Climatic controls on groundwater-surface water interactions within the Boreal Plains of Alberta: Field observations and numerical simulations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 734-746

  Thompson, Craig ^a   Mendoza, Carl A ^a   Devito, Kevin J ^a   Petrone, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen forests; Boreal peatlands; Evapotranspiration; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Sub humid climate

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ASPEN FORESTS; BOREAL PEATLANDS; GROUND WATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATERS; HYDROLOGIC INTERACTIONS; LONG-TERM MAINTENANCES; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HILLSLOPE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEATLAND; POND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84930631962     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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