Identification and parameterization of flow processes in artificial capillary barriers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Kampf M ^a,b   Holfelder, T ^a   Montenegro, H ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Brandt Gerdes Sitzmann U   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary barrier; Funneled flow; Layered soils; Parameter estimation; Top covers

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEEPAGE;

CAPILLARY BARRIERS; DOWNWARD INFILTRATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLUID FLOW; INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

CAPILLARY FRINGE; FLUID FLOW; INFILTRATION; LAYERED MEDIUM; SOIL COVER; SOIL WATER;

EID: 1542752196     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001860     Document Type: Article

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