Large scale surface-subsurface hydrological model to assess climate change impacts on groundwater reserves

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 122-138

  Goderniaux, Pascal ^a,b   Brouyère, Serge ^a   Fowler, Hayley J ^c   Blenkinsop, Stephen ^c   Therrien, René ^d   Orban, Philippe ^a   Dassargues, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater; HydroGeoSphere; Integrated model

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; BELGIUM; BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLIMATIC SCENARIOS; CONTROL SIMULATION; COUPLED MODELS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; HYDROGEOSPHERE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; INTEGRATED MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SIMPLE MODEL; SIMULTANEOUS SOLUTION; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER FLOWS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SIMULATORS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GEER BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66949150224     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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