Dynamic modeling of an evapotranspiration cover

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-236

  Jacobson, Jacob J ^a   Heydt, Harold ^a   Piet, Steven ^a   Sehlke, Gerald ^a   Soto, Rafael ^a   Visser, John ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Dynamic models; Evapotranspiration; Landfills

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; INFILTRATION; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAP DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; LANDFILL CAPS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDFILL CAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 26444471295     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2005)9:4(223)     Document Type: Article

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