Unsaturated Flow in Hydrologic Modeling Theory and Practice

This volume certainly is a Conference Proceedings, the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on "Unsaturated Flow in Hydrologic Modeling" held at "Les Villages du Soleil" near ArIes, France from June 13 to 17, 1988. Let me therefore acknowledge properly, at the...

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Other Authors: Morel-Seytoux, H.J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
Series:Nato Science Series C:, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Perspective and Fundamentals of Unsaturated Flow
  • Background Concepts and Principles
  • Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: Description at the Pore and Macroscopic Scale
  • Flow of Water and Air in Soils: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects
  • 2. Components in the Description of Unsaturated Flow
  • Infiltration and Ponding Time
  • Liquid Moisture Redistribution: Hydrologie Simulation and Spatial Variability
  • Evaluation of the Hydrological Response of a Drainage Network
  • Interflow
  • Unsaturated Flow Induced by Evaporation and Transpiration
  • Prediction of Water Table Mound Development and Aquifer Recharge from an Infiltrating Area
  • 3. Parameters Estimation and Numerical Techniques
  • Estimation of Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Properties
  • Remote Sensing of Watershed Characteristics and Rainfall Input
  • Numerical Simulation of Richards Equation: Current Approaches and an Alternate Perspective
  • 4. Treatment of Unsaturated Zone in Hydrologic Models
  • Loss Rate Representation in the HEC-1 Watershed Model
  • Comparative Evaluation of Unsaturated Flow Methods in Selected USDA Simulation Models
  • The Unsaturated Components of SWATCH: A Multiprocess Watershed Model for Runoff Generation and Routing
  • Spatially Distributed Modeling: Conceptual Approach, Coupling Surface Water and Groundwater
  • Influence of Spatial Variability of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity on the Infiltration Process
  • 5. Miscellaneous
  • Analytic Steady-State Solution to One-Dimensional Unsaturated Water Flow in Layered Soils
  • The Constant Head Percolation Test-Improved Equipment and Possibilities of Assessing the Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
  • Mobility of Residual Phase Organics in the Vadose Zone
  • The Movement of Water in Swelling Clays
  • General List of Symbols