Identifying spatial variability of groundwater discharge in a wetland stream using a distributed temperature sensor

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Lowry, Christopher S ^a   Walker, John F ^b   Hunt, Randall J ^b   Anderson, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WETLANDS;

GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE ZONES; STREAM GAUGING;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WETLANDS;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEAT; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

EID: 36749072536     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006145     Document Type: Article

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