Watershed groundwater balance estimation using streamflow recession analysis and baseflow separation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 20-33

  Wittenberg, H ^a   Sivapalan, M ^b  

^a Fachhochschule N ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseflow recession; Baseflow separation; Groundwater balance; Nonlinear reservoir; Recharge response

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROGRAPHS;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER; METHODOLOGY; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0033019471     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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