Ecohydrologic process modeling of mountain block groundwater recharge

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 774-785

  Magruder, Ian A ^a   Woessner, William W ^b   Running, Steve W ^b  

^a KirK Engineering and Natural Resources Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL BASINS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOME-BGC; CLIMATE DATA; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; ECOHYDROLOGIC MODELS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INPUT DATAS; KEY COMPONENT; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE INFORMATION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PROCESS MODELING; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RECHARGE PROCESS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SNOWMELT; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER BALANCE; WATER YEAR; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOTONE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOWMELT; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTANA; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350144805     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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