Models for hydrologic design of evapotranspiration landfill covers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7226-7233

  Hauser, Victor L ^a   Gimon, Dianna M ^b   Bonta, James V ^c   Howell, Terry A ^d   Malone, Robert W ^c   Williams, Jimmy R ^e  

^a Mitretek Systems ^*  (United States)

^b Mitretek Systems   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

EPIC MODEL; HELP MODEL; HYDROLOGIC DESIGN; LANDFILL COVER;

HYDROLOGY;

DESIGN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDFILL CAPPING;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID BALANCE; HYDROLOGY; LANDFILL; LYSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 25144501123     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048020e     Document Type: Article

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