Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on groundwater recharge in south-west Western Australia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2709-2722

  Dawes, W ^a   Ali, R ^a   Varma, S ^a   Emelyanova, I ^a   Hodgson, G ^a   McFarlane, D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPLEX MODEL; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER MODELS; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-COVER TYPES; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATIVE TREES; PASTURE SYSTEMS; PERTH , WESTERN AUSTRALIA; RAINFALL DECLINE; RECHARGE RATES; SANDY AQUIFERS; SOIL TYPES; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOIL; UNSATURATED ZONE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER DEMAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MANAGERS; RAIN;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DRINKING WATER; LAND COVER; RECHARGE; WATER DEMAND; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869381743     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2709-2012     Document Type: Article

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