Recent low-flow and groundwater storage changes in upland watersheds of the Kanto Region, Japan

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-285

  Sugita, Michiaki ^a   Brutsaert, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Base flow; Climate changes; Groundwater management; Hydrologic data; Japan; Water storage

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BASE FLOW; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGIC DATA; JAPAN; WATER STORAGE;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; LOW FLOW; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 60649096952     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2009)14:3(280)     Document Type: Article

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