Infiltration model for soil profiles with a water table

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1041-1046

  Chu, S T ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Infiltration; Vadose zone; Water table; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

GREEN AMPT WETTING FRONT CONCEPT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DRAINAGE; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER LEVELS;

SOILS;

INFILTRATION; SOIL; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER TABLE; WETLANDS;

EID: 0031195181     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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