A simplified stochastic model for infiltration into a heterogeneous soil forced by random precipitation

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Castelli, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous soil; Infiltration; Rainfall runoff transformation; Random precipitation

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

HETEROGENEOUS SOIL; RAINFALL RUNOFF TRANSFORMATION; RANDOM PRECIPITATION; STOCHASTIC INFILTRATION MODEL;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0030152995     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0309-1708(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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