Differences in gravity-dominated unsaturated flow during autumn rains and snowmelt

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2783-2800

  French, H K ^a,d   Van Der Zee, S E A T M ^b   Leijnse, A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Dept of Soil and Water Sciences ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Field studies; Heterogeneous infiltration; Heterogeneous soil; Simulations; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROZEN SOILS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN; SNOW;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES;

HYDROLOGY;

AUTUMN; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWMELT; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 0033572191     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2783::AID-HYP899>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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