Prediction, time variance, and classification of hydraulic response to recharge in two karst aquifers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 281-294

  Long, A J ^a   Mahler, B J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONVOLUTION MODEL; EDWARDS AQUIFER; EXPONENTIAL CURVES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC RESPONSE; IMPULSE-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; KARST AQUIFER; LOGNORMAL CURVE; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; MODEL FIT; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUTH DAKOTAS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPRING FLOW; TEXAS , USA; TIME VARIANT; VALIDATION PERIODS;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KARST; PREDICTION; RECHARGE;

MADISON AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

EID: 84873034562     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-281-2013     Document Type: Article

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