Calculation of humidity during evaporation from soil

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-505

  Stewart, J M ^a   Broadbridge, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Stage one evaporation; Stage two evaporation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

SOILS;

EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0033556007     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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