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Discussion of “Closure to ‘Explicit Solution to Green and Ampt Infiltration Equation’ by Sergio E. Serrano”

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D. A. Barry [email protected]
Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Faculté de l’Environment Natural, Architectural et Construit, Institut des Sciences et Technologies de l’Environnement, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected]
J.-Y. Parlange
Professor, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-5701.
G. C. Sander
Reader, Dept. of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, U.K.
L. Li
Professor, School of Engineering, The Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia; and, Professor, Centre for Eco-Environmental Modelling, Hohai Univ., Nanjing 210098, P. R. China.
D.-S. Jeng
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The Univ. of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
W. L. Hogarth
Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Univ. of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia.

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