Overcoming the challenges of using a rainfall-runoff model to estimate the impacts of groundwater extraction on low flows in an ephemeral stream

Hydrology Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-72

  Ivkovic, K M ^a,b   Croke, B F W ^a,c   Kelly, R A ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Naiades Geohydrology   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d IsNRM Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ephemeral stream; Groundwater extraction; Low flows; Rainfall runoff; Surface groundwater interactions; Water accounting

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EPHEMERAL STREAMS; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; LOW FLOW; RAINFALL RUNOFF; SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; WATER ACCOUNTINGS;

GROUNDWATER;

ALGORITHM; EPHEMERAL STREAM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER SYSTEM; SIMULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896524512     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.204     Document Type: Article

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