Water balance modelling in a tropical watershed under deciduous forest (Mule Hole, India): Regolith matric storage buffers the groundwater recharge process

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 460-472

  Ruiz, Laurent ^a,b   Varma, Murari R R ^c   Kumar, M S Mohan ^c   Sekhar, M ^c   Maréchal, Jean Christophe ^c,d,e,f   Descloitres, Marc ^c,g   Riotte, Jean ^c,d,e,f   Kumar, Sat ^c   Kumar, C ^c   Braun, Jean Jacques ^c,d,e,f  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Deep tree roots; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater recharge; Lumped model; Matric porosity; Semi arid tropics

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; TRAVEL TIME; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

DRY DECIDUOUS FORESTS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; LUMPED MODELING; SEMI ARID TROPICS; TREE ROOT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CATCHMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POROSITY; REGOLITH; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; POROSITY; RESERVOIRS; ROOTS; STREAM FLOW; TREES; TROPICS; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 72549106090     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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