Importance of unsaturated zone flow for simulating recharge in a humid climate

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-560

  Hunt, Randall J ^a   Prudic, David E ^a   Walker, John F ^a   Anderson, Mary P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGIMES; FLOWTHROUGH; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HUMID CLIMATES; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SNOWMELT; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES; WETTING FRONTS; WISCONSIN;

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

WATER WELLS;

DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECHARGE; SNOWMELT; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; TROUT LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

SALMONIDAE;

WATER;

ARTICLE; HUMIDITY;

HUMIDITY; WATER;

EID: 49649089484     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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