Effects of rainfall intensity on groundwater recharge based on simulated rainfall experiments and a groundwater flow model

Catena

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-91

  Wang, Hong ^a,c   Gao, Jian En ^a,b   Zhang, Meng jie ^b   Li, Xing hua ^b   Zhang, Shao long ^b   Jia, Li zhi ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

MODFLOW; Rainfall experiments; Rainfall intensity; Recharge coefficient

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84920079216     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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