Modeling the effects of surface storage, macropore flow and water repellency on infiltration after wildfire

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-313

  Nyman, Petter ^a,b   Sheridan, Gary J ^a,b   Smith, Hugh G ^c   Lane, Patrick N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Infiltration; Macropore flow; Soil moisture; Water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; FIRES; FORESTRY; RECOVERY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERPROOFING;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; CRITICAL SURFACE TENSION; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; MACROPORE FLOW; STEADY-STATE INFILTRATION; WATER REPELLENCY; WILDFIRE;

INFILTRATION;

FOREST SOIL; HOMOGENEITY; INFILTRATION; MACROPORE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; WILDFIRE;

EROSION; FOREST FIRES; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; SOIL; WATER PROOFING; WATER REPELLENCE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84898901670     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.044     Document Type: Article

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