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Coupled Dynamics in Soil

Experimental and Numerical Studies of Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Yijian Zeng

    1. University of Twente, Twente, Netherlands

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  • Nominated as an outstanding thesis by the University of Twente
  • A valuable contribution to land surface process modelling for arid and semi-arid areas
  • Successfully employs a two-phase heat- and mass-transport model to include the essential but as-yet neglected effects of vapour convection

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. General Introduction

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 1-16

  3. Diurnal Pattern of Coupled Moisture and Heat Transport Process

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 17-40

  4. Application of Diurnal Soil Water Dynamics in Determining Effective Precipitation

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 41-60

  5. Two-Phase Mass and Heat Flow Model

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 61-97

  6. How Airflow Affects Soil Water Dynamics

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 99-121

  7. Impact of Model Physics on Retrieving Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 123-157

  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Yijian Zeng
    Pages 159-164
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In arid and semi-arid areas, the main contributions to land surface processes are precipitation, surface evaporation and surface energy balancing. In the close-to-surface layer and root-zone layer, vapor flux is the dominant flux controlling these processes - process which, in turn, influence the local climate pattern and the local ecosystem. The work reported in this thesis attempts to understand how the soil airflow affects the vapor transport during evaporation processes, by using a two-phase heat and mass transfer model. The necessity of including the airflow mechanism in land surface process studies is discussed and highlighted.

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  • University of Twente, Twente, Netherlands

    Yijian Zeng

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