Development of type transfer functions for regional-scale nonpoint source groundwater vulnerability assessments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Stewart, Iris T ^a,b   Loague, Keith ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater vulnerability assessments; Leaching model; Pesticide leaching; Regional scale; Transfer function; TTF

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULICS; LEACHING; PESTICIDES; SOILS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

SOIL HYDRAULICS; TYPE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS (TTF);

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 1242322123     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002269     Document Type: Article

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