Erratic monsoon, growing water demand, and declining water table

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Bhuiyan, C ^a,b   Flugel W A ^b   Singh, R P ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aravalli; GIS; Monsoon; Time series; Water table

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DECADAL VARIATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MONSOON; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER TABLE;

ARAVALLI RANGE; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70350704911     PISSN: 15304736     EISSN: 15500896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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