Potential climate change impacts on groundwater resources of south-western Australiarn Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 456-472

  Ali, Riasat ^a   McFarlane, Don ^a   Varma, Sunil ^a   Dawes, Warrick ^a   Emelyanova, Irina ^a   Hodgson, Geoff ^a   Charles, Steve ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Groundwater levels; Groundwater modelling; Groundwater resources; South western Australia; Vertical Flux Model

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DRYLAND; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION LOSS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; RAINFED; SEASONAL STORAGE; SOIL SURFACES; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; WATERTABLE;

ABSTRACTING; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE MODELS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; SEAWATER; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; PERENNIAL PLANT; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870239129     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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