The benefits of gravimeter observations for modelling water storage changes at the field scale

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1715-1730

  Creutzfeldt, B ^a   Guntner A ^a   Vorogushyn, S ^a   Merz, B ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL MODEL; CALIBRATION DATA; CATCHMENT SCALE; FIELD SCALE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MODEL RESULTS; PARAMETER SET; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; STATE VARIABLES; STORAGE COMPONENT; SUPERCONDUCTING GRAVIMETER; WATER STORAGE;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; GRAVIMETERS; GROUNDWATER; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; FIELD METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LYSIMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 77956371774     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1715-2010     Document Type: Article

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