A conceptual model for infiltration in two-layered soils with a more permeable upper layer: From local to field scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 410, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 62-72

  Corradini, C ^a   Flammini, A ^a   Morbidelli, R ^a   Govindaraju, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Areal average infiltration models; Hydrology; Local infiltration models; Two layered soils

Indexed keywords

AREAL-AVERAGE INFILTRATION; BASIC ELEMENTS; CLAY LOAMS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DYNAMIC WETTING; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; FIELD SCALE; FUNCTION OF TIME; INFILTRATION MODELS; INFILTRATION RATE; LOCAL INFILTRATION MODELS; LOCAL MODEL; LOCAL SCALE; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MODEL TESTING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL BENCHMARK; RANDOM FIELDS; RICHARDS EQUATION; SANDY LOAMS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PROFILES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SATURATION; TOP SOILS; TOP-SOIL LAYER; TWO-LAYERED SOILS; UPPER LAYER; UPSCALING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BENCHMARKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL; RICHARDS EQUATION; SANDY LOAM; SATURATION; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 80054870002     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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