Estimating groundwater recharge using land use and soil data: A case study in South India

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-76

  Anuraga, T S ^a   Ruiz, L ^b   Kumar, M S Mohan ^c   Sekhar, M ^c   Leijnse, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; GIS and simulation; Groundwater recharge; SWAP model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; DIMENSIONAL GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; SWAP MODEL;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURE; GIS; GOVERNMENT; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURE; GIS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; SIMULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745209219     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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