Characterizing heterogeneous soil water flow and solute transport using information measures

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 109-121

  Wang, Kang ^a   Zhang, Renduo ^b   Hiroshi, Yasuda ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye experiments; Flow heterogeneity; Information measures; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

DYE CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FLOW AND TRANSPORTS; FLOW HETEROGENEITY; FLOW PARAMETERS; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INFORMATION ENTROPIES; INFORMATION MEASURES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL WATERS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERSATILE TOOLS; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS; WATER FLOW PROCESS; WATER FLOWS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; INFORMATION THEORY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; INFILTRATION; PROBABILITY; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 65349131356     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.057     Document Type: Article

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