Water content wave approach applied to neutron radiographs of finger flow

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Hincapié, Ingrid ^a   Germann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CONTACT LENGTH; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; CONTENT VARIATION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEPTH OF INVESTIGATION; DRIVING FORCES; FLOW AREA; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; MODEL PARAMETERS; PER UNIT; PER UNIT VOLUME; POROUS MEDIA; SAND FRACTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATIONARY PARTS; SURFACE AREA; VOLUME FLUX; WATER FILM; WATER-AIR SYSTEMS; WAVE APPROACH; WAVE MODELS; WETTING FRONTS;

NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOLOGY; SAND;

WATER CONTENT;

BULK DENSITY; FINGERING; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; NEUTRON PROBE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 77955442138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0102     Document Type: Article

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