Simulations on soil water variation in arid regions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 162-181

  Dong, Weiquan ^a,b   Yu, Zhongbo ^a   Weber, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Macropore flow; Modeling; Transpiration; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULES; RAIN; VEGETATION;

SOIL WATER VARIATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ARID REGION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW;

LARREA;

EID: 0037408298     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00041-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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