A coupled model for simulating surface water and groundwater interactions in coastal wetlands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3533-3546

  Yuan, Li Rong ^a,b   Xin, Pei ^a,c   Kong, Jun ^c   Li, Ling ^a,c   Lockington, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Coupled surface water and groundwater modelling; Lagoon; Seepage face; Surface water and groundwater interaction; Tide

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL SEAS; COASTAL WETLANDS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MODELLING; DIFFERENT SIZES; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; EXTERNAL COUPLING; FINITE-ELEMENT; FINITE-VOLUME; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; GROUNDWATER MODELS; LAGOON; MASS EXCHANGE; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SHALLOW WATER FLOW; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SOLUTE FLUX; SUBMODELS; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; TIME STEP; TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; VARIABLY SATURATED;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL WETLAND; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAGOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SEEPAGE; SHALLOW WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79960899318     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8079     Document Type: Article

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