A tidal creek water budget: Estimation of groundwater discharge and overland flow using hydrologic modeling in the Southern Everglades

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Michot, Béatrice ^a   Meselhe, Ehab A ^a   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^b   Coronado Molina, Carlos ^c   Twilley, Robert R ^b  

^a University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wetland Watershed Sciences Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish water environment; Everglades; Groundwater upwelling; Hydrology; MIKE FLOOD; Modeling; South Florida; Taylor Slough; Tidal mixing zone; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BRACKISH WATER; CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MANGROVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; TAYLOR RIVER; TAYLOR SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960236132     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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