Revisiting the simplified evaporation method: Identification of hydraulic functions considering vapor, film and corner flow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 531-542

  Peters, Andre ^a   Iden, Sascha C ^b   Durner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary flow; Evaporation method; Film flow; Hydraulic conductivity function; Retention function; Vapor flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOILS; TEXTURES;

EVAPORATION METHOD; FILM FLOWS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; VAN GENUCHTEN-MUALEM MODELS; VAPOR FLOWS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOIL TESTING;

CAPILLARITY; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETENTION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84930005033     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.020     Document Type: Article

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