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@ARTICLE{Cremer:811710,
author = {Cremer, Clemens J. M. and Neuweiler, Insa and Bechtold,
Michel and Vanderborght, Jan},
title = {{S}olute {T}ransport in {H}eterogeneous {S}oil with
{T}ime-{D}ependent {B}oundary {C}onditions},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {15},
number = {6},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-04094},
pages = {0 -},
year = {2016},
abstract = {We investigate the effect of dynamic boundary conditions on
solute transport in unsaturated, heterogeneous, bimodal
porous media. Solute transport is studied with
two-dimensional numerical flow and transport models for
scenarios where either (i) solely infiltration or (ii) more
realistic dynamic (infiltration–evaporation) boundary
conditions are imposed at the soil surface. Travel times of
solute are affected by duration and intensity of
infiltration and evaporation events even when cycle-averaged
inflow rates of the scenarios are identical. Three main
transport mechanisms could be identified based on a
criterion for the infiltration rate that is related to the
hydraulic conductivity curves of the media. If, based on
this criterion, infiltration rates are low, the transport
paths for upward and downward transport do not differ
significantly, and the breakthrough curves of solute are
similar to the one obtained under stationary infiltration.
If infiltration rates are moderate, travel paths deviate
between upward and downward flow, leading to a trapping of
solute and strong tailing of the breakthrough curves. If
infiltration and evaporation rates are very high, lateral
advective–diffusive transport can lead to very efficient
and fast downward transport. Thus, solute breakthrough
depends strongly on lateral flow paths enforced by the
boundary conditions at the soil surface. If heterogeneity of
the materials is not strong and the structure is tortuous,
dynamic boundary conditions mainly lead to increased
macrodispersion. We test simplified upscaled transport
models based on stationary flow rates to estimate
breakthrough curves and demonstrate how the transport
mechanisms are captured in the model parameters},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000378332500004},
doi = {10.2136/vzj2015.11.0144},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/811710},
}