New insights from well responses to fluctuations in barometric pressure

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-533

  Butler, Jr ^a   Jin, W ^a   Mohammed, G A ^a,b,c   Reboulet, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; AQUITARDS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; FIELD DATA; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WELLS;

BAROMETERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFINED AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRESSURE EFFECT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CYCLE; WEATHER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER CYCLE; WEATHER;

EID: 79959513746     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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