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Macropores and water flow in soils revisited

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Macropores and water flow in soils revisited. / Beven, Keith; Germann, Peter.
In: Water Resources Research, Vol. 49, No. 6, 06.2013, p. 3071-3092.

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Beven, K & Germann, P 2013, 'Macropores and water flow in soils revisited', Water Resources Research, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 3071-3092. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20156

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Beven, K., & Germann, P. (2013). Macropores and water flow in soils revisited. Water Resources Research, 49(6), 3071-3092. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20156

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Beven K, Germann P. Macropores and water flow in soils revisited. Water Resources Research. 2013 Jun;49(6):3071-3092. doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20156

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Beven, Keith ; Germann, Peter. / Macropores and water flow in soils revisited. In: Water Resources Research. 2013 ; Vol. 49, No. 6. pp. 3071-3092.

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title = "Macropores and water flow in soils revisited",
abstract = "The original review of macropores and water flow in soils by Beven and Germann is now 30 years old and has become one of the most highly cited papers in hydrology. This paper attempts to review the progress in observations and theoretical reasoning about preferential soil water flows over the intervening period. It is suggested that the topic has still not received the attention that its importance deserves, in part because of the ready availability of software packages rooted firmly in the Richards domain, albeit that there is convincing evidence that this may be predicated on the wrong experimental method for natural conditions. There is still not an adequate physical theory linking all types of flow, and there are still not adequate observational techniques to support the scale dependent parameterizations that will be required at practical field and hillslope scales of application. Some thoughts on future needs to develop a more comprehensive representation of soil water flows are offered.",
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AU - Germann, Peter

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KW - soil physics

KW - solute transport

KW - Stokes flow

KW - hillslope hydrology

KW - celerity

KW - ELECTRICAL-RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY

KW - KINEMATIC WAVE APPROXIMATION

KW - LATERAL PREFERENTIAL FLOW

KW - HYDROLOGIC-RESPONSE SIMULATION

KW - HILLSLOPE THRESHOLD RESPONSE

KW - MULTIPLE ANIONIC TRACERS

KW - UNSATURATED POROUS-MEDIA

KW - PHYSICALLY-BASED MODEL

KW - SUBSURFACE STORM FLOW

KW - DUAL-POROSITY MODEL

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