Burgers' equation: A general nonlinear solution of infiltration and redistribution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 29-1-29-9

  Basha, H A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Burgers' equation; Infiltration; Nonlinear analytical solutions; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RAIN; WATER;

WATER CONTENT;

INFILTRATION;

GREEN FUNCTION; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0036880205     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000954     Document Type: Article

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