A comparison of direct measurement and model simulation of total flux of volatile organic compounds from the subsurface to the atmosphere under natural field conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Tillman Jr , Fred D ^a   Choi, Jee Won ^a   Smith, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barometric pumping; Flux chamber; Flux measurement; Natural attenuation; Unsaturated zone; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHASE DIFFUSION; VERTICAL FLUX CHAMBER (VFC);

GROUNDWATER;

ATTENUATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FLUX CHAMBER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 1542646915     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002098     Document Type: Article

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