Theoretical appraisal of field-capacity based infiltration models and their scale parameters

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-147

  Gabrielle, B ^a   Bories, S ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Field capacity; Richards' equation; Soil water balance; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER;

RICHARDS' EQUATION;

SOILS;

HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

EID: 0032807064     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006565017326     Document Type: Article

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