Effects of variable rainfall intensity on the unsaturated zone response of a forested sandy hillslope

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Tymchak, Matthew P ^a,b   Torres, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; WETTING;

SOIL WATER CONTENT; WETTING VELOCITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SOIL SURVEYS; WETTING;

HILLSLOPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34547214296     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004584     Document Type: Article

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