Numerical analyses of subsurface flow in a steep hillslope under rainfall: The role of the spatial heterogeneity of the formation hydraulic properties

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Fiori, Aldo ^a   Russo, David ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN;

STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STREAMFLOW GENERATION;

FLOW OF WATER;

FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN;

HETEROGENEITY; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE;

EID: 36649025707     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005365     Document Type: Article

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