Numerical study of the evaporation process and parameter estimation analysis of an evaporation experiment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 765-781

  Schneider Zapp, K ^a   Ippisch, O ^a   Roth, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ARID REGION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77952560801     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-765-2010     Document Type: Article

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