Interfacial area based variable tortuosity-connectivity for unsaturated media: A comparison using Miller-Miller scaling and Arya-Paris model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Khaleel, Raziuddin ^a  

^a Fluor Government Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

AP MODELS; EFFECTIVE SATURATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MILLER SCALING; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE RETENTION CURVES; OPTIMIZED PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCES; PORE CONNECTIVITY FACTORS; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION SLOPES; RETENTION DATUMS; SOIL SAMPLES; TYPICAL VALUES; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; RETENTION; SATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TORTUOSITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 55249113213     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006572     Document Type: Article

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