Selected factors affecting water-balance predictions for alternative covers using unsaturated flow models

GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 223-

  Shackelford, Charles D ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIELD DATA; FLOW MODELS; K-FUNCTION; UNSATURATED FLOW MODELS; WATER BALANCE PREDICTIONS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 33845693184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40803(187)223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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