A parametric expression for estimating infiltration into frozen soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1761-1775

  Zhao, Litong ^a   Gray, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frozen soils; Infiltration; Numerical simulation; Parametric equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FROZEN SOILS; INFILTRATION; WATER;

PARAMETRIC EQUATION;

HYDROLOGY;

FROZEN SOIL; INFILTRATION; PARAMETRIC EQUATION; QUASI-STEADY STATE FLOW; THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031255960     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19971030)11:13<1761::AID-HYP604>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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