Coupled modeling of water, vapor and heat flow shows that film-flow extends stage-1 and changes the evaporation dynamics during stage-2.• Soil hydraulic properties identified by inverse modeling with the Richards equation are unbiased despite strong temperature dynamics. • Inadequate models for soil hydraulic properties lead to a grossly wrong prediction of the pressure head in medium to dry soils.
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