Water flow processes in a soil column with a cylindrical macropore: Experiment and hierarchical modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Köhne, J Maximilian ^a   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER;

AXISYMMETRIC RICHARDS' EQUATION; MATRIX WATER FLOW; SOIL COLUMN; WATER FLOW PROCESSES;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL WATER;

EID: 17844404851     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003303     Document Type: Article

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