A quasi-three-dimensional variably saturated groundwater flow model for climate modeling

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-46

  Xie, Zhenghui ^a   Di, Zhenhua ^b   Luo, Zhendong ^c   Ma, Qian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Land surface model; Numerical analysis modeling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84858307665     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-10-05019.1     Document Type: Article

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