Diurnal fluctuations in shallow groundwater levels and streamflow rates and their interpretation - A review

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 371-383

  Gribovszki, Zoltán ^a,b   Szilágyi, József ^b,c   Kalicz, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Diurnal signal; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; BASEFLOWS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; DIURNAL SIGNAL; DIURNAL SIGNALS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EDDY CORRELATIONS; ESTIMATION METHODS; FREEZING AND THAWING; GROUND WATER LEVEL; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; RAINFALL EVENT; RIPARIAN ZONES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STREAMBEDS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME PERIODS; TIME STEP; TIME-SCALES; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER UPTAKE;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPREADSHEETS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

BASEFLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREEZING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAINFALL; RIPARIAN ZONE; SIGNAL; THAWING; TIMESCALE; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 77950938624     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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