Combination of soil-water balance models and water-table fluctuation methods for evaluation and improvement of groundwater recharge calculations

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1487-1502

  Jie, Zhang ^a   van Heyden, Jan ^b   Bendel, David ^a   Barthel, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Groundwater level time series; Groundwater monitoring; Groundwater recharge water budget; Water table fluctuation (WTF) method

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; RECHARGE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE;

GERMANY;

EID: 81355135119     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0772-8     Document Type: Article

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