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Title Encyclopedia of agrophysics / edited by Jan Gliński, Józef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xlvi, 1028 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Encyclopedia of earth sciences series
Encyclopedia of earth sciences series (Springer (Firm))
Contents Absorption -- Acoustic tomography -- Adherence -- Adhesion -- Adsorption complex -- Adsorption energy and surface heterogeneity -- Advances in soil water system -- Aeration -- Aeration and soil enzymes -- Aerial photography -- Aerial photography use for soils and plants -- After-effect -- After- effect phenomenon in environment -- Aggregate-size distribution -- Agricultural products -- Agrophysical metrology -- Agrophysical objects (soils, plants, plant materials, plant products, near ground atmosphere, animals) -- Agrophysical relations -- Agrophysics -- Physics applied to agriculture -- Agrophysics in modern technologies -- Air dry -- Air entry value -- Air porosity -- Air space ratio -- Amelioration -- Anaerobiosis -- Anaerobiosis and its role in environment -- Angle of friction -- Angle of reflection -- Angle of refraction -- Angle of repose -- Angle of shearing resistance -- Angle of slide -- Angle of torsion -- Anion exchange -- Anthric saturation -- Apparent cohesion -- Apparent density -- Apparent features of soils and plant materials -- Apparent specific gravity -- Apparent viscosity -- Apparent volume -- Apparent weight -- Atmosphere near ground (Microclimate) -- Bedrock -- Bending force -- Bending load -- Bending properties of plants -- Bending strength -- Bending stress -- Biodynamics -- Biological responses to environmental physical coditions -- Biophysics -- Bound water -- Buffer capacity -- Bulk density -- Bulk materials -- Bulk modulus -- Bulk properties -- Bulk specific gravity -- Bulk volume -- Bypass flow, soil -- Capillary properties of soils -- Capillary ascencion -- Capillary condensention -- Capillary conductivity -- Capillary flow -- Capillary fringe -- Capillary pores -- Capillary porosity -- Capillary potential -- Capillary pressure -- Capillary rise -- Capillary water -- Capillary zone -- Catena -- Cation exchange -- Cation exchange capacity (CEC) -- Cavitation -- Chelates -- Cheluviation -- Clay -- Clay minerals and organo-mineral associates -- Claypan -- Claypan and its environmental effects -- Clod -- Coefficient of conductivity -- Coefficient of deformation -- Coefficient of dilatability -- Coefficient of dispersion -- Coefficient of elasticity -- Coefficient of elasticity -- Coefficient of expansion -- Coefficient of external friction -- Coefficient of friction -- Coefficient of internal friction -- Coefficient of linear extensibility (COLE) -- Coefficient of permeability -- Coefficient of resistance -- Coefficient of heat transfer -- Coherence -- Cohesion -- Colloid -- Color -- feature in soils and fruit evaluation -- Compaction, soil -- Compression curve, index, stress -- Compressive force -- Concentrated flow, soil -- Condensation -- Conductance -- Conduction -- Conductivity -- Cone index -- Cone penetrometer -- Confocal technique in microstructure analysis -- Consistency index, constance, soil -- Contact angle -- Controlled traffic -- Convection of heat -- Convection of current -- Cracking, creeping, crusting and sealing phenomena in soils -- Critical angle -- Critical density -- Critical features of soil and plant materials -- Critical pressure -- Critical stress -- Critical void ratio -- Crop responses to soil physical conditions -- Crop responses to soil compaction -- Crumb -- Crushing strength -- Crust, soil -- Cumulative infiltration, soil -- Cumulative distribution, soil -- Cutanic material -- Databases -- Darcy's law -- Deep percolation -- Deflation -- Degree of compactness -- Degree of saturation -- Degree of damage -- Degree of deformation -- Degree of hardness -- Desication crack, soil -- Detachment -- Dew point -- Dielectric conductivity -- Dielectric constant -- Dielectric permittivity -- Differential water capacity -- Differential weathering -- Diffuse layer -- Diffuse double layer -- Diffuse radiation -- Diffusivity -- Direct shear test -- Discharge curve -- Dispersivity -- Distribution of physical features in soils and plants -- Drain -- Drainage -- Drainage -- its advantages and disadvantages -- Drainage basin -- Drainage density -- Dry bulk density -- Dry mass -- Drying processes of plant materials -- Duripan -- Dynamic load -- Dynamic pressure -- Dynamic soil and plant physical processes -- Dynamic strength -- Dynamic viscosity -- Ecoenergy -- Ecohydrology -- Ecohydrological processes -- Effective energy -- Effective force -- Effective porosity -- Effective precipitation -- Effective strain -- Effective stress -- Elastic deformation -- Elasticity -- Elastic limit -- Elastic strain -- Elastic stress -- Elasto-plastic strain -- Elasto-plastic body -- Elastoplasticity -- Electrical properties of granular-powdery materials -- Electrical properties of soils and plant materials -- Electrical resistivity -- Electrokinetic (zeta) potential -- Electromagnetic fields use in agrophysical investigations -- Electromagnetic radiation in agrophysical invetigations -- Energetic products -- Energy flow -- Energy flux -- Energy of deformation -- Enzymes in soils and food products -- Equivalent depth -- Equivalent diameter -- Equivalent radius -- Erodibility -- Erosion -- Erosion -- environmental and economical hazard -- Erosive velocity -- Evaporation -- Evapotranspiration -- Exchange capacity -- Exchange complex -- Exchange complex and its role for agriculture and environment -- Exchange phenomena in soils -- Extensibility -- Extrusion -- Extrusion technique and effects -- Fabric -- Failure -- Fatigue strength -- Fatigue stress -- Fatigue test -- Field capacity -- Film water -- Fine earth -- Fine sand -- Fink's law -- Fissure -- Flexural strength -- Flocculation and dispersion phenomena in soils -- Flow velocity -- Flux density -- Force of external friction -- Force of internal friction -- Fractal analysis of porous materials -- Fragipan -- Free water -- Friable structure -- Friction angle -- Friction coefficient -- Friction force -- Friction phenomena in soils -- Friction resistance -- Furrow erosion -- Furrow irrigation -- Gamma radiation -- Gammascopic methods for agricultural materials -- Gas diffusion -- Gas emission -- Gaseous phase, soil -- Gas production -- Gases production and emission (Soils, wetlands, landfills, animal production) -- Geographical Information System) (GIS) -- Geometry of solid phase -- Global positioning system (GPS) -- Grain analysis -- Grain distribution -- Grain-to-ear binding force -- Granular objects -- Granular structure -- Granulometric analysis -- Granulometric composition -- Gravel -- Gravitational water -- Gravity flow -- Greenhouse gas fluxes: effects of physical conditions -- Greenhouse gases -- Ground penetrating radar (GPR) -- Ground pressure -- Ground water level -- Ground water table -- Gully erosion -- Hard-pan -- Heat accumulation -- Heat balance -- Heat capacity -- Heat conduction -- Heat dissipation -- Heat emission -- Heat exchange -- Heat flow -- Heat flux density -- Heat losses -- Heat of wetting -- Heat, moisture and air transport in soil-plant-atmosphere system -- Heat properties of soils and plant materials -- Heat radiation -- Heat release -- Heavy clay -- Hydraulic conductivity -- Hydraulic conductivity effects on ground water pollution -- Hydraulic diffusivity -- Hydraulic gradient -- Hydraulic head -- Hydraulic pressure -- Hydraulic profile -- Hydraulic properties of soils -- Hydraulic sorptivity -- Hydrologic cycle -- Hydrophobic and hydrophyllic phenomena -- Hydrophysical properties of peat soils -- Hydrometry -- Hydrophobicity -- Hydrophillity -- Hygroscopicity -- Hygroscopic water -- Hypoxia -- Hysteresis -- Hysteresis phenomena in nature -- Image analysis for soils and plant materials -- Imbibition -- Impact analysis -- Impact energy -- Impact force -- Impact phenomena in soils and plant materials -- Impact resistance -- Impact strength -- Impact stress -- Impermeability -- Infiltration capacity -- Infiltration phenomana in soils -- Infiltration rate -- Infiltration water -- Infrared radiation -- Interception -- Interflow -- Internal friction -- Intrinsic permeability -- Intermolecular bonds -- Intermolecular forces -- Interrelationships: soil-plant-atmosphere-machine technology -- Irrigation -- Irrigation advantages and disatvantages -- Isothermal processes -- Kinematic viscosity -- Kriging -- Land reclamation -- Land use and management effects on soil and plant physical properties -- Laser beam -- Laser irradiation effect on plants -- Laser use in matter evaluation -- Latent heat -- Leaching of chemicals in relation to soil structure -- Leaf analysis -- Light pipe -- Light scattering -- Light velocity -- Lime-pan -- Liquid body -- Liquid phase, soil -- Liquid viscosity -- Loam -- Lodging, plant -- Loosening, soil -- Lysimeter -- Lysimeter and rhizotron for model experiments -- Macroaggregates -- Macropores -- Macroporosity -- Magnetic properties of soils -- Mass and energy transfer (exchange) in soil -- Mathematical modeling in agriculture and environment -- Matric potential -- Mechanical properties of soils and plant materials -- Microaggregates -- Microbial aspects of soil structure -- Micropores -- Microrelief -- Mineral soils -- Modern physical methods -- Modulus of elasticity -- Modulus of plasticity -- Modulus of rigidity -- Modulus of shearing -- Mohr circle -- Moisture-dependent physical properties of plant materials -- Moisture-holding capacity -- Moisture-retention curve -- Moisture tension -- Monitoring physical conditions in agriculture and environment -- Munsell color system use for soil and fruit evaluation -- Net radiation -- Neutron probe -- Non-destructive inspection -- Non-destructive load -- Non-destructive measurement in soils and agricultural products -- Non-limiting water range (NLWR), soil -- Normal stress -- Organic soils -- Ortstein -- Osmotic potential -- Osmotic pressure -- Oven-dry method -- Over-ground air layer -- Oxidation-reduction processes -- Oxidation-reduction reactions role in nutrient transformations in soils -- Oxygen diffusion rate (ODR), soil -- Oxygeno
Summary The Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all the main areas in the Earth Sciences. Each volume comprises a focused and carefully chosen collection of contributions from leading names in the subject, with copious illustrations and reference lists. --Book Jacket
Analysis landbouw
agriculture
gewasproductie
crop production
fysica
physics
encyclopedias
milieu
environment
Agriculture (General)
Encyclopaedias - Basic Sciences
Landbouw (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Agricultural physics -- Encyclopedias
Environnement.
Climat.
Agricultural physics
Genre/Form encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
Author Gliński, Jan.
Horabik, Józef.
Lipiec, Jerzy, 1946-
ISBN 9789048135851
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9789048135868
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