Modelling of water flow through typical Bavarian soils: 1. Estimation of hydraulic characteristics of the unsaturated zone

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-297

  Maciejewski, Stanisław ^a,b   Małoszewski, Piotr ^a   Stumpp, Christine ^a   Klotz, Dietmar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hydraulic characteristics; Lysimeter experiments; Mathematical modelling; Unsaturated zone; Water flow

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; UNSATURATED ZONE;

FLOW OF WATER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645733071     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.2.285     Document Type: Article

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