Estimating annual groundwater recharge coefficient for karst aquifers of the southern Apennines (Italy)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 803-817

  Allocca, V ^a   Manna, F ^a   De Vita, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL BUDGETS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; LITHOLOGY; SOILS; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; OUTCROP; OUTFLOW; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL TYPE; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84896759857     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-803-2014     Document Type: Article

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