A simple groundwater scheme for hydrological and climate applications: Description and offline evaluation over France

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1149-1171

  Vergnes, J P ^a   Decharme, B ^a   Alkama, R ^a   Martin, E ^a   Habets, F ^b   Douville, H ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLIMATE MODELING; GRACE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84863210380     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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