A critical assessment of simple recharge models: Application to the UK Chalk

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2083-2096

  Ireson, A M ^a   Butler, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CONTINUUM; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; MODEL REPRESENTATION; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; PREDICTIVE CAPACITY; PROCESS REPRESENTATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED ZONE FLOWS;

CLIMATE MODELS; LIMESTONE; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; RECHARGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879062290     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2083-2013     Document Type: Article

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