Role of macroporosity in runoff generation on a sloping subsurface drained clay field - A case study with MACRO model

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-155

  Hintikka, Salka ^a   Koivusalo, Harri ^a,b   Paasonen Kivekäs, Maija ^a   Nuutinen, Visa ^b   Alakukku, Laura ^b,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clay; Drain flow; Macropores; Modelling; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

DRAIN FLOW; GROUNDWATER TABLE; MACROPORES;

RUNOFF;

CLAY; DRAINED TEST; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MACROPORE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERCOLATION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 42049084845     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.034     Document Type: Article

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