Effects of soil water repellency on infiltration rate and flow instability

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 231-232, Issue , 2000, Pages 265-276

  Wang, Z ^a   Wu, Q J ^a   Wu, L ^a   Ritsema, C J ^b   Dekker, L W ^b   Feyen, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow instability; Infiltration rate; Soil water repellency

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SAND; STABILITY; WETTING;

FINGERED FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; INFILTRATION RATE; LINEAR INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME;

SOILS;

FLOW STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 0034729209     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00200-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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