Predicting shallow water table depth at regional scale from rainfall and soil data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 374-387

  Calzolari, Costanza ^a   Ungaro, Fabrizio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kriging; Regionalisation; Regression analysis; Soil maps; Water table

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AVERAGE RATE; BALANCE MODEL; COMPLEX MODEL; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; GENERAL MODEL; GEOSTATISTICAL; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; KRIGING; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MONITORING NETWORK; NORTHERN ITALY; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION DATA; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; REGIONAL SCALE; REGIONALISATION; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL DATA; SOIL GROUPS; SOIL MAPS; SOIL MORPHOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VALIDATION RESULTS; WATER TABLE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLES;

ERROR STATISTICS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KRIGING; PIEZOMETER; PREDICTION; REGIONALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE;

ITALY;

EID: 84855190037     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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