GIS based spatial groundwater recharge estimation in the jafr basin, jordan - application of wetspass models for arid regions

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-109

  Al Kuisi, Mustafa ^a   El Naqa, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Groundwater recharge; Jafr basin; Water balance; Water budget; Wetspass model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882252959     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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