Climatic forecasting of net infiltration at Yucca Mountain using analogue meteorological data

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-92

  Faybishenko, Boris ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PERCOLATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RECHARGE; SOIL PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 34547864202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0001     Document Type: Article

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