Aspects of choosing appropriate concepts for modelling groundwater resources in regional integrated water resources management - Examples from the Neckar (Germany) and Ouémé catchment (Benin)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 92-114

  Barthel, R ^a   Jagelke, J ^a   Gotzinger J ^a   Gaiser, T ^b   Printz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin; Groundwater modelling; Integrated water resources management; Modflow; Neckar; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

FLOW SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUDWATER MODELLING; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RECHARGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NECKAR RIVER; OUEME RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38949208723     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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