Vandose zone hydrology : cutting across disciplines / edited by Marc B. Parlange, Jan W. Hopmans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parlange, Marc B.

Hopmans, J. W. (Jan W.)

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Groundwater flow.

Zone of aeration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The vadose zone is the region between ground level and the upper limits of soil fully saturated with water. Hydrology in the zone is complex: nonlinear physical, chemical, and biological interactions all affect the transfer of heat, mass, and momentum between the atmosphere and the water table. This book takes an interdiscipliary approach to vadose zone hydrology, bringing together insights from soil science, hydrology, biology, chemistry, physics, and instrumentation design. The chapters present state-of-the-art research, focusing on new frontiers in theory, experiment, and management of soils. The collection addresses the full range of processes, from the pore-scale to field and landscape scales.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Fundamentals of Transport Equation Formulation for Two-Phase Flow in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Porous Media; 2. Incorporation of Interfacial Areas in Models of Two-Phase Flow; 3. The Statistical Physics of Subsurface Solute Transport; 4. Soil Properties and Water Movement; 5. Nonideal Transport of Reactive Solutes in Porous Media: Cutting Across History and Disciplines; 6. Recent Advances in Vadose Zone Flow and Transport Modeling; 7. Diffusion-Linked Microbial Metabolism in the Vadose Zone

8. Persistence and Interphase Mass Transfer of Liquid Organic Contaminants in the Unsaturated Zone: Experimental Observations and Mathematical Modeling; 9. Coupling Vapor Transport and Transformation of Volatile Organic Chemicals; 10. Evaporation: Use of Fast-Response Turbulence Sensors, Raman Lidar, and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing; 11. Emerging Measurement Techniques for Vadose Zone Characterization; 12. Microwave Observations of Soil Hydrology; 13. Water and Solute Transport in Arid Vadose Zones: Innovations in Measurement and Analysis

14. Water Flow in Desert Soils Near Buried Waste Repositories; 15. Site-Specific Management of Flow and Transport in Homogeneous and Structured Soils; 16. Customizing Soil-Water Expertise for Different Users; 17. Present Directions and Future Research in Vadose Zone Hydrology; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-756105-5

1-280-76128-8

0-19-802699-4

OCLC:

252641703