Water and vapor movement with condensation and evaporation in a sandy column

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-717

  Sakai, Masaru ^a   Toride, Nobuo ^b   Şimůnek, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PORES; CONDENSATION RATES; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION PROCESS; EVAPORATION RATE; FILM FLOWS; HOT SURFACE; HUMID AIR; LD CODES; LIQUID WATER; LOW WATER-CONTENT; NONISOTHERMAL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VAPOR DIFFUSION; VAPOR FLOWS; WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER FLUX; WATER MASS BALANCES; WATER RETENTION CURVE; WATER VAPOR FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

WATER VAPOR;

CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS BALANCE; POREWATER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RETENTION; SAND; SOIL COLUMN; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 65949113168     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0094     Document Type: Article

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