Evaluation of vertical and lateral flow through agricultural loessial hillslopes using a two-dimensional computer simulation model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1091-1105

  Ritsema, Coen J ^a   Oostindie, Klaas ^a   Stolte, Jannes ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hillslope hydrology; Numerical modelling; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL LOESSIAL HILLSLOPES; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; LATERAL FLOW; NETHERLANDS; PRESSURE HEADS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL FLOW;

HYDROLOGY;

HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; LOESS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER FLOW MODEL; WATER FLOW MODELLING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030207049     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199608)10:8<1091::AID-HYP414>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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