A simple accurate method to predict time of ponding under variable intensity rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Assouline, S ^a,b   Selker, J S ^a,c   Parlange, J Y ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS;

CAPACITY CURVE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RICHARDS EQUATION;

RAIN;

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS;

FLOOD; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RICHARDS EQUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34247603952     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005138     Document Type: Article

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