Simulation of infiltration processes in the unsaturated zone using a Multiscale approach

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kissling, Frederike ^a   Helmig, Rainer ^a   Rohde, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION PROCESS; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTI-STAGE METHODS; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RATE DEPENDENT; UNSATURATED ZONE; WETTING FLUID;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84869430061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0193     Document Type: Article

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