Study of the mechanisms of evaporation under arid conditions using a detailed model of the soil-atmosphere continuum. Application to the EFEDA I experiment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 114-141

  Boulet, G ^a   Braud, I ^a   Vauclin, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATER;

NEUTRON PROBE;

HYDROLOGY;

AIRD ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; EFEDA; EVAPORATION; SISPAT; SOIL WATER; SOIL/ATMOSPHERE MODEL;

EID: 0031172403     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03148-4     Document Type: Article

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