Estimating falling rate evaporation from finite soil columns

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 313, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 141-152

  Yanful, Ernest K ^a   Mousavi, S Morteza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Evaporation; Experimental; Modeling; Sand; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION; MINING; MOISTURE; SOILS;

FINITE SOIL COLUMNS;

EVAPORATION;

EVAPORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0042061133     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00268-7     Document Type: Article

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