A high-resolution simulation of groundwater and surface water over most of the continental US with the integrated hydrologic model ParFlow v3

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 923-937

  Maxwell, R M ^a   Condon, L E ^a   Kollet, S J ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLUX; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927537369     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-923-2015     Document Type: Article

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