Simulation of saturated and unsaturated flow in karst systems at catchment scale using a double continuum approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3909-3923

  Kordilla, J ^a   Sauter, M ^a   Reimann, T ^b   Geyer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE PARAMETERS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PARAMETER SPACES; RICHARDS EQUATION; SMALL-SCALE FLOWS; SPRING DISCHARGES; TRANSIENT HYDRAULICS; UNSATURATED FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; SPRINGS (WATER);

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; POROSITY; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 84880657322     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3909-2012     Document Type: Article

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