Unsteady overland flow on flat surfaces induced by spatial permeability contrasts

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1049-1058

  Thompson, Sally ^a   Katul, Gabriel ^a,b   Konings, Alexandra ^a   Ridolfi, Luca ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Hydraulics; Infiltration; Manning's equation; Overland flow; Patchy vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID ECOSYSTEMS; FLAT SURFACES; FREE SURFACES; INFILTRATION MODELS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTRATION RATE; MANNING'S EQUATION; OVERLAND FLOW; PATCHY VEGETATION; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SLOPING GROUND; SPATIAL PARTITIONING; SURFACE FLOW; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS; VEGETATION PATCHES; WATER REDISTRIBUTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; INFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; OVERLAND FLOW; PERMEABILITY; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

HORTONIA;

EID: 79960211911     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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