Spatial relationships between vegetation cover and irrigation-induced groundwater discharge on a semi-arid floodplain, Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 75-97

  Doble, Rebecca ^a,b   Simmons, Craig ^a   Jolly, Ian ^b   Walker, Glen ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Floodplain geomorphology; MODFLOW 2000; Numerical modelling; Spatial distribution; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BASEFLOW; MODFLOW 2000; NUMERICAL MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 33748317898     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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