Parameter equivalence for the Gardner and van Genuchten soil hydraulic conductivity functions for steady vertical flow with inclusions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 689-699

  Rucker, Dale F ^a   Warrick, Arthur W ^a   Ferré, Ty P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary length; Crossover pressure; Effective capillary drive; Equivalency; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

DARCIAN FLUX; GARDNER FUNCTION; GARDNER HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST-SQUARE OPTIMIZATION;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 19944422818     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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