Evaporation from porous media in the presence of a water table

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1309-1318

  Shokri, N ^a   Salvucci, G D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; LIQUID FLOW; MODEL COMPARISON; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UNSATURATED ZONE; VISCOUS FORCES; WATER LOSS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLES;

EVAPORATION; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER;

CAPILLARITY; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; VISCOSITY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 82055181563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0027     Document Type: Article

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