Recharge estimation methodologies employed by the environment agency of England and Wales for the purposes of regional groundwater resource modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-83

  Quinn, S A ^a   Liss, D ^b,c   Johnson, D ^d   Van Wonderen, J J ^e   Power, T ^a  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b Northumbria House   (United Kingdom)

^c SGS Institut Fresnius   (Germany)

^d ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^e MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODELING; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RECHARGE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VADOSE ZONE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84863882637     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP364.6     Document Type: Article

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