Exact solution for horizontal water redistribution by general similarity
Mingan Shaoa and
Robert Hortonb
a National Lab. of Soil Erosion and Dryland Agriculture, Inst. of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China 712100
b Dep. of Agronomy, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011 USA

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Fig. 1 Initial condition of water redistribution within a two-part column
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Fig. 2 Comparison of analytical and numerical predictions of the decaying maximum water contents at x = 0
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Fig. 3 Comparison of analytical and numerical solutions for soil water content profiles at selected times for a two-part soil column
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Fig. 4 Global error distribution for water redistribution in a two-part soil column
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