A conceptual hydrologic model for a forested Carolina bay depressional wetland on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2689-2698

  Pyzoha, Jennifer E ^a,d   Callahan, Timothy J ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Trettin, Carl C ^b   Miwa, Masato ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c International Paper   (United States)

^d AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina bay; Depressional wetland; Surface water groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; GRADIENT METHODS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER;

CAROLINA; CAROLINA BAY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL PLAINS; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DEPRESSIONAL WETLAND; DYNAMIC NATURES; ELEVATION DATA; FOCAL POINTS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER RECHARGING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; ISOLATED SYSTEMS; RAINFALL EVENTS; SOIL CONDITIONING; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE DATA; WATER BUDGETS;

WETLANDS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PIEZOMETER; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649098298     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6866     Document Type: Article

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