Averaged water potentials in soil water and groundwater, and their connection to menisci in soil pores, field-scale flow phenomena, and simple groundwater flows

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1601-1614

  De Rooij, G H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; DEPTH RANGE; FIELD SCALE; FLOW PHENOMENA; GRADIENT FLOW; HYDRAULIC POTENTIAL; HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MENISCUS CURVATURE; OPEN WATER; PORE SCALE; REGIONAL SCALE; SOIL PORES; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNSATURATED ZONE; VOLUME-AVERAGING; WATER POTENTIAL;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EQUILIBRIUM; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROSTATICS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; POROSITY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE DROP; SOIL WATER; STEADY FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 79958823117     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1601-2011     Document Type: Article

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