Localisation and temporal variability of groundwater discharge into the Dead Sea using thermal satellite data

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 587-603

  Mallast, U ^a,c   Siebert, C ^a   Wagner, B ^b   Sauter, M ^b   Gloaguen, R ^c   Geyer, S ^a   Merz, R ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater resource; Sea surface temperature; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; LOCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL ZONE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; SATELLITE DATA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 84876923984     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2371-6     Document Type: Article

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