Conditions for lateral downslope unsaturated flow and effects of slope angle on soil moisture movement

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-333

  Lv, Meixia ^a   Hao, Zhenchun ^a   Liu, Zhen ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a,b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral downslope flow; Slope angles; Soil moisture movement; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SLOPES; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; HOMOGENEOUS AND ISOTROPIC; MOISTURE MOVEMENT; SLOPE ANGLES; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

DRYING; GROUNDWATER; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL MOISTURE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

PARALLEL FLOW;

HILLSLOPE; MOVEMENT; SANDY LOAM; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 84875546600     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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