Distributed recharge estimation for groundwater modeling using wetspass model, case study - gaza strip, palestine

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Aish, Adnan M ^a   Batelaan, O ^b,c   De Smedt, F ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distributed water balance; Gaza strip; GIS; Groundwater recharge; WetSpass

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957156908     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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