The nature of the recent rainfall decrease in the vicinity of Melbourne, southeastern Australia, and its impact on soil water balance and groundwarer recharge

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Larsen, Stuart H ^a,b   Nicholls, Neville ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84863200116     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6201.002     Document Type: Article

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