Response to Germann's "Comment on 'theory for source-responsive and free-surface film modeling of unsaturated flow'"

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1102-1104

  Nimmo, John R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FILM; INFILTRATION; LEACHING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER FLOW;

GERMANY;

EID: 79960162957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0088     Document Type: Article

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