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Published online 13 June 2005
Published in Vadose Zone J 4:466-480 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2003.0159
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A Seven-Year Water Balance Study of an Evapotranspiration Landfill Cover Varying in Slope for Semiarid Regions

J. W. Nyhan*

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Ecology Group, Mail Stop M-877, Los Alamos, NM 87545


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Fig. 1. The location of the Protective Barrier Landfill Cover Demonstration at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 2. Descriptions of soil layers in the ET cover design at the Protective Barrier Landfill Cover Demonstration.

 


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Fig. 3. Daily precipitation, evaporation, and soil water inventories for the ET cover design with 5% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 4. Daily precipitation, evaporation, and soil water inventories for the ET cover design with 10% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 5. Daily precipitation, evaporation, and soil water inventories for the ET cover design with 15% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 6. Daily precipitation, evaporation, and soil water inventories for the ET cover design with 25% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 7. Daily runoff, interflow, and seepage for the ET cover design with 5% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 8. Daily runoff, interflow, and seepage for the ET cover design with 10% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 9. Daily runoff, interflow, and seepage for the ET cover design with 15% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 10. Daily runoff, interflow, and seepage for the ET cover design with 25% slope from 1992 through 1998.

 


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Fig. 11. Total monthly runoff and runoff events measured during the entire 1992 through 1998 period for the ET cover design as a function of slope.

 


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Fig. 12. Total monthly interflow and interflow events measured during the entire 1992 through 1998 period for the ET cover design as a function of slope.

 


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Fig. 13. Total monthly seepage and seepage events measured during the entire 1992 through 1998 period for the ET cover design as a function of slope.

 





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