A basin-scale approach for assessing water resources in a semiarid environment: San Diego region, California and Mexico

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3817-3833

  Flint, L E ^a   Flint, A L ^a   Stolp, B J ^a   Danskin, W R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL PLAIN AQUIFERS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW QUANTITIES; FLOW VARIABILITY; GAGING STATIONS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDROLOGIC DATA; HYDROLOGIC FEATURES; ME-XICO; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL OUTPUTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RIVER BASINS; SAN DIEGO; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; TIME STEP; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATER BUDGET; WATER INFLOWS;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CALIBRATION; COASTAL PLAIN; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868017009     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3817-2012     Document Type: Article

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