Potential climate change impacts on the water balance of regional unconfined aquifer systems in south-western Australia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4581-4601

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONFINED SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HISTORICAL PERIODS; RECHARGE RATES; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS;

AQUIFERS; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN; SEAWATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; PUMPING; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870662676     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4581-2012     Document Type: Article

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