Comment on "a simple model for describing hydraulic conductivity in unsaturated porous media accounting for film and capillary flow" by A. Peters and W. Durner

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Shokri, N ^a,b   Or, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954393627     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008917     Document Type: Note

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