Drainage in finite-sized unsaturated zones

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1257-1266

  DiCarlo, David A ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressures; Drainage; Saturation; Tensiometers; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SAND;

WATER DRAINS;

DRAINAGE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DRAINAGE; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DRAINAGE; SATURATION; TENSIOMETER; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0242583013     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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