The role of groundwater in the Amazon water cycle: 1. Influence on seasonal streamflow, flooding and wetlands

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Miguez Macho, Gonzalo ^a   Fan, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; REMOTE SENSING; SEEPAGE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

DRY SEASONS; FLOOD-PLAINS; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; REANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL STRUCTURE; WATER CYCLE; WATER DYNAMICS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MODELS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WET SEASON;

GROUNDWATER;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; METHANE; SEASONALITY; SEEPAGE; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; VALLEY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84865323883     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017539     Document Type: Review

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