Unexpected water content profiles under flux-limited one-dimensional downward infiltration in initially dry granular media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Shiozawa, Sho ^a   Fujimaki, Haruyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Darcy's equation; Finger flow; Infiltration; Soil water flow; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLUXES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER FLUXES;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 4143123265     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002197     Document Type: Article

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