Simulating coupled surface and subsurface water flow in a tile-drained agricultural catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 521, Issue , 2015, Pages 374-388

  De Schepper, Guillaume ^a   Therrien, René ^a   Refsgaard, Jens Christian ^b   Hansen, Anne Lausten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HydroGeoSphere; Numerical modeling; Tile drainage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; POROUS MATERIALS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOSPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; TILE DRAINAGE;

NETWORK LAYERS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLUX; TILE DRAIN;

BELT SEAS; DENMARK; LITTLE BELT;

EID: 84922768846     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.035     Document Type: Article

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