Estimating groundwater recharge through unsaturated flow modelling: Sensitivity to boundary conditions and vertical discretization

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-101

  Carrera Hernandez J J ^a   Smerdon, B D ^b   Mendoza, C A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Discretization; Groundwater recharge; Numerical modelling; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; BOREAL PLAIN; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; DISCRETIZATIONS; DRY PERIODS; FIXED WATER; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INTERANNUAL; LOAMY SAND; LONG TERM SIMULATION; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNNING TIME; SANDY LOAMS; SEMIARID AREA; SENSITIVITY TO BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SIMULATION ACCURACY; SIMULATION TIME; SUB-HUMID; SURFACE WATER BODY; UNSATURATED FLOWS; VERTICAL GRIDS; WATER DEFICITS; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLES; WET AND DRY CYCLES; WORK STUDY;

ARID REGIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER TABLE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84863110462     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.039     Document Type: Article

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