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Fig. 2. Evolution of pore-size distribution over time according to Eq. [24] with no decay, a drift term v(r,t) = u(r)w(t) where w(t) is given by Eq. [14], with a = 0.01 d-1, b = 5 µm, <r0> = 7.5 µm (upper insert), and u(r) is given by Eq. [16] with uo = 0.5 (lower insert), and a dispersion term D(r,t) = -{lambda}(r)v(r,t) where {lambda}(r) is given by Eq. [16] with: (a) {lambda}o = 0.25 and (b) {lambda}o = 0.05. The initial distribution is again given by Eq. [5] with {theta}s = 0.469, {theta}r = 0.191, {sigma} = 0.253, and r0 = 7.3 µm.