Evaluation of the soil water balance in an alluvial flood plain with a shallow groundwater table;Evaluation du bilan hydrique du sol dans une plaine d'inondation alluviale avec une nappe phréatique peu profonde

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 898-911

  Pirastru, M ^a   Niedda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

1D Richards model; groundwater recharge; lateral groundwater flow; soil water balance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INFILTRATED PRECIPITATION; RICHARDS MODELS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER TABLES; SOIL WATER BALANCE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; LASERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84877577205     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.783216     Document Type: Article

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