Drivers of water level fluctuations and hydrological exchange between groundwater and surface water at the lowland River Spree (Germany): Field study and statistical analyses

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2117-2128

  Lewandowski, Jörg ^a   Lischeid, Gunnar ^b   Nützmann, Gunnar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clogging; Floodplain; Infiltration; Pressure head fluctuations; Principal component analysis; Surface water groundwater interactions

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE VELOCITY; EXCHANGE PROCESS; EXFILTRATION; FIELD STUDIES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELLING; GERMANY; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LOWLAND RIVERS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE HEAD FLUCTUATIONS; PRESSURE HEADS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; TIME LAG; TIMES SERIES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); GAGES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

AQUIFER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INFILTRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SPREE RIVER;

EID: 67650287030     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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