Estimating evapotranspiration and groundwater flow from water-table fluctuations for a general wetland scenario

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 378-390

  Carlson Mazur, Martha L ^a,b   Wiley, Michael J ^b   Wilcox, Douglas A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Great Lakes; Groundwater; Water table; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; RIVER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

FLUCTUATION METHODS; GREAT LAKES; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; NON-FLOODED CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES; WATER TABLES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

GROUNDWATER;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84897489782     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1356     Document Type: Article

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