Impact of transient groundwater storage on the discharge of Himalayan rivers

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Andermann, Christoff ^a,b   Longuevergne, Laurent ^a   Bonnet, Stéphane ^c   Crave, Alain ^a   Davy, Philippe ^a   Gloaguen, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFUSIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER BUDGET;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84856698458     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1356     Document Type: Article

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