Application of the water balance model J2000 to estimate groundwater recharge in a semi-arid environment: A case study in the Zarqa River catchment, NW-Jordan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 605-615

  Schulz, Stephan ^a   Siebert, Christian ^a   Rödiger, Tino ^a   Al Raggad, Marwan M ^b   Merz, Ralf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Calibration; Groundwater recharge; J2000 model; Jordan; Zarqa River

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION; JORDAN; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER BUDGET;

JORDAN; ZARQA RIVER;

EID: 84876901601     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2342-y     Document Type: Article

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