Simulation of transport in three-dimensional heterogeneous unsaturated soils with upscaled dispersion coefficients

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Russo, David ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Macrodispersion; Solute transport; Spatial heterogeneity; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STEADY FLOW; TEXTURES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SOLUTE TRANSPORTS; UNSATURATED FLOW;

SOILS;

DISPERSION; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

METHODOLOGY; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 1242322120     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002245     Document Type: Article

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