (1982) (1612)
- Pedotransfer functions: bridging the gap between available basic soil data and missing soil hydraulic characteristics (2001) (909)
- Effect of soil organic carbon on soil water retention (2003) (597)
- Green‐ampt Infiltration Parameters from Soils Data (1983) (576)
- Infiltration and soil water movement (1992) (430)
- Prediction of soil water properties for hydrologic modeling (1985) (416)
- Estimation of Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Properties (1989) (368)
- Estimating Soil Water Retention from Soil Physical Properties and Characteristics (1991) (314)
- Estimating soil bulk density from particle size analysis and organic matter content. (1983) (312)
- Estimating soil water‐holding capacities by linking the Food and Agriculture Organization Soil map of the world with global pedon databases and continuous pedotransfer functions (2000) (281)
- Development of pedotransfer functions in soil hydrology (2004) (267)
- USE OF SOIL TEXTURE, BULK DENSITY, AND SLOPE OF THE WATER RETENTION CURVE TO PREDICT SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (1998) (250)
- Fractal models for predicting soil hydraulic properties: a review (1997) (235)
- Field manual for research in agricultural hydrology. (1979) (209)
- Soil Water Retention as Related to Topographic Variables (2001) (201)
- Predicting runoff from Rangeland Catchments: A comparison of two models (1990) (201)
- Accuracy and reliability of pedotransfer functions as affected by grouping soils (1999) (182)
- USDA-Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) (1987) (175)
- Comparison of Two Techniques to Develop Pedotransfer Functions for Water Retention (2003) (162)
- Agricultural Management Effects on Soil Water Processes Part I: Soil Water Retention and Green and Ampt Infiltration Parameters (1983) (158)
- Soil containing rock fragments: effects on infiltration (1994) (157)
- Influence of Organic Matter on the Estimation of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity (2005) (132)
- Estimating Urban Time of Concentration (1984) (130)
- Simulating Scale-Dependent Solute Transport in Soils with the Fractional Advective–Dispersive Equation (2000) (129)
- Generalized Richards' equation to simulate water transport in unsaturated soils (2003) (127)
- Soil structure and pedotransfer functions (2003) (126)
- A procedure to predict green and ampt infiltration parameters (1983) (121)
- Use of the Nonparametric Nearest Neighbor Approach to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Properties (2006) (121)
- Statistical analysis of the Brooks-Corey and the Green-Ampt parameters across soil textures (1981) (120)
- Hydropedology and pedotransfer functions (2006) (110)
- SOIL DETACHMENT BY SINGLE RAINDROPS OF VARYING KINETIC ENERGY (1991) (106)
- Agricultural Management Effects on Soil Water Processes Part II: Green and Ampt Parameters for Crusting Soils (1983) (100)
- Macropore and Surface Seal Interactions Affecting Water Infiltration into Soil (1992) (90)
- Predicting Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Utilizing Fractal Principles (1993) (88)
- Field‐Scale Water Flow Simulations Using Ensembles of Pedotransfer Functions for Soil Water Retention (2006) (82)
- Variation within Texture Classes of Soil Water Parameters (1980) (78)
- Influence of Aggregate Size and Microrelief on Development of Surface Soil Crusts (1991) (77)
- USING FIELD TOPOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTORS TO ESTIMATE SOIL WATER RETENTION (2002) (76)
- Probabilistic Approach to the Identification of Input Variables to Estimate Hydraulic Conductivity (2008) (75)
- Determining the saturated hydraulic conductivity of a soil containing rock fragments (1986) (69)
- Effect of soil organic carbon on soil hydraulic properties (2004) (69)
- Use of Brooks-Corey Parameters to Improve Estimates of Saturated Conductivity from Effective Porosity (1999) (68)
- Use of soil penetration resistance and group method of data handling to improve soil water retention estimates (1998) (64)
- Comparison of soil water retention at field and laboratory scales (2001) (62)
- Soil Consistence and Structure as Predictors of Water Retention (2002) (60)
- Fractal Description of Macroporosity (1992) (49)
- Statistical properties of soil moisture images revisited (2002) (48)
- Scaling properties of saturated hydraulic conductivity in soil (1999) (47)
- Antecedent Rainfall and Tillage Effects upon Infiltration (1989) (45)
- DEVELOPMENT OF A CRUST FACTOR FOR A GREEN AMPT MODEL (1990) (45)
- Evaluation of different representations of the particle-size distribution to predict soil water retention (2006) (44)
- Impact of roots on ground water quality (2004) (43)
- Software to estimate -33 and -1500kPa soil water retention using the non-parametric k-Nearest Neighbor technique (2008) (42)
- Residue and Tillage Effects on SCS Runoff Curve Numbers (1980) (42)
- SOIL TEXTURE AND PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION AS INPUT TO ESTIMATE SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES (2004) (42)
- Infiltration parameters for rangeland soils. (1989) (42)
- Comparison Between Green-Ampt and Curve Number Runoff Predictions (1986) (37)
- Sensitivity Analysis of the Nonparametric Nearest Neighbor Technique to Estimate Soil Water Retention (2006) (36)
- Evaluation of the Rawls et al. (1982) Pedotransfer Functions for their Applicability at the U.S. National Scale Large scale environmental impact studies typically involve the use of simulation models and (2009) (34)
- The Current Status of Pedotransfer Functions: Their Accuracy, Reliability, and Utility in Field‐ and Regional‐Scale Modeling (2013) (33)
- Testing soil water retention estimation with the MUUF pedotransfer model using data from the southern United States (2001) (32)
- EFFECT OF SOIL AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ON WATER RETENTION (2003) (30)
- PREDICTION OF A PORE DISTRIBUTION FACTOR FROM SOIL TEXTURAL AND MECHANICAL PARAMETERS (2001) (29)
- Runoff curve numbers for conservation tillage (1983) (27)
- Evaluation of Methods for Determining Urban Runoff Curve Numbers (1981) (26)
- FIELD AND POND HYDROLOGIC ANALYSES WITH THE SPAW MODEL (2006) (26)
- Comment on''Fractal processes in soil water retention''by Scott W (1992) (25)
- Soil aggregates and water retention (2004) (24)
- Neutron Probe Field Calibration for Soils in the Georgia Coastal PLAIN1 (1973) (23)
- Estimating water retention of sandy soils using the additivity hypothesis. (2000) (22)
- Fractals in soil science (2000) (22)
- Modelling solute transport in soil columns using advective-dispersive equations with fractional spatial derivatives (2010) (21)
- Conventional and fractal geometry in soil science (2000) (19)
- Field Evaluation of Layered Green-Ampt Model for Transient Crust Conditions (1986) (18)
- Estimating soil water retention from soil properties Rainfall-runoff modeling (1982) (18)
- Water erosion prediction project (WEPP) rangeland hydrology component evaluation on a Texas range site. (1995) (17)
- BALANCED ENTROPY INDEX TO CHARACTERIZE SOIL TEXTURE FOR SOIL WATER RETENTION ESTIMATION (2005) (16)
- Application of an Infiltrometer System for Describing Infiltration Into Soils (1979) (16)
- A One-parameter Relationship Between Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity And Water Retention (2000) (16)
- EVALUATION OF CURVE NUMBER PROCEDURES TO PREDICT RUNOFF IN GLEAMS 1 (1997) (16)
- An Infiltration Based Runoff Model for a Standardized 24-Hour Rainfall (1982) (15)
- Estimation of Macropore Properties for No-till Soils (1996) (14)
- SCS Urban Peak Flow Methods (1984) (14)
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING (1979) (13)
- Integrating processes in soils using fractal models (2000) (13)
- Sensitivity of fractal parameters of soil aggregates to different management practices in a Phaeozem in central Argentina (1999) (12)
- Green-Ampt Infiltration Model Parameters for Hydrologic Classification of Soils (1983) (12)
- Use of axisymmetric infiltration model and field data to determine hydraulic properties of soils (1975) (12)
- A note on determining soil properties for soils containing rock fragments. (1986) (11)
- Utilizing fractal principles for soil hydraulic properties (1995) (10)
- Subsurface Flow in Georgia Coastal Plain (1973) (10)
- Comparison of precipitation gage catches with a modified alter and a rigid alter type windshield (1975) (9)
- Rangeland Evaluation of WEPP Hydrology (1990) (9)
- Pedotransfer functions for the United States (2004) (8)
- Errata to “Generalized Richards' equation to simulate water transport in unsaturated soils” [J. Hydrol, 272:3–13] (2003) (8)
- Bibliography on applications of fractals in soil science (2000) (8)
- SCS URBAN CURVE NUMBERS FROM A LANDSAT DATA BASE (1981) (7)
- Soil surface properties affected by organic by-products (2002) (7)
- CLASSIFICATION OF EVALUATION OF FLOOD FLOW FREQUENCY ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES1 (1979) (7)
- PREDICTION OF FURROW IRRIGATION FINAL INFILTRATION RATE (1990) (7)
- USING THE NRCS NATIONAL SOILS INFORMATION SYSTEM (NASIS) TO PROVIDE SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (2007) (6)
- Effect of eastern gamagrass on infiltration rate and soil physical and hydraulic properties. (2001) (6)
- Flood peak regionalization using mixed-mode estimation of the parameters of the log-normal distribution (1981) (6)
- Fractional Advective-Dispersive Equation as a Model of Solute Transport in Porous Media (2007) (6)
- Gage Density and Location for Estimating Mean Annual Precipitation in Mountainous Areas (1980) (5)
- Using similarity and neural network approaches to interpolate soil particle-size distributions (2002) (5)
- The effect of data independence in model calibration and model testing. (1980) (5)
- Pattern Recognition Analysis of Snowdrifts (1979) (5)
- In situ respiration determination as tool for classifying soils according to soil organic matter content (2000) (5)
- Infiltration Research Needs in Watershed Hydrology (1989) (5)
- Solute Transport Simulated With the Fractional Advective-Dispersive Equation (2005) (4)
- METHODS FOR PREDICTING URBAN DRAINAGE COSTS (1972) (4)
- Prediction of soil cover and soil rock for rangeland infiltration. (1988) (4)
- Determining Soil Hydraulic Properties and Their Field Variability from Simpler Measurements (2015) (3)
- Closure to “ Estimating Urban Time of Concentration ” by Richard H. McCuen, Stanley L. Wong, and Walter J. Rawls (July, 1984) (1987) (3)
- Analysis of the shallow subsurface flow process in the Georgia coastal plain (1976) (3)
- Advective–Dispersive Equation with Spatial Fractional Derivatives Evaluated with Tracer Transport Data (2009) (3)
- Translating available basic soil data into missing soil hydraulic characteristics (2002) (2)
- GAMMA PROBE DRY BULK DENSITIES (1975) (2)
- Use of remotely sensed soil moisture to determine soil hydraulic properties (2004) (2)
- Estimating the Time of Concentration of Urban Watersheds (1983) (2)
- Comparison of Areal Snow Storage Sampling Procedures for Rangeland Watersheds (1980) (2)
- An Infiltration Based Runoff Model For Use With a Design Store (1985) (2)
- Passive microwave observation of soil water infiltration (1997) (1)
- Evaluation of Methods to Estimate Macropore Characteristics in Montmorillonitic Clay Soils (2001) (1)
- Economic Assessment of Storm Drainage Planning (1978) (1)
- Simulation of tillage effect on runoff and nutrient losses with the continuous version of answers model (1996) (1)
- Prediction models for investment in urban drainage systems (1969) (1)
- SNOW: NATURE'S RESERVOIR (1975) (0)
- The Challenge of Watershed Intercomparisons: Selected Examples from the USDA-ARS Experimental Watershed Network (2001) (0)
- Progress on IHP Project A.2.9. (1983) (0)
- Estimating Generalized Soil-water Characteristics from 1 of 15 Texture 1 - (0)
- Closure of "Economic Assessment of Storm Drainage Planning" (1980) (0)
- Predicting atrazine leaching under field conditions using macro model (1999) (0)
- Use of Soil Survey Information for Determining Soil Hydraulic Properties (2003) (0)
- Chapter 8 SOIL AGGREGATES AND WATER RETENTION (2004) (0)
- Estimating soil water retention using soil component additivity model (2002) (0)
- Temporal variability of infiltration for agricultural systems (2016) (0)
- Advec ve – Dispersive Equa on with Spa al Frac onal Deriva ves Evaluated with Tracer Transport Data (0)
- Comparison of Areal Snow Sampling Procedures (1980) (0)
- Fractional advective-dispersive equation to simulate solute transport in soils. (2001) (0)
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