Impact of soil heterogeneity on the water budget of the unsaturated zone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 991-999

  Kim, C P ^a,b   Stricker, J N M ^a   Feddes, R A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; SOILS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; SOIL; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; SOILS; SOLVENTS;

INFILTRATION RATE; LOWER BOUNDARY; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT EVOLUTION; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 0030619043     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00364     Document Type: Article

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