How to model shallow water-table depth variations: The case of the Kervidy-Naizin catchment, France

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 901-920

  Molénat, Jérôme ^a   Gascuel Odoux, Chantal ^a   Davy, Philippe ^b   Durand, Patrick ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusive model; Kinematic model; Shallow groundwater; Steady state; Topmodel; Topography; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; HILLSLOPES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; WATER-TABLE DEPTHS;

WATER LEVELS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

TRIXIS;

EID: 14844365068     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5546     Document Type: Article

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