Analysis of the impact of surface layer properties on evaporation from porous systems using column experiments and modified definition of characteristic length

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3933-3955

  Assouline, Shmuel ^a   Narkis, Kfir ^a   Gherabli, Rivka ^a   Lefort, Philippe ^b   Prat, Marc ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

characteristic length; drying; evaporation; layered systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID FILMS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; EVAPORATION PROCESS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LAYERED SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PORES;

EVAPORATION;

EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RICHARDS EQUATION; SIMULATION; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE LAYER; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84900931754     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014489     Document Type: Article

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