How efficient are one-dimensional models to reproduce the hydrodynamic behavior of structured soils subjected to multi-step outflow experiments?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Laloy, E ^a   Weynants, M ^a   Bielders, C L ^a   Vanclooster, M ^a   Javaux, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian calibration; DiffeRential Evolution Adaptive Metropolis (DREAM); Multi step outflow experiment (MSO); Preferential flow; Soil hydraulic models; Soil structural heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN CALIBRATION; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES; CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; DUAL MODEL; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRUS-1D; MACROPORES; MACROPOROUS; MATRIX; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; MOBILE-IMMOBILE; MULTI-STEP OUTFLOW EXPERIMENTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZED; PERFECT MATCHES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REAL SOILS; SOIL CORES; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURED SOIL; WATER FLOWS; WATER TRANSFERS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOLOGY; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETERIZATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; MACROPORE; MODEL TEST; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77957749928     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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