Experimental rainfall-runoff data: Reconsidering the concept of infiltration capacity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Langhans, Christoph ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Diels, Jan ^a   Leys, Annemie ^b   Clymans, Wim ^a   Putte, An Van den ^a   Valckx, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Policy Division   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effective hydraulic conductivity; Infiltration; Microtopography; Rainfall intensity; Sealing

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; EFFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; EROSION MODELS; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; INFILTRATION MODELS; INFILTRATION RATE; INFILTROMETERS; MACRO-POROSITY; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; ON DYNAMICS; PHYSICALLY BASED; PONDING DEPTHS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RESIDUE COVER; RUNOFF GENERATION; SCALE EFFECTS; SEALING; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACES; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STEADY STATE; SURFACE FRACTION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TILLAGE TREATMENT; WINTER WHEAT FIELD;

AGRICULTURE; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PONDING; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOILS; STEADY FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EROSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LOESS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEALING; SOIL SURFACE; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

BELGIUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79951986029     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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