Simulation of fluid, heat transport to estimate desert stream infiltration

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-474

  Kulongoski, Justin T ^a   Izbicki, John A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTS;

STREAM CHANNELS; STREAMFLOW INFILTRATION;

STREAM FLOW;

DESERT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; RIVER; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42549113376     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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