The absorption of rain by porous building surfaces is discussed in terms of unsaturated flow theory. Simple formulae not previously published are presented to calculate the time to reach surface saturation and the absorption rate. These formulae are compared with the model of E1-Shimi et al.
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Hall et al. (1984) studied this question.
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