Comparison of empirical, semi-empirical and physically based models of soil hydraulic functions derived for bi-modal soils

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Kutilek M ^a,c   Jendele, L ^b   Krejca M ^c  

^a Nad Patankou 34 ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b University of eské Budèjovice   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS IN ESKÉ BUD JOVICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Pore size distribution; Preferential flow; Soil water retention curve; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; CONDUCTIVITY EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FITTING PARAMETERS; FORMAL DESCRIPTIONS; HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS; MEASURED DATUMS; MODEL EFFICIENCIES; MODEL-BASED; PHYSICAL EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL REALITIES; PHYSICALLY BASED; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POROUS DOMAINS; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS SYSTEMS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE HEADS; REAL SOILS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SILT LOAMS; SOIL PORES; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; SOIL WATERS; SQUARE ERRORS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER RETENTIONS;

CURVE FITTING; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; FUNCTIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL TEST; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 58149496337     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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