A channel transmission losses model for different dryland rivers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1111-1135

  Costa, A C ^a   Bronstert, A ^a   De Araujo J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; ARIZONA , USA; BACKWATER EFFECTS; CATCHMENT AREA; CHANNEL TRANSMISSION; CONNECTED SYSTEMS; DRYLAND; DRYLAND RIVERS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FORMER PROCESS; FRACTURED ROCK; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LARGE RIVERS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NON-LINEARITY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; PARAMETER VARIABILITY; POTENTIAL MODEL; PROCESS FORMULATIONS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RIVER COURSE; SATURATED FLOW; SATURATED SYSTEMS; SATURATED ZONE; STREAMBEDS; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WALNUT GULCH; WATER FLUX;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; EARTH (PLANET); FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MODEL STRUCTURES; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

RIVERS;

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PHREATIC ZONE; RECHARGE; STREAM BED; STREAMFLOW; TRANSMISSION LOSS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; BRAZIL; CEARA; JAGUARIBE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84859320210     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1111-2012     Document Type: Article

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