The pressure head regime in the induction zone during unstable nonponding infiltration: Theory and experiments

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 908-914

  Cho, H ^a   de Rooij, G H ^b   Inoue, M ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FRINGE; DRY REGION; FINGER SPACING; FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN-AMPT; LATERAL FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE HEADS; ROOT ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GLASS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER FLUX; WETTING FRONTS;

ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PONDING; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SEEPAGE;

EID: 34249046947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0158     Document Type: Article

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