Analytical and numerical analyses of an unconfined aquifer test considering unsaturated zone characteristics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Moench, A F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CEMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TESTING; TEXTURES;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; AQUIFER TESTS; CANADIAN FORCES BASE; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CONSTANT RATES; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FLUID FLOWING; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS; MEASURED DATA; MOISTURE RETENTION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ONTARIO , CANADA; PRESSURE HEADS; RELATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED ZONE; SOIL STRUCTURE; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO; UNSATURATED ZONES; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TESTING METHOD; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VADOSE ZONE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 49549120871     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005736     Document Type: Article

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