Experimental and modeling study of the soil-atmosphere interaction and unsaturated water flow to estimate the recharge of a phreatic aquifer

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-584

  Romano, Emanuele ^a,b   Giudici, Mauro ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Evaporation; Field investigation; Ground water recharge; Mathematical models; Model studies; Soil water movement; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOILS;

EXFILTRATION RATE; INFILTRATION RATE; RECHARGE RATE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOILS;

AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; PHREATIC ZONE; RECHARGE; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER TABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348931493     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:6(573)     Document Type: Article

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