An ecohydrological modelling approach for assessing long-term recharge rates in semiarid karstic landscapes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-57

  Contreras, Sergio ^a   Boer, Matthias M ^b   Alcalá, Francisco J ^c   Domingo, Francisco ^a   García, Mónica ^a   Pulido Bosch, Antonio ^c   Puigdefábregas, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual water balance; Hydrological equilibrium hypothesis; NDVI; Recharge; Semiarid region

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ANNUAL WATER BALANCE; NDVI; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA DE GADOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39149089650     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.039     Document Type: Article

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