Comparison of theoretical and experimental soil moisture profiles under complex rainfall patterns

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1170-1176

  Melone, Florisa ^a   Corradini, Corrado ^b   Morbidelli, Renato ^b   Saltalippi, Carla ^b   Flammini, Alessia ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Infiltration; Laboratory tests; Rainfall; Soil water; Unsaturated flow; Water content

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

EXPERIMENTATION; LABORATORY TESTS; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 56449086241     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:12(1170)     Document Type: Article

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