Inverse estimation of parameters for multidomain flow models in soil columns with different macropore densities

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Arora, Bhavna ^a   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a   McGuire, Jennifer T ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; CONSISTENT MATRIX; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DOMAIN SPECIFIC; DUAL-PERMEABILITY MODELS; FLOW MODEL; FORWARD MODELING; HIGH-DENSITY; INVERSE ESTIMATION; INVERSE MODELING; MACRO PORES; MATRIX; MOBILE-IMMOBILE MODELS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MULTI DOMAINS; PER UNIT; POROSITY MODELS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SCALE MODELS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRACER TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BROMIDE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MODELING; MACROPORE; PERMEABILITY; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955051941     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009451     Document Type: Article

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