Snowmelt-induced diel fluxes through the hyporheic zone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Loheide II, Steven P ^a   Lundquist, Jessica D ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROUNDWATER FLUCTUATION; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LAND-USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SNOWMELT; TIME LAG; WATER TABLES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; PARKS; PUMPS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AQUIFER; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TUOLUMNE RIVER; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 69249088085     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007329     Document Type: Article

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