Response to recharge variation of thin rainwater lenses and their mixing zone with underlying saline groundwater

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3535-3549

  Eeman, S ^a   Van Der Zee, S E A T M ^a   Leijnse, A ^a   De Louw, P G B ^b   Maas, C ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION INTEGRALS; EMPIRICAL APPROXIMATIONS; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; FRESH WATER; GROWING SEASON; LINEAR RELATION; MASS FLUX RATIO; MIXING ZONES; NATURAL VEGETATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLANT GROWTH; RAIN WATER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROOT ZONE; SALINE AND FRESH WATER; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SALINITY STRESS; STEP-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; THIN LENS;

CONVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; SALINE WATER;

MIXING;

COASTAL ZONE; INFILTRATION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINWATER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEEPAGE;

EID: 84872859619     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3535-2012     Document Type: Article

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