Estimation of groundwater recharge from water storage structures in a semi-arid climate of India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 224-243

  Sharda, V N ^a   Kurothe, R S ^a   Sena, D R ^a   Pande, V C ^a   Tiwari, S P ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Chloride mass balance; Potential recharge; Recharge function; Water storage structures; Water table fluctuation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; POTENTIAL RECHARGE; RECHARGE FUNCTION; WATER STORAGE STRUCTURES; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATION;

GROUNDWATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MASS BALANCE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER DEPTH; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748449086     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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