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Robin A. Wooding (1926–2007) made many outstanding and original contributions to the field of convection in porous media throughout his research career. He was an applied mathematician who also worked on a wide variety of other important hydrological, meteorological, earth science and physical science problems. Important contributions included (i) the discovery of the occurrence of fingers in the context of mono-diffusive convection in a porous medium and an early body of associated papers on convection in porous media, (ii) the development of a novel hydraulic model for the catchment-stream problem and (iii) the mathematical solution to the problem of steady infiltration from a shallow circular pond that formed the basis for the disc permeameter method. This note documents biographical matters and assesses the importance of his scientific work.
Robin A. Wooding 6 March 1926–19 November 2007 (Photograph circa 1975)
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Simmons, C.T., Nield, D.A. The Life and Work of Robin A. Wooding. Transp Porous Med 77, 133–142 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-008-9278-9
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