Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 1. Water table observations and equilibrium water table simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Fan, Ying ^a   Miguez Macho, Gonzalo ^b   Weaver, Christopher P ^a   Walko, Robert ^c   Robock, Alan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER TABLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547582020     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008111     Document Type: Article

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