Potential impacts of climate change on groundwater resources - A global review

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-229

  Earman, Sam ^a   Dettinger, Michael ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater; Monitoring modeling; Pumpage; Recharge; Streamflow; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MODELING CAPABILITIES; PUMPAGE; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER TABLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MODELING; RECHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84864740016     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2011.034     Document Type: Article

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