Infiltration and unsaturated flow under the influence of surface microtopography - Model simulations and experimental observations

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future - Proceedings of the 2013 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 468-475

  Liu, Yang ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Chu, Xuefeng ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF WATER; INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES;

MODEL SIMULATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER FLOWS; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SURFACE MICROTOPOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WETTING FRONTS;

WETTING;

EID: 84887417013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412947.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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