The influence of conceptual model uncertainty on management decisions for a groundwater-dependent ecosystem in karst

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-40

  Gondwe, Bibi R N ^a   Merediz Alonso, Gonzalo ^b   Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Amigos de Sian Ka'an   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Catchment modelling; Equivalent porous medium; Mexico; Model structure; Sian Ka'an

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; CATCHMENT MODELLING; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EQUIVALENT POROUS MEDIUM; FLOODING DYNAMICS; FRACTURE ZONE; FRESH WATER; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HUMAN USERS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; KARST AQUIFER; KARSTIC AQUIFER; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MEXICO; MODEL DOMAINS; MULTIPLE MODELS; OVERLAND FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PROBABILITY MAPS; PROTECTED AREAS; SIAN KA'AN; SPATIAL MODELLING; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; TRANSPORT TIME; TRAVEL TIME; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLOWS; WATER QUANTITIES; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MODEL STRUCTURES; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; FRACTURE ZONE; FRESHWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

SIA;

EID: 79952487689     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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