Global-scale land surface hydrologic modeling with the representation of water table dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-89

  Koirala, Sujan ^a   Yeh, Pat J F ^b   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^a   Kanae, Shinjiro ^c   Oki, Taikan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

CAPILLARITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; RECHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; WATER TABLE;

WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 84893928139     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020398     Document Type: Article

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