Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/p3mILz Coupled Dynamics in Soil Experimental and Numerical Studies of Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer By: Yijian Zeng Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783642340727, 3642340725 eText ISBN: 9783642340734, 3642340733 Copyright year: 2013 Format: EPUB Available from $ 99.00 USD SKU 9783642340734 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.
