Assessing water availability in a semi-arid watershed of southern India using a semi-distributed model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 460-461, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-155

  Perrin, J ^a   Ferrant, S ^b   Massuel, S ^c   Dewandel, B ^d   Marechal J C ^d   Aulong, S ^d   Ahmed, S ^e  

^a Indo French Centre for Groundwater Research   (India)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crystalline aquifer; India; Irrigation; Semi arid; SWAT; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AQUIFER RECHARGE; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT IS; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDIA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND-USE CHANGE; LATERAL FLOW; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; RECHARGE RATES; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID WATERSHED; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED MODEL; SUBBASINS; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; SWAT; TIME STEP; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PADDY FIELD; PUMPING; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 84864767144     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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