Analytical expressions for drainable and fillable porosity of phreatic aquifers under vertical fluxes from evapotranspiration and recharge

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Acharya, Subodh ^a   Jawitz, James W ^a   Mylavarapu, Rao S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; GROUNDWATER MODELS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; PHREATIC; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SOIL SURFACES; STEADY STATE FLUXES; TWO PARAMETER; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

POROSITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHREATIC ZONE; POROSITY; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84870182348     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012043     Document Type: Article

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