Simulating the effects of reduced precipitation on ground water and streamflow in the Nebraska sand hills

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-430

  Chen, Xunhong ^a   Chen, Xi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Ground water modeling; High Plains Aquifer; Nebraska Sand Hills; Precipitation; Recharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER LOSS; SATURATED ZONES; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; STREAMFLOW;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544343106     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01040.x     Document Type: Article

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