A comparative modeling study of a dual tracer experiment in a large lysimeter under atmospheric conditions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 566-577

  Stumpp, C ^a,d   Nutzmann G ^b   Maciejewski, S ^c   Maloszewski, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lysimeter; Model applicability; Parameter identification; Tracers; Transport modeling; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE MODELING; DATA SETS; DEPTH-RESOLVED; FITTING ACCURACY; FLOW DISPERSIONS; FLOW PROCESS; LUMPED PARAMETER; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MATRIX FLOW; MODEL APPROACH; MODEL COMPLEXITY; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION; PORE VOLUME; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PRESSURE HEADS; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STREAM TUBE MODELS; TRACER BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TRACER TRANSPORT; TRACERS; TRANSIENT MODEL; TRANSPORT MODELING; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VARIABLE SATURATION; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLUX;

DEUTERIUM; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LYSIMETERS; SOIL SURVEYS; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; LYSIMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TIME SERIES; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 69349095654     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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