Evaporation from a shallow water table: Diurnal dynamics of water and heat at the surface of drying sand

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4022-4034

  Assouline, S ^a   Tyler, S W ^b   Selker, J S ^c   Lunati, I ^d   Higgins, C W ^c   Parlange, M B ^e  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diurnal dynamics; drying; evaporation; Fickian diffusion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER;

DIURNAL DYNAMICS; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; NATURAL EVAPORATION; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; UNSTEADY CONDITIONS; VAPOR PHASE DIFFUSION;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 84879850931     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20293     Document Type: Article

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