The Falling Rate Phase of Evaporative Soil-Moisture Loss—A Critical Evaluation

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Abstract
This paper presents an abbreviated review of the literature concerning the relationship of evaporative moisture-loss rate to soil-moisture content. Results from a variety of sources appear to fall into four major types of curve expressing this relationship. The author compares these types and concludes that three of them are mutually supporting and represent special cases of the same process. The fourth type is considered contradictory. It is concluded further that the search for a neat, concise, general statement of the relationship under consideration is probably futile.