Inverse three-dimensional groundwater modeling using the finite-difference method for recharge estimation in a glacial till aquitard

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 703-715

  Ella, Victor B ^a   Melvin, Stewart W ^b   Kanwar, Rameshwar S ^b   Jones, LaDon C ^b   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Glacial till aquitard; Groundwater modeling; Groundwater recharge; USGS MODFLOW

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; POROSITY; TOXICITY;

STORAGE COEFFICIENT;

AGRICULTURE;

GROUNDWATER; MODELING; RECHARGE; SOIL;

GROUNDWATER; MODELING; RECHARGE; TILL;

EID: 0036590347     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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