Research Staff - Keith Smettem

contact:

Phone: (61 8) 6488 1692

Email: Keith.smettem@uwa.edu.au

Educational Background:

Ph.D. University of Sheffield, U.K
B.Sci. (Hons), University of Wales

Selected Publications:

Sochacki, S.J., Harper, R.J., and Smettem, K.R.J. (2007) Estimation of biomass production from a short rotation bio-energy system in semi-arid Australia. Biomass and Bioenergy 31; 608-616.

Bari, M.A. and Smettem, K.R.J. (2006) A conceptual model of daily water balance following partial clearing from forest to pasture. Hydrology and Earth System Science 10, 309-468.

Smettem, K.R.J., Oliver, Y.M., Heng, L.K., Bristow, K.L. and Ford, E.J. (1999) Obtaining soil hydraulic properties for soil water transport and leaching models from survey data 1: Water retention. Aust. J. Agric Res. 50: 283-289.

Smettem, K.R.J., Ross, P.J., Haverkamp, R, and Parlange, J.Y. (1995) Three-dimensional analysis of infiltration from the disc infiltrometer. III. Parameter estimation using a double disc tension infiltrometer. Water Resour. Res. 31: 2491-2496.

Ross P.J. and Smettem K.R.J. (1993) Describing soil hydraulic properties with sums of simple functions. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 57: 26-29.