Aggregation of vertical flow in the vadose zone with auto- and cross-correlated hydraulic properties

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 96-112

  Leij, Feike J ^a   Sciortino, Antonella ^a   Haverkamp, Randel ^b   Soria Ugalde, José M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Large scale modeling; Random field; Upscaling; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LARGE-SCALE MODELING; RANDOM FIELD; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AUTOCORRELATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34247156294     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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