An improved time series approach for estimating groundwater recharge from groundwater level fluctuations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Cuthbert, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER PARAMETERS; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; INITIAL ESTIMATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME SERIES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECHARGE; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 77957579899     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008572     Document Type: Article

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