Describing rate variability of storm events for infiltration prediction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Agnese, C ^a   Bagarello, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green Ampt equation; Infiltration; Modeling; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; STORMS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; PREDICTION MODEL; RAINFALL INTENSITY; STORM; VARIATION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RAIN GAGES; SOILS; STORMS;

GREEN-AMPT EQUATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT; RAINFALL RATE VARIABILITY; STORM EVENTS;

RAIN;

EID: 0030615366     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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