Applicability of the Green-Ampt Infiltration Model with Shallow Boundary Conditions

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-273

  Liu, Guoxiang ^a   Craig, James R ^a   Soulis, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green Ampt; Hydrologic models; Infiltration; Numerical models; Soil water

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; GREEN-AMPT; GREEN-AMPT INFILTRATION; GREEN-AMPT MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; LIMITING CONDITION; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; RICHARDS' EQUATION; SCALE ANALYSIS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER RESOURCES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 79952351134     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000308     Document Type: Article

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