River basins as groundwater exporters and importers: Implications for water cycle and climate modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Fan, Y ^a   Schaller, M F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; SURVEYS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BASIN SCALE; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATIC DATA; CONTINENTAL WATERS; GRID CELLS; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; LATERAL TRANSPORT; R RATIO; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; STREAM DISCHARGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE DRAINAGE; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; WATER CYCLE;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349084762     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010636     Document Type: Article

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