Development of a 3D groundwater model based on scarce data: The Wadi Kafrein catchment/Jordan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 771-785

  Wu, Yajie ^a,d   Wang, Wenqing ^a   Toll, Mathias ^c   Alkhoury, William ^c   Sauter, Martin ^c   Kolditz, Olaf ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semiarid areas; Groundwater modelling; Model calibration; Wadi Kafrein

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION RATES; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; DATA SETS; FINITE ELEMENT GRID; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; GROUNDWATER MODELS; HIGH PRECISION; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; JORDAN VALLEY; MODEL CALIBRATION; OBSERVATION WELLS; PRODUCTION WELLS; RETURN FLOW; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID AREA; STEADY STATE; TOP SURFACE; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WADI KAFREIN;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELLS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATIC REGION; DATA SET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAPPING METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JORDAN;

EID: 80052817634     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0898-3     Document Type: Article

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