A Contribution to the Study of the Phenomenon of Horizontal Infiltration

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1131-1141

  Kargas, George ^a   Kerkides, Petros ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Horizontal infiltration; Hydraulic conductivity; Moisture retention curve; Simulation; Soil moisture profile

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; COMPUTATION CODES; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GREEN-AMPT; HORIZONTAL INFILTRATION; HYDRUS-1D; INPUT DATAS; MOISTURE RETENTION CURVE; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILE; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SQUARE-ROOT; TIME CURVES;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WETTING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; RETENTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 79952102215     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9671-3     Document Type: Article

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