Relations between topography and water table depth in a shallow forest soil

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1513-1525

  Thompson, J C ^a   Moore, R D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Discriminant analysis; Soil moisture; Topography; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WELLS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SHALLOW FOREST SOILS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DEM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOREST SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER TABLE DEPTH;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER;

EID: 0030292099     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199611)10:11<1513::aid-hyp398>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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