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@ARTICLE{Vanderborght:44313,
author = {Vanderborght, J. and Kasteel, R. and Herbst, M. and Javaux,
M. and Thiery, D. and Vanclooster, M. and Mouvet, C. and
Vereecken, H.},
title = {{A} {S}et of {A}nalytical {B}enchmarks to {T}est
{N}umerical {M}odels of {F}low and {T}ransport in {S}oils},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {4},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {PreJuSER-44313},
pages = {206 - 221},
year = {2005},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Accurate model predictions of water flow and solute
transport in unsaturated soils require a correct
representation of relevant mechanisms in a mathematical
model, as well as correct solutions of the mathematical
equations. Because of the complexity of boundary conditions
and the nonlinearity of the processes considered, general
solutions of the mathematical equations rely on numerical
approximations. We evaluate a number of numerical models
(WAVE, $HYDRUS_1D,$ SWAP, MARTHE, and MACRO) that use
different numerical methods to solve the flow and transport
equations. Our purpose is to give an overview of analytical
solutions that can be found for simple initial and boundary
conditions and to define benchmark scenarios to check the
accuracy of numerical solutions. Included are analytical
solutions for coupled transport equations that describe flow
and transport in dual-velocity media. The relevance of
deviations observed in the analytical benchmarks for more
realistic boundary conditions is illustrated an intercode
comparison for natural boundary conditions. For the water
flow scenarios, the largest deviations between numerical
models and analytical solutions were observed for the case
of soil limited evaporation. The intercode differences could
be attributed to the implementation of the evaporation
boundary condition: the spatial discretization and the
internode averaging of the hydraulic conductivity in the
surface grid layer. For solute transport, accurate modeling
of solute dispersion poses the most problems. Nonlinear and
nonequilibrium sorption and coupled transport in pore
domains with different advection velocities are in general
accurately simulated.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-IV},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB50},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
shelfmark = {Environmental Sciences / Soil Science / Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000227469300020},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/44313},
}